Deputy Program Manager

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

Deputy Program Manager

• Assist the Senior Program Manager to manage day-to-day progress of a multifaceted program through constant interaction with the Government customer, technical and business managers and immediate staff, subcontractor partners, and program support personnel.
• Advise the Program Manager and help oversee strategic planning, fiscal, operational, procurement and administrative management of the program.
• Manages project operations to ensure production schedules are met, system resources are utilized effectively, and proper relationships are established between customers.
• Help develop budgets, schedules, performance and risk identification/mitigation on project. Coordinated resolutions to production-related problems.
• Understand customer requirements to ensure all inquiries are delivered high quality (error free) and are delivered on time.
• Responsible for creating and managing an Integrated Master Schedule for all tasks, program management actions and reporting requirements, ensuring traceability of all studies, model development, and project milestones. Coordinate with key stakeholders across various program workflows to gather schedule data, including discrete events, outlining dependencies among events and schedule. Analyze data for schedule and critical path impact to the program. Performs program schedule analysis to include Metrics, Critical Path, Float, and schedule variances. Utilize Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances.
• Provide inputs to weekly and monthly performance reports, monthly and quarterly statistics, or as necessary, to the Program Manager to ensure acceptable performance is maintained for all staff supporting the program.
• Participate in program meetings and be prepared to address or disseminate anything of need concerning customer policies, procedures, and/or clarifications. Proactively provide continual leadership feedback on key program metrics and contract activities using existing tools and feedback mechanisms.
• Act as the point of contact with the Government when Program Manager is unavailable.
  
  

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience OR Master's degree with 10 years of relevant work experience OR 16 years of experience w/o degree
• Proven experience in government or private industry in contact center operations management or other relevant work areas.
• Program Management experience working with the DIA/MSIC
• Minimum of 5 years progressively responsible Management, Project Management or equivalent specialized experience with Project Management tools and techniques. Must be able to identify and communicate program risks and recommend mitigation.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience creating, updating, and maintain Integrated Management Schedule and proficient utilizing Program Management SW Tools.
• Excellent communicator with exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Self-starter with proven leadership ability, as well as demonstrated success working with limited supervision while coordinating activities with security, operations, quality assurance, contracts, and other program execution functions.
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with technical and military analysts across the Intelligence Community or other DoD organizations
• Excellent time management and administrative skills with the ability to prioritize and/or reprioritize daily tasks based on the needs of the program.
  
  

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.

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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