Program Manager - Service Delivery

Entarian

$215K — $240K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Program Management, Engineering, IT, or related field
  • Minimum ten years of program or service delivery management experience
  • Experience in managing service-based contracts or operational sustainment programs
  • Strong understanding of IT service management (ITSM) frameworks like ITIL
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Ability to travel approximately 25%.

Responsibilities

  • Lead service delivery execution across assigned programs and ensure alignment with SLAs
  • Manage program performance including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality
  • Serve as the primary interface for service delivery operations and performance reporting
  • Coordinate with internal teams, subcontractors, and partners for consistent service execution
  • Establish service governance structures and performance reviews
  • Monitor service performance metrics like availability and customer satisfaction
  • Lead incident management, problem management, and escalation processes

Benefits

  • Join a collaborative team focused on significant defense and federal programs
  • Opportunity to work with diverse technical environments
  • Engage directly with government stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Contribute to mission-critical operations in a high-impact industry
  • Develop leadership skills in a dynamic and challenging role
Full Job Description
Overview/ Job Responsibilities

Position is contingent upon contract award and funding.

Entarian is seeking an experienced Program Manager, Service Delivery to lead end-to-end execution of managed services, operational support, and partner-delivered capabilities across complex defense and federal programs. This role is responsible for ensuring consistent service performance, contractual compliance, and customer satisfaction across distributed technical environments. The Program Manager serves as the primary interface between the customer, internal delivery teams, and external partners, ensuring that service commitments are executed in accordance with scope, schedule, cost, and performance requirements.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience managing service delivery in large-scale environments involving space systems, ground infrastructure, mission operations, communications networks, or enterprise IT services.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Lead overall service delivery execution across assigned programs, ensuring alignment with contractual service level agreements (SLAs), performance metrics, and operational requirements.
  • Manage end-to-end program performance including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality across multi-site, multi-partner service environments.
  • Serve as the primary customer interface for service delivery operations, escalations, governance, and performance reporting.
  • Coordinate across internal delivery teams, subcontractors, and strategic partners to ensure consistent execution of services and technical deliverables.
  • Establish and maintain service governance structures including operational cadence, performance reviews, and integrated service management processes.
  • Monitor and manage service performance metrics, including availability, responsiveness, incident resolution, throughput, and customer satisfaction indicators.
  • Lead incident management, problem management, and escalation processes to ensure timely resolution of service-impacting issues.
  • Oversee resource allocation, workforce planning, and delivery capacity management to meet operational demand and surge requirements.
  • Coordinate with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to ensure services are delivered in accordance with technical and security requirements.
  • Manage service transition activities including on-boarding of new capabilities, migrations, and operational hand-offs from development to sustainment.
  • Identify service delivery risks, performance gaps, and operational inefficiencies, and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Support contract compliance, reporting requirements, and governance obligations in coordination with contracts, finance, and program leadership.
  • Prepare executive-level service delivery reports, performance dashboards, and briefings for government stakeholders and internal leadership.
  • Facilitate customer governance forums, program reviews, integrated planning sessions, and operational readiness assessments.

Salary range: $215,000.00 - $240,000.00

Minimum Qualifications

  • Active Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred depending on program requirements).
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Program Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. Equivalent experience may be considered.
  • Minimum ten (10) years of experience in program management, service delivery management, or operations leadership within defense, aerospace, federal IT, or mission-critical environments.
  • Demonstrated experience managing service-based contracts, managed services, or operational sustainment programs.
  • Experience overseeing multi-vendor or partner-integrated service delivery environments.
  • Strong understanding of IT service management (ITSM) frameworks such as ITIL.
  • Experience managing SLAs, KPIs, and performance-based service contracts.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex stakeholder environments including government customers, contractors, and technical teams.
  • Strong financial and operational management skills including budget tracking, resource planning, and performance reporting.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to engage executive-level stakeholders and technical personnel.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Power-Point, Excel, Project, and Outlook.
  • Ability to travel approximately 25% to support customer locations, service operations, and mission partner engagements.


Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting Department of Defense, U.S. Space Force, NASA, or Intelligence Community service delivery programs.
  • Experience managing ITIL-aligned service operations (incident, problem, change, and configuration management).
  • Experience supporting cloud-based service delivery environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, hybrid cloud operations).
  • Experience managing subcontractor ecosystems and multi-vendor delivery models.
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps, platform operations, or software factory service models.
  • Experience supporting mission operations centers, satellite communications, or enterprise network operations environments.
  • PMP, ITIL Foundation/Practitioner, or PgMP certification.
  • Experience with service management tools such as ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platforms.
  • Strong leadership experience in scaling service delivery organizations and driving operational maturity.


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