Senior Program Manager - Construction

About the role

The Senior Program Manager – Construction is responsible for leading VIRSIG’s construction program from award through closeout. This remote role provides top-level oversight of active and pipeline construction projects, leads Project Managers, Superintendents, subcontractors, and support personnel, and owns cost, schedule, quality, safety, compliance, and customer outcomes across the construction portfolio.

This is a program leadership role, not a single-project assignment. The right candidate will bring ownership, discipline, judgment, and accountability while helping VIRSIG continue building a scalable, high-performing operations platform.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Program Leadership
• Lead multiple concurrent construction and infrastructure projects globally.
• Establish project execution strategies, staffing plans, schedules, budgets, reporting cadence, and performance standards.
• Monitor project health, identify risk early, and intervene before cost, schedule, quality, or customer trust is impacted.
• Team Leadership
• Lead, mentor, and develop Project Managers, Superintendents, Site Leads, subcontractors, and independent contractors.
• Assign personnel based on project complexity, geography, clearance requirements, and individual capability.
• Set expectations, hold teams accountable, and support recruiting, onboarding, and performance management.
• Construction Operations
• Oversee construction activities including site preparation, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, low-voltage systems, communications systems, security infrastructure, mobilization, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Ensure work is performed safely, professionally, and in accordance with contract requirements.
• Estimating and Preconstruction
• Collaborate with Sales team on construction estimating activities for proposals, task orders, ROMs, firm-fixed-price estimates, and change orders.
• Support quantity takeoffs, pricing, subcontractor/vendor quotes, constructability reviews, site visits, and proposal development.
• Coverage with Procurement for formal buyout and purchasing after award.
• Cost, Schedule, and Contract Management
• Own program-level cost control, budgeting, forecasting, project financial reviews, billing milestones, labor utilization, subcontractor performance, and change order management.
• Ensure proper documentation, contract compliance, flow-down requirements, and timely corrective action.
• Federal Compliance, Safety, and Quality
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal construction requirements, including EM 385-1-1, OSHA, Davis-Bacon, certified payroll, contract documentation, and USACE three-phase quality control where applicable.
• Support audit readiness and disciplined recordkeeping.
• Customer and Stakeholder Management
• Serve as a senior point of contact for government customers, Contracting Officers, CORs, end users, primes, subcontractors, vendors, and internal leadership.
• Represent VIRSIG professionally in project meetings, progress reviews, executive briefings, and customer escalations.
• Operational Excellence
• Develop and improve project management processes, templates, workflows, SOPs, reporting tools, and project controls.
• Support implementation of systems such as Procore or similar tools.
• Help build repeatable processes that strengthen VIRSIG’s ability to scale.
• ESS and Technology Coordination
• Coordinate with VIRSIG’s Technology/Security program leadership when construction projects include ESS, access control, video surveillance, communications, or other integrated technology scopes.
• Ensure construction and technology teams operate as one unified VIRSIG team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Project Management, or equivalent experience
• PMP, CCM, PE, or similar certification
• 8+ years of progressive construction project management experience
• 5+ years leading project teams, field personnel, subcontractors, or operations functions
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and project managers
• Strong command of construction estimating, schedules, budgets, submittals, RFIs, change orders, risk management, and closeout
• Experience managing subcontractors, vendors, and customer relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work Eastern and/or Central time zone business hours
• Ability to travel to active jobsites, client meetings, and pre-proposal site visits as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Federal government construction experience
• NAVFAC, USACE, VA, DoD, or other federal customer experience
• Procore power-user or administrator experience
• Experience with IDIQ, MATOC, task order, design-build, or design-bid-build delivery
• Knowledge of Davis-Bacon, EM 385-1-1, OSHA, FAR requirements, and USACE three-phase quality control
• Familiarity with ESS, low-voltage systems, access control, video surveillance, communications infrastructure, or physical security construction scopes

Core Competencies

• Ownership and accountability
• Ledrship and team development
• Construction program management
• Estimating and cost control
• Strategic planning and execution
• Risk assessment and problem solving
• Customer relationship management
• Federal compliance awareness
• Safety and quality leadership
• Clear executive communication
• Operational process improvement
• Long-term thinking under pressure

Why Join VIRSIG?

At VIRSIG, our mission is bigger than construction, technology, or infrastructure. We serve those who serve, and we believe the work we do matters. this role offers the opportunity to lead meaningful projects, shape operational standards, mentor strong teams, and help build a company grounded in ownership, excellence, service, and purpose.

VIRSIG’s “Why”

• People Matter
• Do the Right Thing
• Endless Pursuit of Excellence
• Long-term vs Short-term Focus
• Be Heroic!
• Never Give Up

VIRSIG’s Core Values

• People Matter
• Do the Right Thing
• Endless Pursuit of Excellence
• Long-term vs Short-term Focus
• Be Heroic!
• Never Give Up

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, professional development assistance, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Salary will be commensurate with experience.