Program Manager

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Program Manager (Program Director) within the Civil Space Operating Unit. This leadership role is responsible for the successful planning, execution, and delivery of one of NASA’s most critical communications and navigation programs. Serving as the primary interface with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the DSN M&O contract Program Manager ensures contractual, technical, and business objectives are achieved. 

The Program Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams supporting complex space mission capabilities and infrastructure, with responsibility for program performance, customer relationships, workforce execution, risk management, and strategic growth. Experience leading programs involving space communications, mission operations, engineering, and other NASA or NOAA programs is highly desirable.

Must be local to Los Angeles, Virginia, or Maryland regions

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the overall lead for contract execution and the primary point of contact.
• Provide leadership and oversight of all program activities including modernization, transition, and mission assurance.
• Develop and execute program management plans, schedules, budgets, and resource plans
• Serve as the primary customer point of contact
• Manage contract performance to meet cost, schedule, technical, and quality objectives
• Ensure that safety and mission assurance objectives are key priorities for all employees and sites
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and opportunities
• Engage senior stakeholders to ensure alignment with mission objectives.
• Ability to lead and coordinate across geographically dispersed teams

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 16+ years of directly related experience, may have management experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and insight into commercial approaches relevant to NASA and NOAA
• Experience managing large ($50M plus) projects with respect to cost, schedule, performance, and risk
• Minimum 8+ years of experience interfacing with Government and/or Prime customers to provide status of projects and resolving program issues
• Experience with selection and hiring of candidates for technical and management positions and conducting performance evaluations and salary reviews for assigned staff
• Experience with managing programs with modern and current IT, such as cloud and/or virtual networks
• PMP certification.

Desired Qualifications:

• Expert practitioner in systems engineering
• 5+ years’ experience working with NASA or NOAA and deep understanding of NASA’s or NOAA’s systems, standards, policies and procedures for execution and operations of their missions
• Experience with leading a team to develop creative ways to adapt to current technology, increasing efficiency and maximizing the potential of existing assets.
• Ability to succeed in the fast-paced and changing environments of program execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent teamwork

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

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