# Program Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Defense

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## Description

Leidos' Defense Sensors organisation is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a high-profile radar production program supporting the U.S. Marine Corps.

The Program Manager will have full responsibility for program execution, financial performance, schedule, and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading all aspects of program execution, including cost, schedule, technical performance, contractual requirements, and customer satisfaction

- Maintaining full program financial responsibility, including profit and loss (P&L), forecasting, Estimate at Completion (EAC), and financial performance

- Leading and aligning cross-functional teams, including engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, contracts, and finance

- Driving production planning and execution, ensuring manufacturing readiness, material availability, quality, and on-time delivery

- Identifying and managing program risks, resolving complex technical and operational issues, and driving timely decisions

- Serving as the primary program interface with the U.S. Marine Corps customer, maintaining strong relationships and effectively managing customer expectations

- Engaging confidently with senior government customers, military leadership, and Leidos executive leadership

- Identifying and pursuing opportunities for program growth, additional production orders, and follow-on work

The successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team, drive production readiness and execution, proactively manage risks, and resolve complex technical and operational issues in a fast-paced environment.

**Requirements:**

- BA/BS or equivalent experience and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years or prior relevant experience

- Prior experience as a Program Manager with direct responsibility for program financial performance

- Significant leadership experience on defense, aerospace, intelligence, or government programs

- Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced environments with changing priorities and incomplete information

- Strong executive presence, judgment, communication skills, and learning agility

- Experience leading cross-functional teams

- Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex programs, establish priorities, exercise sound judgment, and make timely decisions in challenging environments

- Experience managing production or manufacturing programs

- Experience engaging senior government, military, and corporate leaders

- Demonstrated experience managing program financial performance, including budgets, EACs, cost and schedule performance, and profitability

- Must be a US Citizen and possess an active DoD Secret clearance

- Must be a resident of Huntsville, AL or willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience managing fixed-price defense production contracts

- Experience with radar, sensor, electronic warfare, or other complex defense electronics systems

- Active Top-Secret clearance

- Experience transitioning defense systems from development into production

- Familiarity with defense acquisition processes

- Experience managing production suppliers, subcontractors, and manufacturing operations

- Experience supporting classified and international operations

## Skills

### Required
- program management
- financial management
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving
- risk management
- supply chain management
- customer relationship management

### Nice to have
- radar systems
- sensor systems
- electronic warfare
- defense acquisition processes
- fixed-price contracts
- Top-Secret clearance

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