Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Peraton is a national security and enterprise IT company delivering mission-critical solutions to government agencies and the U.S. armed forces. The Director, General Program Management role leads program operations, strategic alignment, communications, administrative activities, and execution of high-impact initiatives while supporting executive decision-making and organizational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Oversee program operations from development through successful execution under the guidance of Program Director
- Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, and performance measurement
- Review, design, and execute improvements to org structure, find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them
- Improve current processes and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity
- Serve as liaison between staff, executives, and sub-contractors regarding climate, diversity and staff well-being
- Assist the human resources department with new hires, including documentation and onboarding, and collaborate to address and resolve all employee concerns
- Oversee daily operations through collaboration with senior management and department leaders, performing an array of administrative tasks from managing calendars, generating correspondence, maintaining hard copy and electronic files, planning, and coordinating annual corporate meetings, and scheduling facilities
- Build and develop relationships with all employees for increased efficiency and effective responsiveness into existing operations, and help to define new operational strategies, working with program teams and senior leaders on special projects
- Participates with the program team and senior leaders in strategic planning, policy development, and decision-making
- Develops and manage program communications strategies including talking points, emails, and presentations
- Develops messaging on complex issues and creative strategies for communicating across different levels and organizations
- Ensures timely and effective completion of all deliverables
- Creates and maintains systems and processes to streamline operations
- Maintains accurate confidential files and data records
- Develop presentations and communications to the organization
- Connect teams that are working on similar initiatives
Skills
- 16 years of experience, may have management experience
- 15 years of progressive experience within Program/Project management. Up to half of this requirement (up to 7.5 years) may include military service in command leadership roles, i.e. CO, XO, OIC, COS, OPS
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Experience serving in leadership roles on federal contracts over $400M
- Proven experience organizing and directing multiple teams and departments
- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
- Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
- Experience planning and leading strategic initiatives
- Able to pass a background check to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance
- US Citizenship
- Experience working in the Federal Government, with an emphasis on Veteran's Administration (VA) experience
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field or
- Master's in Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent graduate degree
- Relevant SAFe, or other Agile, certification
- Strong customer relationship capabilities
- Experience managing programs under federal acquisition regulations and performance-based contracts
- Ability to foster collaborative work in dynamic team environment
- Management skills to select, develop, mentor, and motivate team members
- Ability to interact with partners and clients
- Ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization, with both verbal and written communication skills
- Active VA Public Trust or equivalent DoW security clearance
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
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