Program Manager - Defense Programs

Job Description:Lead assigned programs from development through contract completion, with ownership of cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, contractual requirements, and customer commitments. Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, and performance metrics. Coordinate program execution across engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, contracts, finance, and test. Manage contractual deliverables, statements of work, customer requests, scope changes, and program priorities. Identify and manage technical, programmatic, supply-chain, cost, and schedule risks, driving mitigation and recovery plans when needed. Serve as a primary point of contact for customers, prime contractors, government stakeholders, suppliers, and internal leadership. Lead program reviews and communicate financial performance, schedule status, technical risks, key decisions, dependencies, and corrective actions. Support design reviews, test-readiness reviews, qualification activities, production-readiness reviews, and customer acceptance events. Support proposals, estimates, contract negotiations, follow-on opportunities, and overall program growth.