Senior Maritime Program Manager This program offers many long-term opportunities for the company and requires a manager skilled in the entire production lifecycle to both recognize and deliver the value this program is committed to delivering to a U.S. Navy customer. This senior program manager will be responsible for managing cost, schedule and scope by building and deploying repeatable program management processes and protocol.
Key Responsibilities - Serve as the primary customer interface and lead all program execution activities related to technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, and contractual commitments.
- Lead and organize program reviews and executive briefings with customers and internal stakeholders to communicate program status, risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive program plans, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), budgets, resource plans, and execution strategies that align with contractual requirements and internal commitments.
- Manage program financial performance, including forecasting, Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), revenue planning, and budget-to-actual performance reporting.
- Establish organized execution frameworks, operating rhythms, and governance processes where mature program management infrastructure may not yet exist.
- Manage customer expectations, contractual scope, and requirements to ensure customer satisfaction while preventing unauthorized scope growth.
- Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across program teams and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Business, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of program, project, or technical leadership experience supporting Department of Defense and Navy customers on production-based/hardware delivery programs.
- Solution-oriented success managing programs with complex technical, schedule, and cost requirements, including challenging customer and subcontractor relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to lead highly technical, cross-functional teams and deliver clear and organized results in fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving environments.
- Highly organized with exceptional planning, prioritization, and execution skills and the ability to create clarity from complexity.
- Self-motivated and entrepreneurial mindset with a demonstrated ability to build structure, processes, and execution frameworks in environments where infrastructure and support systems are still maturing.
- Hands-on experience developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), and resource-loaded schedules.
- Demonstrated acumen with program financial management, including ETC, EAC, forecasting, budgeting, and financial performance analysis.
- Strong customer management skills and demonstrated ability to manage expectations while controlling scope, cost, and schedule.
- Strong ability using advanced solutions with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other project management tools as well as an aptitude for learning new tools and platforms to support efficient management.
- bility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
- Must be based out of Massachusetts or Virginia with a willingness to travel up to 40%.
Preferred Qualifications - Twelve (12)+ years of defense program management and leadership experience.
- Experience operating within formal Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
- Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Demonstrated experience deploying Agile methodologies and hybrid program execution approaches.
- ctive U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
