MES Delivery Lead for Federal IT Modernization (Hybrid)

Peraton; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a seasoned Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Program Delivery Manager to lead a complex, enterprise-wide MES and IT modernization program for BEP. You will provide program leadership across multiple Agile teams and technical workstreams spanning MES, ERP, and OT/IT integration.

The role requires managing transition activities, performance metrics, and stakeholder engagement with BEP Government leadership, COR, and Product Owners.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of demonstrated experience managing complex IT programs, projects, or delivery organizations.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary IT programs involving application development, operations and maintenance, modernization, and system integration.
• Experience managing enterprise application environments involving MES, ERP, or comparable manufacturing/enterprise systems.
• Experience managing O&M performance, service levels, incident management, availability, releases, upgrades, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and manage dependencies across concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior Government and contractor leadership.
• Experience using program management and collaboration tools to manage schedules, actions, risks, requirements, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall program and delivery leadership for BEP MES contract, coordinating multiple Agile teams and technical workstreams.
• Serve as primary contractor interface to BEP program leadership, COR, Product Owners, stakeholders, and other Government organizations.
• Establish and manage an integrated program delivery framework covering scope, schedule, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and performance.
• Coordinate MES O&M, application development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement while maintaining operational continuity.
• Lead transition‑in and knowledge‑transfer activities, including staffing, transition planning, incumbent knowledge capture, and transition reporting.
• Establish and maintain program performance metrics, dashboards, status reporting, and other management mechanisms.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, action items, and corrective actions; communicate mitigation strategies to Government and Peraton leadership.
• Coordinate delivery across MES, Oracle E-Business Suite/OCI, Maximo, Manufacturing IT/OT, Data/AI, cybersecurity, financial, procurement, and other enterprise Agile teams.
• Ensure development and production releases meet quality, testing, UAT, documentation, rollback, and post‑implementation requirements.
• Ensure compliance with service levels and performance standards, including availability, incident resolution, patching, reporting, and release quality.
• Provide technical and operational recommendations to BEP leadership and identify reliability, manufacturing efficiency, automation, and modernization opportunities.
• Lead program reviews, executive briefings, governance meetings, and performance reviews.
• Ensure program documentation, SOPs, knowledge repositories, action logs, and contract deliverables are accurate and timely.
• Support production operations and deployments that may require extended hours and weekend support.

Skills

Program management leadership

Multidisciplinary IT programs

Enterprise application environments

MES/ERP experience

O&M performance management

Team leadership

Communication skills

PM tools & collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business

Tools

IBM Maximo

Oracle E-Business Suite/OCI

Job description

Peraton is seeking a seasoned Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Program Delivery Manager to lead a complex, enterprise-wide MES and IT modernization program for BEP. You will provide program leadership across multiple Agile teams and technical workstreams spanning MES, ERP, and OT/IT integration.

The role requires managing transition activities, performance metrics, and stakeholder engagement with BEP Government leadership, COR, and Product Owners.