Senior Program Manager Account Leader

MicroSystems Automation Group (MSAG) is Mid-Sized Business providing Management Consulting Information Technology and Solutions products and services that create value and solve complex problems since 1987. We have a rich history of working with clients to understand their business problems and leverage our technical expertise and knowledge to deliver solutions to improve business performance. Our company has a GREAT corporate culture and we are committed to providing the very best to our clients and employees.

MSAG is seeking a resilient high-EQ Program Manager to lead and rebuild a key technical contract by establishing critical customer trust and guiding a specialized engineering team. This role requires an experienced technical leader with an engineering or scientific background who excels in relationship building clear boundary-setting operational discipline and team/task realignment.

The ideal candidate is a proactive communicator and change management leader who can step into a complex environment establish radical transparency with customer stakeholders realign team workflows to corporate and contract deliverables and re-establish execution excellence. If you thrive on taking ambiguous and intricate delivery environments and turning them into showcase high-performing accounts this role is for you.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Program Leadership Operations & Risk Management

• Stakeholder Alignment & Transparency: Serve as the primary visible interface to customer leadership. Address challenges directly by implementing clear transparent operational reporting and high-accountability delivery cadences.
• Scope Management: Work closely with customer stakeholders to clarify align and manage scope expectations ensuring contract deliverables directly resolve core customer pain points.
• Proactive Risk & Issue Resolution: Identify operational technical or relational risks early. Drive root-cause problem solving and deliver swift communicative resolution to ensure customer confidence.
• Team Governance & Alignment: Lead mentor and realign a dedicated engineering team. Establish clear operational parameters between customer directives and contractual scope to ensure team activities are aligned with MSAG standards.
• Performance Culture & Accountabilities: Balance strong employee advocacy with high performance standards. Establish transparent metrics individual performance goals and a collaborative team environment that respects customer needs while maintaining contractor identity.
• Talent Development & Mentorship: Conduct regular one-on-ones provide clear career paths and build team morale around achievable celebrated operational milestones.

Program Operations Financials & Compliance

• Execution & Quality Assurance: Oversee daily technical execution ensuring processes are streamlined workflows are documentable and contract outputs satisfy federal compliance standards.
• Financial Oversight and Management: Oversee monthly invoicing accuracy manage labor hour ceilings track PTO/travel requests and maintain semi-monthly timecard compliance across the team while managing profitability targets.
• Management Reporting: Develop and present concise impactful Monthly Program Management Reviews (PMRs) for both MSAG executive leadership and customer representatives.

Account Strategy and Growth

• Delivery Excellence & Growth: Maintain a relentless focus on high-quality service delivery leveraging strong customer trust as the foundation for long-term contract stability recompete preparation and organic expansion.
• Recompete & Capture Readiness: Maintain detailed knowledge of contract scope and performance data to lead future recompete and capture efforts seamlessly.
• Executive Presence: Navigate complex customer relationships align priorities and foster collaborative environments across multi-stakeholder groups.
• Scope Discipline: Maintain contractual scope boundaries professionally while identifying future opportunities to add value.

Required Education Certifications & Experience

• Residency & Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance (Active security clearance preferred).
• Education: Bachelors degree in engineering math or science.
• Certifications: Active Project Management Professional (PMP) Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) Program Management Professional (PgMP) or equivalent formal program management certification is required. Exceptions may be made based on skills and experience.
• Experience: 15 years of progressive federal technical program management experience with proven experience in account turnaround stakeholder relationship repair or crisis/change management.

Preferred Skills Competencies & Qualifications

• Relationship Recovery & Negotiation: Demonstrated capability to navigate sensitive customer relationships de-escalate friction and turn around underperforming or low-trust projects if needed.
• Boundary-Setting & Scope Discipline: Ability to politely firmly and professionally enforce contractual scope boundaries with both internal staff and customer stakeholders as appropriate.
• Emotional Intelligence & Change Management: Exceptional interpersonal skills needed to motivate an entrenched team and foster corporate alignment without damaging team morale.
• Technical Communication: Excellent executive-level written and verbal briefing skills capable of translating complex engineering details into clear management metrics.

Full-time employees are eligible for paid company benefits paid time off sick leave and federal /national holiday pay.