Program Operations Leader for Mission-Critical Contracts

Peraton; Illinois; On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Program Operations Manager to provide leadership oversight over critical business functions including finance, contracts, subcontracts, security, quality, communications, mission innovation, and resource management. The operations lead will collaborate with Finance and Service Delivery to ensure forecasts are accurate and reporting are timely.

This role oversees multiple teams on a large-scale contract, supports capture and proposals, and ensures on-time delivery of

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant leadership experience.
• Experience providing direct support to the Intelligence Community, federal civilian organizations, and/or other state or local entities.
• Demonstrated success leading and managing large-scale service contracts comprised of 100+ team members.
• Proven ability to oversee diverse technical and business functions simultaneously, and ensuring all functions collaborate to complete contractual deliverables on time, every time.
• Intrinsically motivated leader with strong interpersonal and executive communication skills with the ability to tailor information to meet diverse stakeholder needs.
• Proven ability to navigate competing stakeholder needs with clarity.
• Desire and willingness to act as a mentor, helping others to strengthen their technical and/or leadership acumen and grow within the organization.
• Aptitude and willingness to support business operations as requested, including capture and proposal efforts

Responsibilities

• Participating in customer-facing meetings, executive briefings, and strategic planning sessions
• Driving collaboration with customer counterparts as well as subcontractor teammates
• Tracking labor costs, productivity, and resource utilization to achieve desired outcomes, and identifying and implementing efficiency opportunities
• Tracking and reporting performance against Service Level Agreements
• Supporting contract compliance, auditing, and reporting requirements
• Championing operational reviews, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• This position is contingent based upon contract award

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Strategic planning

Labor cost tracking

Financial reporting

Executive communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, intelligence analysis, or related fields

PMP or equivalent certification

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Program Operations Manager to provide leadership oversight over critical business functions including finance, contracts, subcontracts, security, quality, communications, mission innovation, and resource management. The operations lead will collaborate with Finance and Service Delivery to ensure forecasts are accurate and reporting are timely.

This role oversees multiple teams on a large-scale contract, supports capture and proposals, and ensures on-time delivery of