Senior Task Order Project Manager - Deployment & Sustainment

Roles And Responsibilities

• Support the government lead on planning and execution of worldwide deployment, installation, integration, sustainment, and operational support activities.
• Manage Task Order execution to ensure cost, schedule, technical, and performance objectives are achieved.
• Cook up deployment schedules with customer operational priorities and mission requirements.
• Lead integrated teams consisting of engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, software development, field service representatives, training personnel, subcontractors, and government stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain deployment schedules, integrated master plans, resource plans, and sustainment strategies.
• Ensure fielded capabilities maintain operational readiness through effective sustainment planning and execution for the customer.
• Cook up software releases, hardware refreshes, technology insertions, and lifecycle modernization efforts.
• Oversee hardware procurement, inventory management, warehousing, shipping, transportation, receiving, installation, and accountability activities.
• Ensure compliance with export control requirements, security policies, transportation regulations, and applicable DoD directives.
• Cook up site surveys, installation planning, acceptance testing, and operational transition activities.
• Monitor system performance, field support metrics, maintenance trends, and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Cook up closely with Contracts, Program Control, Security, Finance, Supply Chain, and Human Resources to support successful program execution.
• Develop staffing plans and manage project personnel, subcontractors, and field support resources.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain highly qualified personnel while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Monitor project financial performance, labor utilization, funding execution, and contractual deliverables.
• Review and approve project reports, deployment documentation, logistics products, and customer deliverables.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions while maintaining regular communication with customer leadership.
• Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs), Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs), Deployment Readiness Reviews (DRRs), and executive briefings.
• Support proposal development, capture activities, transition planning, and new Task Order execution as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve deployment efficiency, logistics effectiveness, sustainment processes, and customer satisfaction through continuous process improvement.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership, government customers, technical teams, and operational users.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of ten (10) years supporting DoD, Federal Government, or comparable complex technical programs.
• A minimum of five (5) years managing deployment, fielding, sustainment, logistics, or operational support programs.
• Experience managing subcontractors and multi-company teams.
• Experience managing hardware procurement, inventory, warehousing, transportation, installation, and lifecycle sustainment.
• Experience coordinating software and hardware deployments into operational environments.
• Experience with Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), lifecycle management, and sustainment planning.
• A strong understanding of DoD acquisition and lifecycle sustainment processes.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, performance, and operational risk.
• Exceptional leadership, organizational, and customer relationship management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to brief senior government leadership.

Desired Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• DAWIA Practitioner certification in Life Cycle Logistics, Program Management, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting ACAT I or ACAT II acquisition programs.
• Experience supporting global fielding operations.
• Experience with cybersecurity-enabled systems and secure operational environments.
• Experience supporting software-intensive weapon systems or command and control systems.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps software release management.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, ServiceNow, and enterprise logistics systems.
• Experience supporting U.S. Space Force, Air Force, or other joint operational organizations.

Education

• Bachelor's degree (Master’s preferred) in Engineering, Logistics, Information Systems, Business, Program Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 18 years’ experience with a Bachelor’s degree; minimum 10 years’ experience with a Master’s degree.

Clearance

• Active Top Secret security clearance required with SCI eligibility.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position in Colorado is $160,000/year to $210,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors.

Benefits

MTSI also offers a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered.