Principal Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior program leader for high-complexity, high-value programs.
• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, contracts, and quality to ensure seamless execution of large, multi-phase development programs.
• Direct execution of major subcontractors and suppliers, establishing performance frameworks, negotiating complex changes, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Approve and guide creation of integrated program schedules, risk registers, and technical execution plans across multiple workstreams.
• Establish and sustain business relationships, respond to customer needs in a timely manner, multi-task, and lead a diverse staff to achieve program and business objectives.
• Full accountability and authority for leading and managing the program.
• Create and maintain Microsoft Project schedules for each program.
• Serve as the primary customer interface to ensure program execution is aligned with customer expectations.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplined, cross-functional, matrixed teams.
• Experience managing concurrent programs.
• Strong communication skills and experience presenting to customers and senior leadership; ability to effectively work and communicate with all levels of management and customers.
• Strong working knowledge of business and project management processes and tools such as EVMS, IMS/IMP, Risk Management, Financial Forecasting and EACs, Microsoft Project or other scheduling tool.
• Ability to develop customer and program enhancing partnerships with internal functional organizations such as Contracts, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations and other support functions.
• Knowledge of Government procurement, contracting, and standards and specifications.
• Proficient in Microsoft Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance, or the willingness and ability to obtain one.
• Ability to travel ~10%.

Skills

• Direct technical development experience in satellite modems, software defined radio, radar, FPGA, real time software, encryption or other related disciplines.
• Experience with DCMA and DCAA oversight and audit processes.
• Experience with DoD Acquisition policies, procedures, and regulations.

About Us

This position requires compliance with Comtech’s Drug-Free Workplace Program. Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire. Employees may be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-incident testing. Illegal drug use — including marijuana, regardless of state law — is disqualifying under federal adjudicative guidelines and DoD DFARS requirements.