Sr Principal Project Management

Regular Responsibilities

• Program Control & Reporting: Continually review project health, evaluate multi-million-dollar budgets, manage complex master schedules, and author high-level executive status reports.
• Risk & Opportunity (RIO) Leadership: Serve as the program’s Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Risk, Issue, and Opportunity management. Facilitate RIO identification meetings and maintain tracking mechanisms to protect program baselines.
• Cross-Functional Problem Solving: Autonomously assess complex programmatic challenges, decompose them into actionable execution plans, and coordinate intervention strategies across a diverse team of technical, business, and line managers.
• Executive & Customer Interface: Facilitate internal and customer-facing reviews. Manage meeting logistics, establish presentation templates, curate content, track high-priority action items to closure, and lead post-meeting integration.
• Business Growth Support: Assume a key supportive or leading role in new business proposal development, technical writing, and proposal team organization.
• Program Infrastructure Management: Drive team continuity by maintaining active organizational charts and managing/curating the program’s primary SharePoint repositories.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university with a minimum of 8 years of experience in Project Management, Program Integration, or Program Execution (6 years of experience required with a Master’s degree).
• Experience leading enterprise-wide initiatives, developing strategic roadmaps, managing schedules, and aligning cross-functional teams to drive business objectives.
• Experience in authoring Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process maps, playbooks, job aids, and implementation toolkits to secure business continuity.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and MS Project).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access (PAR/SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Control Account Manager (CAM) certification or direct experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Demonstrated capability to autonomously assess complex enterprise issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and decompose data into actionable implementation plans.
• Highly skilled in stakeholder management and creating executive-level communications to ensure alignment across large, diverse programs.
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification.