Program Director, Senior | Mission Critical Facilities - PCSA Lead [Remote]

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Program Director, Senior | Mission Critical Facilities – PCSA Lead based in United States.

This executive-level leadership role offers the opportunity to guide a major pre-construction services assessment for a highly complex mission-critical facility program.
You will oversee feasibility, cost, schedule, risk, and technical planning activities that support critical investment and delivery decisions.
The role requires strategic leadership across multidisciplinary teams, external partners, and senior stakeholders within a highly regulated environment.
You will act as a trusted advisor, connecting technical assessments, operational requirements, and program strategy to achieve successful outcomes.
This position is ideal for an experienced program leader who excels in complex infrastructure environments and high-visibility initiatives.
You will help shape the future delivery approach for a critical facility while driving quality, accountability, and execution excellence.

Accountabilities:

The Program Director will provide executive direction and overall management for a fast-paced pre-construction services assessment, ensuring that all deliverables support informed decision-making and future program success. This role requires strong stakeholder leadership, governance expertise, and the ability to integrate technical, financial, operational, and risk considerations.

• Lead the complete execution of pre-construction services assessment activities, ensuring delivery of feasibility studies, cost models, schedules, and risk analyses within required timelines.
• Serve as the senior point of contact for client leadership, maintaining strong relationships with government stakeholders, project partners, and executive teams.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams across construction management, engineering, scheduling, estimating, security, IT/telecommunications, operations, and compliance functions.
• Establish program governance structures, execution plans, decision frameworks, and reporting processes to ensure alignment and accountability.
• Oversee technical due diligence activities, including site evaluations, building assessments, conceptual design reviews, and facility planning efforts.
• Integrate cost, schedule, procurement, and risk strategies to support realistic program execution and operational readiness goals.
• Lead stakeholder workshops focused on requirements, risks, logistics, phasing strategies, and operational interfaces.
• Manage scenario analysis and option evaluations to support strategic facility decisions.
• Develop and maintain change control, documentation, quality assurance, and claims prevention processes.
• Guide development of future construction management processes, including document control, reporting, scheduling, cost management, and quality systems.
• Deliver executive-level dashboards, briefings, and decision materials for senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, safety standards, quality procedures, and industry best practices.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced program leader with a background in large-scale infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, and complex pre-construction initiatives. The role requires strong executive presence, technical understanding, and the ability to coordinate diverse teams and stakeholders under aggressive timelines.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related technical or business discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 20+ years of progressively responsible experience leading complex programs and projects, including significant experience at the Program Director level.
• Proven success delivering feasibility studies, pre-construction planning, or front-end development efforts supporting executive-level investment decisions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating owners, architects/engineers, construction partners, consultants, and other external stakeholders.
• Advanced understanding of critical path scheduling, including integration of scope, cost, procurement, schedule, and risk management.
• Experience developing program governance frameworks, execution plans, decision gates, reporting structures, and change management processes.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance, quality control, documentation standards, and contract compliance within regulated environments.
• Executive-level communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly to senior decision-makers.
• Experience supporting mission-critical facilities such as secure facilities, control centers, data centers, healthcare facilities, or similar environments preferred.
• Familiarity with construction delivery models, trade packaging strategies, procurement planning, and long-lead material management preferred.
• Experience supporting government agencies or highly regulated clients preferred.
• Professional certifications or registrations such as PE, RA, CCM, or PMP are beneficial where applicable.
• Ability to travel regularly for onsite program activities and stakeholder engagement.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary range of approximately $157,500 - $283,500 annually.
• Eligibility for incentive compensation opportunities.
• Remote work flexibility with opportunities for onsite collaboration.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Paid time off and company holidays supporting work-life balance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Life insurance and additional wellness-focused benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements designed to support employee needs.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-impact infrastructure programs with national significance.
• Collaborative environment working alongside experienced technical and program professionals.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

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