Contract Program Manager

Responsibilities

• P&L and Financial Management
• Own program-level profit and loss performance, including revenue, margin, cash flow, and financial commitments for assigned Department of War contract(s).
• Develop, execute, and monitor annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and financial performance indicators in partnership with financial lead and program cost analysts.
• Maintain trusted working relationships with government contracting officers, CORs, senior program stakeholders, and mission partners.
• Lead program reviews, customer briefings, performance reporting, CPARS support, award-fee inputs, and other contract governance activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable contract terms, FAR and DFARS clauses, security requirements, labor commitments, and company procedures in partnership with contracts leads and representatives.
• Operations and Program Leadership
• Provide strategic direction and operating cadence for subordinate task leads and functional leaders across the program.
• Manage staffing plans, resource allocation, surge support, workforce transitions, and subcontractor integration to meet customer and contract needs.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, innovation, and operational discipline across program to improve quality, efficiency, and customer outcomes.
• Identify program risks, issues, and dependencies; lead mitigation plans, corrective actions, and executive-level escalation when needed.
• Support audits, internal reviews, investigations, and corrective action plans with timely, accurate, and compliant program information.
• Talent Management
• Recruit, develop, retain, and lead high-performing teams in support of customer mission requirements and Astrion business objectives in partnership with talent acquisition lead and dedicated recruiters.
• Provide leadership, coaching, performance feedback, and career-development support for direct and indirect reports in partnership with HR business partner.
• Support workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, and retention strategies across the program.
• Apply Astrion policies and applicable employment practices consistently and fairly in hiring, promotion, performance management, and separation actions.
• Business Development and Growth
• Identify and qualify new opportunities within the Air Force and Department of War customer base, including organic growth, recompetes, and new task-order opportunities.
• Support capture and proposal activities, including solution development, pricing strategy, win themes, staffing approaches, and customer engagement plans.
• Career Development
• Support workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, and retention strategies across the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered where permitted by contract and company policy.
• 10+ years of progressive government contracting experience, including experience supporting Department of Defense, Department of War, Air Force, or comparable federal customers.
• 5+ years of senior program management, portfolio management, or P&L leadership experience with responsibility for financial performance, customer delivery, and contract outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience managing contracts, programs, or task orders, preferably within a portfolio of approximately $15M to $50M+ in annual revenue.
• Experience leading large, geographically or functionally distributed teams, preferably 75+ personnel and/or multiple subordinate managers or task leads.
• Strong working knowledge of federal contract execution, FAR and DFARS requirements, contract types such as CPFF, CPIF, FFP, and T&M, and government performance reporting expectations.
• Proven ability to manage staffing, subcontractor performance, cost control, schedule commitments, risk management, customer communications, and contract deliverables.
• Demonstrated record of achieving financial targets, maintaining strong customer relationships, and supporting favorable contract performance outcomes.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to government contract requirements. Active Secret or Top-Secret security clearance, or ability to meet the clearance requirement specified by the contract; final clearance level to be confirmed by the program.
• Ability to travel as needed to support customer meetings, program reviews, site leadership, capture activities, and contract execution requirements.