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The Program Manager III has responsibility for ensuring the planning and performance of assigned complex programs throughout all phases of the program lifecycle. The Program Manager III is responsible for the cost, schedule, quality, customer satisfaction, and technical performance of assigned programs and for using that successful execution to drive future growth. The Program Manager III is responsible for effective customer communication and is able to proactively respond to the customer, and gain customer trust by meeting commitments and quality standards. The Program Manager III may be required to mentor and/or lead junior project or program managers. This position will be required to forecast sales, new business, and gross profit on their programs, needed to meet the operational goals of the business unit. The Program Manager III will direct program teams or Integrated Product Teams in achieving excellence in program execution through the use of Earned Value and other techniques to identify program issues and monitor program performance. Program/Portfolio value vary depending on the mix of programs.\nResponsibilities and Tasks\nHolds self and team accountable for high-performance standards and coaches the team to effectively manage changing priorities. Models expected behaviors.\nAble to mentor more junior project/program managers.\nUnderstands and effectively communicates program objectives to the team. Relates how the program supports the strategic plans of the Company and Business Area and fosters strategic thinking.\nLeads the development of detailed project or program plans through the application of company Policies and Procedures and Program Management industry best practices.\nLeads assigned program teams in accordance with specific program plans to achieve program delivery and quality goals.\nExpert in Risk Management. Proactively prepares and interprets Risk and Opportunity analyses and financial reports to anticipate problems and take corrective action to prevent/mitigate problems, and plan for management reserves.\nWorking with finance, prepares forecasts of new business, sales, and gross profit for annual operating plans for assigned programs. Establishes program budgets and holds Control Account Managers responsible for adherence.\nAdvocates for and proactively identifies continuous improvement opportunities to meet customer requirements by fostering an entrepreneurial and collaborative workforce.\nBuilds, develops, and maintains close customer relationships, anticipates customer needs, creatively addresses customer issues, and continually pursues open communications to strategically expand the business.\nAssures customer satisfaction in terms of product performance, delivery, cost and contracted scope as the primary point of contact for the customer.\nDemonstrated ability to provide Business Area leadership and customer with sufficient detail of program performance, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities along with relevant recommended solutions needed to solve problems.\nCoordinates with marketing personnel and assists in the preparation and implementation of marketing plans and proposals.\nApplies strategic thinking to anticipate challenges, align program objectives with organizational goals, and drive long-term value while balancing near-term priorities.\nIn close partnership with Contracts, leads development of contract negotiation strategies with customers, suppliers, and affiliates to achieve financial objectives. Understands contractual obligations, communicates contractual requirements to stakeholders and ensures these obligations are met by proactively identifying and mitigating risks.\nPlans and executes programs per contractual obligations, directly and/or indirectly managing the performance of multiple suppliers, affiliates, or peer organizations.\nConducts periodic internal and external program reviews to monitor program execution, keep management informed, and collect program performance feedback, risk assessment inputs, and identification of opportunities for improvement. Create, maintain and present Program Scorecards.\nIn coordination with Operations and Engineering, ensures design for manufacturability efforts and smooth transition to production for development programs occur as part of the program plan.\nWorking closely with technical managers, leads technical discussions, both internally and externally, to ensure all technical requirements are met.\nActs as a steward for all company policies and best practices to achieve program quality goals.\nPerform other job-related tasks as assigned by manager.\nEducation, Experience, License, or Certification\nBachelor's degree is required.\nMaster’s degree preferred.\nHas demonstrated experience in the applicable technical area or product line.\n5+ years program management experience is required. MP® Certification or Equivalent is required.\nSkills and Abilities\nCritical thinker who is able to analyze, evaluate, and interpret information effectively and efficiently.\nAbility to create and maintain constructive customer relationships.\nThorough understanding of industry trends and our customers and competitors’ strategies, strengths and weaknesses.\nDemonstrated knowledge and experience in applicable technical area or product line.\nDemonstrated experience with leading teams through the five phases of the project management framework (Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor & Control, Close).\nDemonstrated ability to complete projects or programs on time, within scope and budget while delivering a quality product to the customer with a high level of satisfaction.\nDemonstrated future growth potential.\nModels the required behavior to manage in accordance with disciplined internal processes aligned with industry standard tools; holds self and others accountable for the following: Earned value management, Program Planning, Risk Management, Requirements Management.\nDemonstrated experience and thorough understanding of program budgeting process.\nThorough understanding and significant experience in negotiations, collaborative problem solving, conflict management, meeting facilitation skills, and applying tact and diplomacy with internal/external customers and foreign personnel.\nSignificant experience using contract lifecycle management process to review/approve contract changes.\nDemonstrated experience and able to lead/mentor others in managing program scope based on customer requirements, expectations, and required deliverables (e.g., proposals, contracts, statement of work).\nExcellent communicator both verbally and in writing, with demonstrated ability to create and give program management review presentations. Able to mentor others in effective communications.\nAbility to lead program teams through influence and to mentor junior project or program managers to effectively lead through influence.\nDemonstrated ability to work independently to build, guide, and lead an integrated product team and to effectively mentor IPT leads.\nProficient in the use of MS Office products including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Outlook, and Project applications.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7205,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":5,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T20:42:42Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":29,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.52,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":35,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/26defense-program-manager-iii","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/26defense-program-manager-iii.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T01:23:48Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2328,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3837257},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3837257"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2F26defense-program-manager-iii"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2F26defense-program-manager-iii"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2F26defense-program-manager-iii"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/26defense-program-manager-iii\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2F26defense-program-manager-iii"}]}