• Direct management and leadership of staff Program Managers
• Strategic planning for execution of company business pursuits and contracts
• Understand and comprehend customer requirements / needs
• Develop program execution strategies and plans to meet delivery requirements
• Identify program resources required, assign individual responsibilities, and ensure proper staffing of programs
• Create and maintain project work plans, schedules, and revisions as appropriate to meet customer’s changing needs and requirements
• Lead, direct and be responsible for day-to-day aspects, on-time delivery, and risk management of programs
• Hold team members and functions accountable for on-time execution of project deliverables escalating issues when necessary to provide core team members with needed support
• Effectively communicate relevant project information to superiors, resolving and/or escalating issues in a timely manner.
• Tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information internally and to the customer
• Manage and actively control project budget and costs, track and report program expenses
• Understand and manage the economic and contractual impact throughout the course of the project and control associated risks
• Continually work to increase program profitability
• Identify business development and “add-on” sales opportunities as they relate to a specific project
• Lead proposal efforts including project scoping and Level of Effort assessments
• Mentor junior project/program managers in fundamentals of project and account management
• Development and oversight of PM processes to support continuous improvement in support of company quality objectives and ISO9001\ISO 9001_2015 compliance