Director, Aviation Telecom Programs

Peraton; Herndon, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead the design, integration, and deployment of network and data communication systems for the FAA’s BNATCS program. You will manage performance, reliability, and security of the network across hundreds of FAA sites, coordinating WAN/LAN, IP routing, fiber/copper, and enterprise services with carriers and vendors.

The ideal candidate has strong operational discipline, financial acumen, and a track record delivering IT services in

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain FAA Public Trust clearance.
• 16+ years in deployment and management of telecommunications infrastructure.
• Proven success managing federal IT programs with annual budgets >$100M+.
• Experience managing P&L for large federal programs; budgeting, forecasting, labor, cost, margins.
• Deep understanding of TDM/IP networks, MPLS, BGP/OSPF, WAN/LAN design.
• Experience delivering telecom modernization with Agile time-boxed planning.
• Hands-on risk identification, mitigation, issue resolution.
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed, cross-functional programs.
• Strong stakeholder management; briefing senior leadership and customers.
• Workforce planning, resource allocation, workload management experience.
• Experience in IT services delivery models, governance, in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with FAA telecom services, facilities, and carrier coordination.
• Experience with FAA telecom infrastructure (RCE, FOTS, IP circuits).
• Modernization of legacy FAA telecom systems into NAS networks.
• Experience with cutovers, bandwidth analysis, network troubleshooting.
• Coordination with cybersecurity teams on compliance and hardening.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional workstreams; collaborate with Peraton and FAA leadership.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable operational plans.
• Oversee NEEDS Package activities to contract requirements.
• Manage cost, schedule, quality, and performance objectives across programs.
• Plan, integrate, and deploy telecom and data network infrastructure at FAA sites.
• Optimize resource allocation across programs and priorities.
• Lead cross-functional planning and activations/transitions with carriers/vendors.
• Direct execution of large engineering initiatives from planning to deployment.
• Manage scope, baselines, dependencies, and integration across disciplines.
• Lead technical reviews and executive decision forums.
• Assist with P&L management, annual plans, budgets, and labor forecasts.
• Monitor revenue, margin, labor, backlog, burn rates, cost performance.
• Identify profitability improvements through efficiency and workforce optimization.
• Partner with contracts/finance to manage budgets and reporting.
• Support business growth through proposals and transition planning.
• Develop relationships with FAA leaders and stakeholders.
• Lead executive reviews, customer briefings, milestone reviews.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Program leadership

Financial acumen

Risk management

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional coordination

Communication with senior leadership

Network and IT operations

Vendor and contractor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / Engineering / Business

PMP

ITIL Managing Professional

SAFe Agilist

Tools

none

Job description

Peraton is seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead the design, integration, and deployment of network and data communication systems for the FAA’s BNATCS program. You will manage performance, reliability, and security of the network across hundreds of FAA sites, coordinating WAN/LAN, IP routing, fiber/copper, and enterprise services with carriers and vendors.

The ideal candidate has strong operational discipline, financial acumen, and a track record delivering IT services in