Senior Manager, Technical Project Management

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead complex federal IT initiatives and modernization efforts. You will manage cross-functional teams, align with government stakeholders, and deliver programs on schedule, within budget, and to contractual requirements.

The role requires 12+ years of program leadership, a TS/SCI or Q clearance, and a track record of guiding enterprise IT transformations within a federal context. Target salary range is reflected in the details.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience managing complex IT programs or federal government contracts.
• US Citizen with a TS/SCI or Q clearance.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and large-scale programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day direction for a cross-functional team of SMEs, architects, engineers, and cybersecurity specialists.
• Provide programmatic and technical leadership for enterprise IT operations, modernization, and infrastructure deployments.
• Translate customer requirements into executable technical solutions and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Program Management

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Cross-functional teams

PMO

Federal IT programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead complex enterprise IT projects and strategic initiatives supporting a federal government customer. The Technical Program Manager will provide program leadership, technical oversight, operational support, and strategic direction across a multidisciplinary IT organization supporting mission-critical enterprise infrastructure and modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate is a proven technology leader with experience managing large-scale federal IT programs, coordinating cross-functional technical teams, engaging senior government stakeholders, and translating customer requirements into executable technical solutions. This individual will be responsible for ensuring programs are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with customer mission objectives, contractual requirements, and enterprise IT strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Technical Leadership

• Lead and provide day-to-day direction for a cross-functional team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Solutions Architects, Network Engineers, Systems Engineers, Cybersecurity/Security Engineers, Unified Communications specialists, Software Engineers, Asset Managers, and Change Management personnel.


• Provide programmatic and technical leadership for enterprise IT operations, modernization, infrastructure deployment, and strategic initiatives.


• Establish program priorities, assign resources, manage dependencies, identify risks, and drive initiatives through successful execution.


• Serve as a senior technical and program interface between the contractor organization and government stakeholders.


• Manage multiple concurrent projects and initiatives throughout the full project lifecycle, from requirements definition and planning through implementation, transition, and operational sustainment.


• Ensure program execution aligns with contractual commitments, customer expectations, enterprise architecture, security requirements, and organizational objectives.

Program Management Office (PMO)

• Manage an enterprise Program Management Office (PMO) supporting the IT division.


• Develop, document, implement, and continuously improve PMO governance, standards, policies, processes, procedures, and project lifecycle methodologies.


• Establish standardized processes for project initiation, requirements management, resource planning, risk and issue management, change control, status reporting, and project closeout.


• Develop program performance metrics, dashboards, reporting mechanisms, and executive-level briefings to provide transparency into program health and delivery.


• Promote consistent program management practices across technical teams and ensure adherence to established governance processes.

Enterprise IT Modernization & Infrastructure

• Lead strategic enterprise technology initiatives.


• Develop implementation strategies, integrated schedules, resource plans, risk mitigation strategies, and transition plans for complex technical initiatives.


• Coordinate technical dependencies across infrastructure, network, security, systems, software, communications, facilities, and operations teams.


• Ensure modernization initiatives address technology obsolescence, cybersecurity requirements, operational resiliency, scalability, and mission needs.

Government & Executive Stakeholder Engagement

• Interface directly with senior government leadership and executive stakeholders to establish priorities, develop execution strategies, allocate resources, and communicate program performance.


• Facilitate technical deep dives, executive briefings, working groups, and Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) with government customers and technical stakeholders.


• Communicate program status, accomplishments, risks, challenges, dependencies, and limitations to senior leadership.


• Translate complex technical information into concise, actionable information for government executives and non-technical stakeholders.


• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customer leadership and key technical personnel.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience managing complex IT programs, technical programs, enterprise infrastructure initiatives, or federal government contracts.


• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams supporting enterprise IT environments.


• Experience supporting large-scale federal government contracts, preferably programs valued at $100M+.


• Proven experience establishing or managing a Program Management Office (PMO).


• US Citizen with a TS/SCI or Q clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CMMI processes and organizational process improvement


• Experience with Jira and Confluence or comparable enterprise ITSM/project management platforms.


• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.


• One or more of the following certificates is preferred:
  
  
  
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  
  
  • ITIL Foundation or higher
  
  
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification
  
  
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or equivalent security certification
  
  
  • SAFe or other enterprise Agile certification
  
  
  
  

Details

Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.