Enhanced Vehicle Situational Awareness (EVSA) Program Manager Reports To: VP, Operations & Maintenance (Ken Nachbar)
Location: Warren, Michigan (with CONUS and international travel)
Clearance: Active DoD SECRET clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
Travel: Approximately 20-30%, including CONUS pilot site support and possible extended deployment to Bulgaria
Compensation: $190,000-$210,000, commensurate with experience, plus standard benefits
Position SummaryThe EVSA Program Manager owns day-to-day execution of a fast-paced Foreign Military Sales fielding program delivering hull-mounted camera situational-awareness kits to U.S. allies overseas. This role carries full accountability for cost, schedule, and technical performance across a lean, high-accountability team and its subcontractor(s), and serves as the primary customer-facing point of contact.
Key Responsibilities- Own overall program cost, schedule, and technical performance for the EVSA task order.
- Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS); update no less than monthly.
- Prepare and deliver Monthly Status Reports covering technical progress, schedule, risk, and financial status.
- Lead program risk management -identify, track, and mitigate technical, schedule, and cost risk, with particular attention to hardware lead times and fieldinglogistics.
- Serve as the primary customer point of contact; coordinate with Government engineering, contracting, and foreign disclosure/security assistance stakeholders.
- Coordinate export control (ITAR/EAR) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) considerations with the customer and as needed, outside counsel.
- Manage subcontractors and teaming partners (bracketry/mounting subcontract) and other Direct Cost (ODC) vendors supplying camera, cabling, and related hardware.
- Plan and coordinate CONUS pilot and OCONUS fielding trips, including travel, lodging, and safety coordination for the field team.
- Support FED95's contracts function on task order administration and any acquisition-pathway coordination with the customer.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of program or project management experience in DoD or federal contracting, including at least one program involving international fielding, FMS, or overseas deployment.
- Demonstrated experience managing cost, schedule, and risk on a contract of comparable scope.
- Active DoD SECRET clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable serving as the primary customer-facing point of contact.
- Willingness to travel internationally, for trips of up to several weeks.
Preferred Qualifications- PMP certification.
- Experience with Army ground vehicle programs (Stryker family or similar).
- Familiarity with Other Transaction (OT) authority or Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contract vehicles.
- Experience coordinating with DSCA or other FMS-related processes.
