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Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.\nTo be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.\n\nExport Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).\nPlease review the job details below.\nThis position requires current DHS/CBP Suitability.\nVantor is currently seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead theKestrel and FALCONefforts. This role can be performed remotely within the continental United States.\nAsa SeniorProgram Manager, you will own overall program execution across customer engagement, financial performance, personnel management, deliverables, schedule, risk, and technical delivery. Your work will have a direct impact on supporting mission partners through software, data science, analytics, and mission-focused capability development.\nIn this role, you will serve as the primary program leader for a cross-functional team of approximately 12-16 team members, including software engineers, data scientists, systems engineers, and mission-focused technical staff. You will work closely with customer stakeholders, internal leadership, contracts, finance, recruiting, and delivery teams to ensureKestrel and FALCONareexecuted with transparency, accountability, and strong mission alignment.\nWhat You'll Be Doing:\nOwning end-to-end execution of the Falcon program, including customer engagement, CPFF contract execution, financial performance, staffing, personnel management, technical delivery, deliverables, schedule, risk, and issue management. You will lead a multidisciplinary team supporting software engineering, data science, analytics, and mission-focused capability development, while maintaining close alignment with customer priorities and internal business objectives.\nYou will be heavily involved in customer-facing engagements, including regular status meetings, technical discussions, program reviews, deliverable reviews, planning sessions, and executive-level updates. You will be expected to translate between mission needs, technical implementation, contractual requirements, and business execution to ensure the team delivers meaningful outcomes while maintaining a strong customer partnership.\nResponsibilities:\nServe as the primary Program Manager responsible for overallKestrel and FALCONexecution, performance, delivery, and customer satisfaction.\n\nLead, coordinate, and support a team of approximately 12-16 personnel across software engineering, data science, systems engineering, and technical support functions.\n\nOwn program financial management, including CPFF execution, cost tracking, burn rates, staffing plans, forecasts, EAC inputs, invoice support, and coordination with finance and contracts teams.\n\nManage program deliverables, milestones, schedules, risks, dependencies, and action items with clear ownership and follow-through.\n\nLead customer-facing communications, including status updates, program reviews, technical discussions, planning meetings, and issue resolution.\n\nPartner with technical leads to ensure software, data science, and analytics efforts are scoped, staffed, prioritized, and delivered in alignment with mission needs.\n\nSupport agile planning and execution across sprint, release, roadmap, and backlog management activities.\n\nTranslate customer priorities into actionable program plans, technical workstreams, and measurable delivery outcomes.\n\nProvide hands-on technical management and informed decision-making across software development, data pipelines, analytics, system integration, and operational support activities.\n\nSupport recruiting, onboarding, performance feedback, team development, and personnel issue resolution.\n\nMaintain strong internal coordination with leadership, capture, contracts, finance, security, and talent acquisition stakeholders.\n\nIdentify growth opportunities, shape future work, and help position Falcon for continued mission impact and customer partnership.\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\nMust be a US citizen.\n\nCurrentDHS/CBP suitability\n\nBachelor's degree in business, engineering, computer science, information systems, data science, program management, or a related field. Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A master's degree may count as an additional 2 years of experience.\n\n6+ years of demonstrated professional experience in program management, technical project management, software delivery management, systems engineering management, data science support, or related technical leadership roles.\n\nDemonstrated experience managing software, data science, analytics, systems engineering, or mission technology programs or teams.\n\nExperience leading multidisciplinary technical teams, including direct or matrixed leadership of engineers, data scientists, analysts, or technical support personnel.\n\nExperience managing customer-facing program execution, including status reporting, planning, deliverable coordination, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder engagement.\n\nExperience supporting contract, cost, schedule, staffing, and deliverable performance in a government contracting environment.\n\nWorking knowledge of agile software development practices and tools, such as Jira, Confluence, and Git-based workflows.\n\nTechnically fluent and comfortable engaging with engineering and data science teams on software delivery, data pipelines, analytics, APIs, cloud-like environments, integration challenges, and operational support considerations.\n\nMust be willing to work in a remote setting or nearby Vantor facility and comfortable communicating via video calls.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience serving as the Program Manager or Deputy Program Manager for a CPFF, T&M, or mixed contract environment.\n\nExperience managing program execution, including cost performance, staffing plans, burn rates, EAC inputs, funding awareness, and coordination with finance and contracts stakeholders.\n\nExperience supporting Department of Homeland Security,specificallyCBPandDHS S&T\n\nHands-on background in software engineering, systems engineering, data engineering, data science, analytics, or technical delivery prior to moving into program or technical management.\n\nExperience managing teams that build, deploy, and sustain software applications, analytical capabilities, data pipelines, or mission support toolsin a cloud environment.\n\nExposure to cloud or cloud-like environments, containerized deployments, CI/CD workflows, streaming data architectures, APIs, databases, and modern software delivery practices.\n\nExperience leading roadmap, backlog, sprint, release, and prioritization activities in partnership with technical leads and customer stakeholders.\n\nStrong ability to translate between customer mission needs, technical implementation details, contractual requirements, and business execution priorities.\n\nAbility to identify program risks early, communicate tradeoffs clearly, and drive timely resolution across internal and external stakeholders.\n\nDemonstrated ability to build trust with customers while maintaining accountability for scope, cost, schedule, quality, and team performance.\n\nYou are a creative problem-solver who wants to apply breakthrough technologies for the good of humanity and to keep our country safe.\n\nStrong verbal, written, documentation, briefing, facilitation, and organizational skills.\n\nPay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.\n•The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $134,000.00 - $178,000.00 - $195,800.00 annually.For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.\nBenefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers\nThe application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.\nThe date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.\nTo apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.\nEEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. 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