Deputy Program Manager

StratasCorp Technologies; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

StratasCorp Technologies in Chesapeake, VA seeks an experienced Deputy Program Manager to support the Program Manager with day‑to‑day operations, scheduling, and cross‑functional coordination on defense contracts. This on‑site role requires a Secret clearance and a relevant bachelor’s degree.

You will lead meetings, interface with government leadership, monitor milestones, and ensure compliance while mentoring Team Leads and coordinating with subcontractors.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, project/program management, information technology, or a related field.
• 7–10 years of Deputy Program Manager experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as deputy to the Program Manager, assisting with top-level oversight of contractual execution by leading meetings, interfacing with government leadership, and responding to urgent taskings and/or data calls when needed.
• Serve as secondary point of contact with government customers and stakeholders.
• Complete administrative tasking such as bimonthly timesheet approvals, oversight of certification and training completed by team members.
• Assist with modernizing and implementing internal policies and procedures conducive to the Stratas team, including improving Knowledge Management practices and manager professional development.
• Directly supervise functional Team Leads.
• Assist with special projects and other corporate-led tasking.
• Coordinate task planning and ensure alignment between SOW/PWS requirements, work packages, staffing, and subcontractor activities.
• Help maintain a PMO, track dependencies, milestones, and deadlines.
• Manage and track daily program activities, ensuring teams understand priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Monitor progress using milestone tracking, percent-complete estimates, and issue logs.
• Identify and elevate potential schedule or performance risks to the Program Manager.
• Tracking of multiple departmental activities, projects, efforts and outcomes.
• Support data calls, quality reviews, and customer audits.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Coordination

PMO

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Our team has an immediate need for an experienced Deputy Program Manager. The Deputy will assist the Program Manager with day-to-day operations, schedule management, team coordination, customer engagement, and compliance activities using the PMI-based project management practice. This role requires strong leadership, communication, organization, and the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams in a dynamic defense contracting environment.

This role is on-site in Chesapeake, VA. This is not a remote role, although occasional hybrid ability may be available. MUST BE LOCAL TO CHESAPEAKE, VA.

Job Description

• Serve as deputy to the Program Manager, assisting with top-level oversight of contractual execution by leading meetings, interfacing with senior members of government leadership, and responding to urgent taskings and/or data calls when needed
• Serve as secondary point of contact with government customers and stakeholders.
• Complete administrative tasking as needed, such as bimonthly timesheet approvals, oversight of certification and training completed by team members.
• Assist with modernizing and implementing internal policies and procedures conducive to the Stratas team. To include, improving Knowledge Management practices and manager professional development
• Directly supervise functional Team Leads
• Assist with special projects and other corporate led tasking
• Coordinate task planning and ensure alignment between SOW/PWS requirements, work packages, staffing, and subcontractor activities.
• Help maintain a Project Management Office (PMO), track dependencies, milestones, and deadlines.
• Manage and track daily program activities, ensuring teams understand priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Monitor progress using milestone tracking, percent-complete estimates, and issue logs.
• Identify and elevate potential schedule or performance risks to the Program Manager.
• Tracking of multiple departmental activities, projects, efforts and outcomes
• Support data calls, quality reviews, and customer audits.

Job Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, project/program management, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Minimum of 7-10 years of Deputy Program Manager experience

The anticipated salary range for this role is $140,000 to $150,000 annually. The anticipated salary range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final starting salary will be determined based on a variety of job-related factors, including the selected candidate's qualifications, skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and work location (where applicable), as well as internal equity and market considerations.

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