Program Manager - IT/DoD

American Operations Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Job summary

American Operations Corporation is seeking a Program Manager in Wisconsin to provide enterprise-level leadership and operational governance for the BMx Family of Systems. This role requires integrating Agile delivery with mission sustainment and cybersecurity compliance, managing contracts and performance.

Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, extensive experience in IT and program management, and preferably possess a DoD Secret Clearance. Join us to ensure mission readiness and operational synchronization.

Qualifications

• Requires DoD Secret Clearance.
• 15+ years of enterprise IT/program management experience.
• 10+ years managing DoD enterprise sustainment or modernization programs.

Responsibilities

• Direct ART-level execution across all BMx systems.
• Manage contract performance against PWS Section 7.0 metrics.
• Lead Government engagement and operational governance.
• Oversee staffing, risk, schedule, and operational priorities.
• Chair release readiness and operational governance reviews.
• Coordinate surge response and mission-critical issue resolution.
• Ensure synchronization across modernization, sustainment, migration, and cybersecurity.

Skills

Enterprise Agile/SAFe execution

DevSecOps governance

Operational sustainment management

Enterprise systems modernization

RMF/cATO governance

Cloud migration oversight

Enterprise release governance

Program financial management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Provides enterprise-level leadership, operational governance, and strategic execution oversight for the full BMx Family of Systems portfolio, including FMxC2, IMDS/IMDS-MSM, FEM, and PAMS. The Program Manager is responsible for integrating Agile delivery, operational sustainment, DevSecOps execution, cybersecurity compliance, Cloud One migration, Help Desk operations, staffing management, and contract performance into a single coordinated operational framework. This role serves as the primary interface to the Government Program Management Office and ensures all modernization, sustainment, release, migration, and operational support activities remain synchronized with Air Force maintenance and logistics mission priorities.

The Program Manager directs execution across the Agile Release Train (ART), governs program risk, chairs operational governance and release readiness activities, oversees staffing and subcontractor performance, and ensures compliance with all PWS, CDRL, RMF, cybersecurity, and operational performance requirements. The PM continuously balances mission sustainment requirements against modernization activities to ensure BMx systems remain operationally available during cloud migration, legacy modernization, cybersecurity remediation, and release deployment activities.

The PM also governs customer engagement, escalation management, surge operations, transition activities, metrics reporting, and performance management. This role ensures that program execution remains aligned to Government priorities, operational tempo, and mission-readiness requirements across maintenance, PMEL, logistics, and readiness‑support workflows.

Primary Responsibilities

• Direct ART‑level execution across all BMx systems.
• Manage contract performance against PWS Section 7.0 metrics.
• Lead Government engagement and operational governance.
• Oversee staffing, risk, schedule, and operational priorities.
• Chair release readiness and operational governance reviews.
• Coordinate surge response and mission‑critical issue resolution.
• Ensure synchronization across modernization, sustainment, migration, and cybersecurity.

Requires DoD Secret Clearance

Technical Skills

• Enterprise Agile/SAFe execution
• DevSecOps governance
• Operational sustainment management
• Enterprise systems modernization
• RMF/cATO governance
• Cloud migration oversight
• Enterprise release governance
• Program financial management

Certifications

Preferred:

• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
• PMP
• ITIL Foundation or higher
• Security+ CE

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

• 15+ years of enterprise IT/program management experience.
• 10+ years managing DoD enterprise sustainment or modernization programs.
• Experience managing Agile/DevSecOps software delivery programs.
• Experience supporting Air Force, logistics, maintenance, or mission systems preferred.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability