Program Manager

Mythics, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote or hybrid work options

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Mythics, a federal systems integrator, seeks a Program Manager to lead the USDA NFC payroll modernization as the prime contractor. You will provide executive program leadership, governance, and stakeholder engagement while the partner teams execute the technical work.

The role requires 15+ years in large-scale federal programs, strong contract and risk management, and the ability to coordinate with multiple vendors and government customers.

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading large-scale federal IT or modernization programs.
• Experience as Prime Contractor Program Manager or Senior Program Executive.
• Strong governance, risk, and financial control capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the single point of accountability for Mythics’ prime contractor responsibilities.
• Protect Mythics from becoming a contractual pass-through while subcontractors control delivery decisions.
• Ensure program execution aligns with contract scope, customer expectations, cost, schedule, quality, security, and risk posture.
• Establish a disciplined governance model across Mythics, Deloitte, Oracle, USDA, and other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership with timely visibility into delivery risks, financial exposure, customer issues, and subcontractor performance.

Skills

Executive leadership

Program governance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Contract governance

Customer engagement

Financial controls

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM

Oracle Fusion Payroll

OCI

Mainframe modernization

COBOL

Job description

Job Overview & Responsibilities

Mythics is seeking a Program Manager to serve as the Prime Contractor Lead for a large-scale Federal Payroll Modernization program supporting the USDA National Finance Center (NFC). The Program Manager will provide executive-level program leadership, contract governance, subcontractor oversight, risk management, financial control, customer engagement, and delivery transparency on behalf of Mythics. Mythics' partner will perform the majority of the technical implementation and systems integration activities. The Program Manager will not be responsible for hands-on Oracle configuration or detailed system implementation tasks. Instead, this leader will ensure our partners execute against contractual commitments while Mythics retains visibility, influence, and control as the accountable prime contractor.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties

• Serve as the single point of accountability for Mythics’ prime contractor responsibilities.
• Protect Mythics from becoming a contractual pass-through while subcontractors control delivery decisions.
• Ensure program execution aligns with contract scope, customer expectations, cost, schedule, quality, security, and risk posture.
• Establish a disciplined governance model across Mythics, Deloitte, Oracle, USDA, and other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership with timely visibility into delivery risks, financial exposure, customer issues, and subcontractor performance.

Prime Contract Management

• Serve as the primary Mythics program leader for contract execution and customer-facing governance.
• Maintain accountability for contractual obligations, deliverables, acceptance, modifications, option periods, and performance commitments.
• Ensure Deloitte and other subcontractors execute within the boundaries of the prime contract and subcontract agreements.
• Coordinate closely with Contracts, Finance, Delivery, Sales, and Executive Leadership on program performance and contractual risk.

Program Governance and Executive Reporting

• Establish and lead the program governance structure, including operating cadence, steering committee materials, executive briefings, decision logs, and status reporting.
• Own program dashboards, KPIs, RAID reporting, issue escalation, action tracking, and integrated program health reviews.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for decisions, assumptions, risks, scope changes, customer communications, and deliverable acceptance.
• Ensure Mythics maintains direct visibility into schedule, scope, financials, risks, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Subcontractor Oversight

• Manage prime/subcontractor operating model with Deloitte, Oracle, and other partners.
• Hold subcontractors accountable for schedule, quality, staffing, deliverables, issue resolution, and customer commitments.
• Review subcontractor status, assumptions, risks, and performance metrics on a regular cadence.
• Escalate subcontractor performance issues early and coordinate corrective actions with leadership and contracts.

Risk, Issue, Action, and Decision Management

• Own enterprise RAID process and ensure risks are visible, assigned, mitigated, and escalated before they impact performance.
• Develop mitigation and recovery plans for contractual, financial, schedule, delivery, technical dependency, security, and customer relationship risks.
• Identify where customer requirements, budget, timeline, and delivery approach create execution or financial exposure for Mythics.
• Ensure proposal assumptions and delivery commitments are managed through formal change control after award.

Financial and Contract Performance Management

• Monitor program financial performance, burn rate, funding, backlog, profitability, invoices, and forecast accuracy.
• Surface financial exposure related to scope creep, subcontractor delays, unmet assumptions, fixed-price commitments, or performance-based obligations.
• Support deal reviews, funding reviews, contract modifications, and executive financial reporting.
• Coordinate with Finance and Contracts to ensure invoicing, acceptance, and funding actions are aligned.

Customer Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a trusted Mythics representative to USDA stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Facilitate customer communications, expectation management, executive escalations, and governance meetings.
• Ensure customer commitments are documented, approved, and tied to contract authority where required.
• Support account growth while maintaining disciplined delivery and contract boundaries.

Program Controls and Quality Oversight

• Maintain oversight of the integrated master schedule, milestone tracking, critical path, deliverable gates, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure quality control plans, program management plans, and governance artifacts are implemented and maintained.
• Review technical partner deliverables for contractual completeness and customer readiness, without assuming technical ownership.
• Drive readiness reviews for major milestones, demonstrations, testing gates, cutover, deployment, and hypercare.

Other Duties

• Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field and/or equivalent experience.
• Clearance requirement: US Citizen with the ability to pass a federal background investigation
• 15+ years of experience leading large-scale Federal IT, enterprise transformation, or mission-critical modernization programs.
• 10+ years managing system integrator, subcontractor, or complex partner delivery relationships on federal programs exceeding $50M.
• Prior experience serving as Prime Contractor Program Manager, Program Director, or Senior Program Executive.
• Experience managing organizations or integrated delivery teams of 70+ professionals across multiple workstreams.
• Experience managing multiple subcontractors, delivery partners, and customer stakeholders in a prime/subcontractor environment.
• Experience with enterprise ERP, HCM, payroll modernization, shared services, cloud transformation, or large-scale SaaS implementation programs.
• Experience managing fixed-price, performance-based, BPA, IDIQ, task order, or other complex federal contracting models.
• Strong understanding of program financial management, scope management, schedule management, quality management, and enterprise risk management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead executive governance forums and communicate effectively with federal customers, subcontractors, and senior leadership.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities (KSAs)

• Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
• Oracle Fusion Payroll
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Federal payroll modernization
• USDA National Finance Center
• Defense Civilian Pay System
• Shared service organizations
• Federal financial management
• COBOL legacy modernization
• Mainframe migration
• Agile delivery
• DevSecOps
• FedRAMP environments
• Large-scale data conversion, testing, cutover, deployment, and hypercare governance

Company Overview

As a federal government contractor and a recipient of federal funding, Mythics and Emergent is required to abide by the Drug-Free Workplace Act, which requires Mythics and Emergent to provide a drug-free workplace, among other obligations. As part of this effort, Mythics and Emergent requires pre-employment drug tests for all candidates for employment. Please note that marijuana (including medical marijuana) is designated as a controlled substance under federal law and will be screened for in the drug test.

Why work at Mythics?

Because at Mythics, YOU count!At Mythics, our Corporate Values are at the foundation of everything we do. Our values, Respect – Empathy – Excellence – Fun (REEF), have created an environment that fosters creative thinking, respects your contributions, and accepts nothing less than excellence in serving our customers.At Mythics, you will experience a truly enjoyable corporate culture. But don’t just take our word for it!

Enjoy Tailored Benefits to Suit Your Needs with our Flexible Options. Our benefit options include:

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plans
• Premier 401k retirement plan with corporate matching and a 529 college saving plan
• Tax-advantaged Health Savings Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account options
• Legal Resources

Unlock Exclusive Benefits for Full-Time Employees:

• Generous work/life balance opportunities supported by a PTO bank, paid holidays, leave programs and additional flex time off
• Employee referral program
• Employee recognition, gift and reward program
• Tuition reimbursement for continuing education
• Remote or hybrid work options
• Engaging company events such as team building activities, annual awards and kick-off parties
• Health and wellness-focused activities
• Relaxation Spaces
• In-office gourmet coffee, tea, fresh fruit and healthy snacks
• Corporate GREEN approach – tracking energy consumption for reduction and purchasing only environmentally friendly products for our offices

Foundedin 2000, Mythicsis an award-winning Oracle systems integrator, consulting firm, managed services provider and elite Oracle platinum resale partner. Our business model is all about deep knowledge of Oracle technologies and business processes. We offer procurement and Oracle systems integration expertise across the full range of Oracle cloud, software, support, hardware, engineered systems, and appliances. It’s a focus that gives us the critical business experience and the Oracle technologyadvantageyou need to succeed.

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