Program Manager, Electronic Security Systems

Parsons; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking an experienced Electronic Security Systems Program Manager to lead the ESS VIII MATOC portfolio in Huntsville, Alabama. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, drive performance, and ensure disciplined execution across task orders, budgets, and schedules.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, risk and contract management, and the ability to translate customer commitments into reliable results while developing program-management talent within the Federal Solutions team.

Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of program management experience in electronic security or related field.
• Experience leading multiple projects, task orders, contracts, or programs.
• Strong customer relationships and business development exposure.
• Ability to operate in a matrix organization and manage budgets and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and oversight for the ESS MATOC and active task orders.
• Establish processes for task-order planning, execution, reporting, risk and change management.
• Lead and develop project managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, safety, and customer commitments.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Building client relationships

Budgeting and forecasting

Risk management

Mentoring and developing staff

Negotiation and contract management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

PMP certification

Job description

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Job Description

Parsons is seeking an experienced Electronic Security Systems Program Manager to lead the execution and growth of the ESS VIII Multiple Award Task Order Contract. This is an opportunity to shape performance across a portfolio of task orders, guide multidisciplinary teams, strengthen customer relationships, and help develop the project-management talent supporting the program.

The successful candidate will bring strong program leadership, financial and contract-management expertise, and the ability to translate customer commitments into disciplined execution. You will work across technical, operational, and corporate functions to manage risk, improve consistency, support new opportunities, and deliver reliable results across the task-order portfolio.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide overall leadership and oversight for the ESS VIII MATOC and active task orders.
• Establish consistent processes for task-order planning, execution, reporting, risk management, change management, and closeout.
• Lead, support, and develop project managers and multidisciplinary task-order teams.
• Monitor scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, safety, deliverables, and customer commitments across the task-order portfolio.
• Review financial performance, forecasts, labor utilization, funding, commitments, and projected margins.
• Identify and manage cost, schedule, contractual, technical, staffing, and customer risks; establish and track corrective actions.
• Coordinate with contracts, procurement, subcontracts, finance, quality, safety, engineering, operations, and business development.
• Oversee the preparation, negotiation, and execution of task-order modifications, change orders, and other contractual actions.
• Support opportunity identification, bid/no-bid decisions, capture planning, proposal development, and follow-on business.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, contracting personnel, subcontractors, suppliers, and teaming partners.
• Lead regular program reviews and ensure decisions and action items are clearly assigned, tracked, and completed.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and professional-development support to project managers and technical staff.
• Promote lessons learned, standard tools, and effective project-management practices across the ESS VIII MATOC.
• Provide company leadership with timely, accurate reporting on program performance, financial results, risks, opportunities, and required decisions.
• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, project management, or a related technical or business discipline.
• Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, electronic security systems, engineering, construction, operations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects, task orders, contracts, or programs.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, schedules, scope, risks, subcontractors, and customer relationships.
• Experience mentoring or developing project managers and professional staff.
• Experience supporting business development, capture management, proposal development, or follow-on work preferred.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated financial, commercial, and business-management acumen.
• Ability to lead multiple concurrent task orders and balance competing priorities.
• Strong customer-engagement, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and relationship-management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills.
• Understanding of electronic security systems and related engineering, integration, installation, commissioning, and sustainment activities.
• Knowledge of applicable industry practices, regulations, and contract requirements.
• Ability to identify business-development opportunities and contribute to capture and proposal activities.
• Ability to lead effectively in a matrixed organization.
• Ability to meet applicable company project-management certification requirements.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Project Management Professional certification or equivalent is required.
• Professional Security registration (i.e. CSPM, PSP, CPP, etc.) is a plus.
• Must complete and pass Parsons' project-management certification course.

Security Clearance Requirement

None

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensur