Head of Program Management

Role Overview

PacSci EMC is seeking aHead of Program Managementto lead the Program Management Office (PMO) responsible for sustaining programs within a complex highly engineered defense environment. This role is accountable for ensuring strong consistent execution across cost schedule quality and customer commitments while serving as a key connector across engineering operations quality and supply chain.

This is a leadership role with broad ownership operating with a business mindset across program execution and organizational capability. You will lead a distributed team of program managers while strengthening an established PMO framework elevating execution rigor and driving alignment across a highly matrixed environment where success depends on both direct leadership and influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of sustaining programs from contract award through delivery ensuring performance across cost schedule quality and customer commitments
• Operate with a business ownership mindset taking accountability for program performance customer outcomes and execution tradeoffs
• Translate contract requirements into executable program plans schedules and delivery frameworks
• Lead develop and elevate a team of 14 program managers across multiple sites setting clear expectations and raising the bar on performance
• Assess and strengthen an existing PMO framework to improve scalability consistency and execution discipline
• Build organizational capability through talent assessment coaching onboarding training and continuous improvement
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering operations quality supply chain and finance ensuring coordinated execution
• Influence without authority in a matrixed environment establishing accountability and clarity across teams that do not directly report to you
• Introduce and scale performance metrics dashboards and reporting to improve visibility into program health risks and outcomes
• Ensure execution aligns with contractual and regulatory requirements supporting disciplined and predictable delivery

Qualifications

• Significant experience in defense or government contracting environments with strong understanding of contract execution and customer expectations
• Background in prime or sub-prime defense organizations strongly preferred
• Proven leadership of program management or PMO functions including direct team leadership
• Demonstrated experience leading teams while influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
• Track record of building or elevating organizational capability (teams processes systems training)
• Experience improving or scaling execution in growing or evolving environments with measurable impact
• Demonstrated business ownership mindset including managing performance tradeoffs and outcomes tied to programs
• Technical credibility through experience in engineering manufacturing quality or similarly complex environments
• Experience with program controls (e.g. EVM IMS or similar frameworks) in defense or highly regulated environments

• Thrives in fast-paced high-accountability environments with competing priorities and ambiguity

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