Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior Vantor Program Manager and primary customer interface for all Project Custodian activities.
• Act as the principal liaison between customer leadership and Vantor executive leadership.
• Lead execution of a multi-year strategic program involving ISR, GEOINT, remote sensing, intelligence analysis, training, technology integration, and operational support.
• Provide executive oversight of all Vantor program workstreams, subcontractors, vendors, and technical teams supporting the project.
• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with senior government, military, and executive stakeholders.
• Drive successful delivery of program objectives, milestones, and contractual requirements.

Vantor Team Leadership

• Serve as the senior Vantor representative and leader for all in-country program activities.
• Provide leadership, direction, mentorship, and performance management for all Vantor personnel assigned to the project.
• Build and maintain a high-performing, mission-focused team culture centered on accountability, operational excellence, collaboration, and customer success.
• Lead workforce planning, staffing, onboarding, retention, succession planning, and professional development activities for Vantor personnel.
• Cookordination and integration activities across Vantor operational, technical, analytical, engineering, training, and support teams.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge transfer across the Vantor team.

PMO Governance

• Establish and lead the Vantor Program Management Office (PMO).
• Develop and maintain: Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Program Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Management Plan, Communications Plan, Resource Management Plan.
• Implement governance processes, reporting frameworks, and executive dashboards.
• Conduct program reviews, status meetings, and executive briefings.
• Ensure effective change management and configuration management processes.

Operational Integration

• Coordinate execution across intelligence operations, remote sensing, GEOINT, collection management, analytics, training, and technology deployment functions.
• Oversee transition from initial operational capability to full operational capability.
• Ensure synchronization across collection, processing, exploitation, dissemination, and training activities.
• Support implementation of advanced geospatial and intelligence systems.

Remote Sensing & GEOINT Program Oversight

• Provide leadership and strategic direction for programs involving: Satellite imagery, Remote sensing technologies, GEOINT exploitation, Geospatial analytics, ISR operations, AI/ML-enabled intelligence capabilities.
• Translate technical requirements into executable program plans.
• Interface effectively with Vantor technical SMEs and customer leadership regarding remote sensing and geospatial capabilities.
• Risk & Performance Management: Identify and manage program risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans; track performance metrics, operational readiness measures, and program KPIs; lead corrective action planning when required.
• Ensure delivery quality, schedule adherence, and budget performance.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Brief senior executives, military leaders, and government officials.
• Facilitate strategic planning sessions and governance boards.
• Manage customer expectations and maintain alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Serve as escalation authority for program issues and decisions.

Experience

• Minimum Qualifications: 15+ years of progressive program management experience leading large, complex programs; 10+ years managing multi-disciplinary teams in government, defense, intelligence, aerospace, geospatial, or technology sectors; extensive experience leading international or overseas programs; proven experience establishing and leading PMOs; experience managing geographically dispersed and multicultural teams; experience leading teams of 20+ personnel across multiple functional disciplines in a customer-facing operational environment.
• Technical Background: Strong understanding of: Remote sensing, Satellite imagery, Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), GIS technologies, Intelligence analysis, ISR operations, Data analytics, AI/ML-enabled analytic systems; familiarity with the intelligence lifecycle and collection-to-analysis workflows.
• Leadership: Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills; demonstrated ability to engage with senior government and military leaders; strong organizational transformation and change management experience; proven ability to lead through ambiguity and manage competing priorities.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in one of the following or related fields: Program Management, Engineering, Geospatial Intelligence, Geography, Remote Sensing, GIS, Intelligence Studies, Defense Studies, Data Science, Computer Science; Master's degree preferred.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience supporting Ministry of Defense, Intelligence, ISR, GEOINT, or National Security organizations; experience establishing operational intelligence centers, fusion centers, or geospatial operations centers; experience with satellite tasking, collection management, or imagery exploitation programs; prior military, intelligence community, or defense industry leadership experience; experience working in the GCC or Middle East region.