Senior Counter Threats Program Manager

Senior Counter Threats Program Manager

Marathon TS is seeking an entrepreneurial-minded Senior Counter Threats Program Manager to lead a U.S. Army emerging technology contract. This program serves as the jumping off point for future development work and the ability to combine our body of work with future solutions. Successful candidates will demonstrate a hunger and ability to drive organic growth while serving as a trusted partner to dynamic customers within the U.S. Army. This Senior Program Manager will offer sound financial acumen to mitigate risk and increase opportunities with the customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary customer interface and lead all program execution activities related to technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, and contractual commitments.
• Lead program reviews and executive briefings with customers and internal stakeholders to communicate program status, risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive program plans, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), budgets, resource plans, and execution strategies that align with contractual requirements and internal commitments.
• Manage program financial performance, including forecasting, Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC), revenue planning, and budget-to-actual performance reporting.
• Establish execution frameworks, operating rhythms, and governance processes where mature program management infrastructure may not yet exist.
• Manage customer expectations, contractual scope, and requirements to ensure customer satisfaction while preventing unauthorized scope growth.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across program teams and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of program, project, or technical leadership experience supporting Department of Defense customers on production-based/hardware delivery programs.
• Demonstrated success managing programs with complex technical, schedule, and cost requirements, including challenging customer and subcontractor relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead highly technical, cross-functional teams and deliver results in fast-paced, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving environments.
• Highly organized with exceptional planning, prioritization, and execution skills and the ability to create clarity from complexity.
• Strong self-motivated ethos with a demonstrated ability to build structure, processes, and execution frameworks in environments where infrastructure and support systems are still maturing.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), and resource-loaded schedules.
• Experience with program financial management, including ETC, EAC, forecasting, budgeting, and financial performance analysis.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset and customer management skills and demonstrated ability to manage expectations while controlling scope, cost, and schedule.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.
• Based out of Virginia with a willingness to travel 40%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Twelve (12)+ years of defense program management and leadership experience.
• Experience operating within formal Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and hybrid program execution approaches.
• Active U.S. Department of Defense security clearance.

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").