Deputy Program Manager

Endurion is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to support the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) program. This senior leadership role supports enterprise integration, operational synchronization, program performance, and customer engagement for integrated human performance services that sustain Special Operations Forces readiness, resilience, longevity, and performance.

The Deputy Program Manager partners with the Program Manager, government stakeholders, operational leaders, and cross-functional teams to ensure disciplined execution across physical, psychological, cognitive, social and family, and spiritual performance domains. The position provides continuity of leadership, advances program objectives, and acts on behalf of the Program Manager when delegated.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Program Manager in directing program performance, operations, governance, and customer engagement across geographically dispersed locations.
• Integrate and synchronize activities across program operations, workforce continuity, business management, transition and readiness, quality, analytics, and corporate shared services.
• Monitor contract performance, staffing, readiness, risk, quality, schedule, cost, and customer priorities; recommend and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary human performance services across physical, psychological, cognitive, social and family, and spiritual domains.
• Serve as a senior liaison to government customers, joint venture partners, subcontractors, functional leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Lead executive reviews, operational meetings, working groups, and cross-functional decision forums.
• Use program data, performance measures, and trend analysis to improve service delivery, demonstrate value, and support data-informed decisions.
• Identify operational risks, service gaps, and growth opportunities; develop mitigation and improvement strategies aligned with mission and contract requirements.
• Support workforce planning, incumbent retention, recruiting, onboarding, credentialing, security processing, training, and deployment readiness.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, government regulations, security standards, quality procedures, and applicable Endurion policies.
• Assume delegated Program Manager responsibilities during the Program Manager’s absence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public administration, organizational leadership, program management, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience managing complex federal, defense, healthcare, human performance, or mission-support programs.
• Demonstrated experience directing large, geographically dispersed, workforce-intensive programs.
• Experience managing contract performance, operations, budgets, schedules, risks, quality, staffing, and customer relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and integrate operational and enterprise support functions.
• Strong knowledge of federal contracting, program governance, performance management, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, written communication, and executive stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and program reporting tools.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the position.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public administration, organizational leadership, or a related field.
• Experience supporting the Department of Defense, U.S. Special Operations Command, Special Operations Forces, or another federal agency.
• Knowledge of POTFF mission priorities and integrated human performance programs.
• Experience leading program transitions, mobilization, incumbent capture, workforce continuity, or operational readiness initiatives.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams across domestic and international locations.
• Project Management Professional, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable program-management certification.
• Active Department of Defense Secret or higher-level security clearance.

Work Environment

Work is performed in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment supporting geographically dispersed domestic and international operations. The position requires regular collaboration with government customers, program leadership, functional teams, and field personnel and may require travel based on program needs.

Endurion complies with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Endurion will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Management retains the discretion to add to or modify the duties of the position at any time. Employment with Endurion is at-will, meaning that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice, provided it does not violate applicable law.