Automation Program Manager

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $146k - $234k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Peraton

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Provide leadership across all operational and technical aspects of the automation workstream • Translate strategic program objectives into executable operational plans • Oversee end-to-end execution of NEEDS Package activities • Ensure delivery of contractual requirements while maintaining cost, schedule, quality, and performance objectives • Lead day-to-day operations for a workforce of 100+ Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, System Software Testing and Cloud professionals • Partner with functional managers to optimize resource allocation across programs and priorities • Lead cross-functional planning efforts • Direct complex engineering and technology initiatives from planning through deployment and operational transition • Manage scope, schedule, technical baselines, dependencies, and integration activities across engineering disciplines • Lead technical reviews, milestone assessments, operational readiness reviews, and executive decision forums • Assist with P&L management for a multi-million-dollar portfolio • Support operating plans, budgets, labor forecasts, indirect planning, and revenue projections • Monitor revenue, margin, labor utilization, backlog, burn rates, and cost performance • Identify profitability improvements through operational efficiencies and workforce optimization • Partner with Contracts, Finance, Program Controls, and Business Operations on budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting • Support business growth through proposal development, capture activities, staffing strategies, and transition planning • Develop relationships with FAA leaders, Peraton executives, and key stakeholders • Lead executive program reviews, customer briefings, milestone reviews, and operational governance meetings • Align customer priorities with program execution • Represent Peraton in executive meetings and strategic planning sessions • Lead enterprise risk management across operational, technical, financial, and schedule performance • Drive quality assurance, operational governance, and continuous service improvement • Resolve complex technical, organizational, staffing, and customer issues

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required • Must have an active FAA Public Trust clearance • 16 years of experience managing large federal IT programs of 100+ personnel • Proven success managing and delivering federal IT programs with annual budgets exceeding $100M+ • Experience managing Profit and Loss (P&L) for large federal programs, including budget planning, revenue forecasting, labor management, cost control, revenue, margin performance, and financial reporting • Proven ability to manage project scope, schedules, technical performance and budgets using structured project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) • Hands-on experience with risk identification, mitigation, and issue resolution • Ability to lead geographically dispersed, cross-functional programs • Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience briefing senior leadership and external customers • Demonstrated workforce planning, resource allocation and workload-management experience • Demonstrated success delivering IT services delivery models, operational governance or systems in federal or highly regulated environments • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field • Preferred: Certifications such as PMP, ITIL Managing Professional, or SAFe Agilist • Preferred: Experience supporting FAA, DOT, or other aviation or transportation programs • Preferred: Familiarity with NextGen, large-scale modernization, or safety-critical systems • Preferred: Background in change management, organizational transformation, or program turnarounds • Preferred: Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, mentor, and retain high-performing teams

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus may be available in addition to base pay • Overtime may be available • Shift differential may be available