Program Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 8, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2026. Stanley Consultants scores B on the Alion truth index.
Job title - Program Manager
Location -San Antonio, TX
Job type - Onsite
Requisition ID - 11390
Position Summary:
This position is contingent on contract award.
The Program Manager is a strategic leadership position responsible for building, growing, and institutionalizing Stanley Consultants' enterprise Program Management practice. This role serves as a bridge between executive leadership, market leaders, client service teams, and project delivery personnel to expand Stanley's services into higher-value advisory, program management, owner's representative, program management office (PMO), and capital improvement programs (CIP). As a practice builder you will steward existing programs and program staff, while leading the growth of this service area with existing and new clients across all sectors of our business.
The Program Manager will support and enhance major client programs across Stanley's Water, Transportation, Energy, Federal, and Infrastructure markets while developing the tools, talent, processes, and client relationships necessary to establish a scalable national program management practice.
This position requires a proven leader capable of operating at executive, client, and project levels simultaneously. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable advising C-suite executives, leading complex pursuits, improving delivery performance, developing strategic growth plans, and mentoring teams responsible for program execution.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Develop and lead Stanley's enterprise Program Management practice across all markets and geographies.
- Establish strategic vision, service offerings, and operational standards for program management services.
- Develop repeatable tools, methodologies, governance frameworks, and best practices.
- Evaluate organizational capabilities and identify gaps in staffing, technical expertise, systems, and processes.
- Provide technical, schedule, financial, and risk-management oversight during the design and pre-construction phases. Responsibilities include:
- Translating validated mission requirements into detailed Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) and performance-based specifications.
- Establishing a project governance and decision-making framework that enables rapid, real-time Government approvals.
- Creating and maintaining an open-book risk register, risk allocation strategies, and contingency modeling.
- Performing continuous cost-estimating, independent cost analysis, and open-book cost reviews to establish a defensible, fair, and reasonable Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP).
- Managing collaborative design progression to balance strict budgets, tight schedules, and operational training requirements.
Practice Development & Strategic Leadership
Program Management
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field required.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Relevant professional certification such as PE, Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), or equivalent advanced credential preferred.
- Minimum of 18 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, infrastructure delivery, engineering consulting, construction management, or owner's advisory services.
- Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams, programs, or business units in support of Federal/DoD clients.
- Experience managing complex stakeholder environments involving Federal/DoD clients, contractors, and executive leadership.
- Experience managing $500M+ mega-scale programs.
- Strong understanding of engineering consulting operations, project delivery, financial performance, and resource management.
- Expertise in program governance, program controls, risk management, scheduling, and organizational change management.
- Ability to influence and lead across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
- Strategic thinker capable of balancing long-term growth initiatives with immediate client and operational needs.
- Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with demonstrated success developing future leaders.
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