Program Manager

Location: Huntsville, AL
Position Type: Full-Time
Department: Program Management

The Program Manager provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and financial management across complex programs and diverse technical and operational capabilities. This position is responsible for driving program execution, ensuring financial performance, managing organizational resources, and maintaining strong customer relationships while supporting overall business objectives.

The Program Manager exercises sound business judgment, demonstrates strong financial acumen, and provides leadership across multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful program delivery, operational efficiency, and long-term organizational success.

Program Leadership & Operational Management

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple programs, projects, and functional capabilities, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and customer requirements.
• Oversee program execution, performance, staffing, resource allocation, schedules, budgets, and contractual deliverables.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams supporting a broad range of technical, engineering, operational, and professional services capabilities.
• Establish performance objectives, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and implement strategies to improve operational effectiveness.
• Identify and mitigate programmatic, financial, contractual, and operational risks.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, organizational policies, and applicable federal regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen program performance, operational efficiency, and service delivery.

Financial Management & P&L Accountability

• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for program financial performance, including profit and loss (P&L), revenue, profitability, and cost management.
• Develop, manage, and execute program budgets, financial forecasts, and resource plans.
• Monitor financial performance against established objectives, identifying trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate program financial health, including labor utilization, indirect costs, operating margins, and overall profitability.
• Collaborate with Finance, Contracts, and executive leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and sound business decisions.
• Implement cost-control measures and operational strategies that support profitability while maintaining program quality and customer satisfaction.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Provide direct leadership, mentorship, and performance management to program managers, functional leaders, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, professional development, and continuous improvement.
• Assess organizational capabilities, workforce requirements, and resource needs to support current and future business objectives.
• Partner with Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, and functional leadership to support workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development.
• Establish clear expectations, promote effective communication, and ensure alignment across operational and functional teams.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead through organizational growth, changing priorities, and complex business challenges.

Customer Engagement & Business Growth

• Establish and maintain effective relationships with government customers, industry partners, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Serve as a senior program representative, communicating program performance, operational priorities, and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with Business Development, Capture, and executive leadership to identify opportunities for business expansion and continued growth.
• Support proposal development, recompete strategies, technical solutions, and pricing initiatives as appropriate.
• Evaluate existing capabilities and identify opportunities to expand service offerings, improve customer outcomes, and strengthen competitive positioning.
• Support contract transitions, new program implementation, and integration of additional capabilities as required.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, operations management, or related leadership roles.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated leadership experience managing complex programs, multidisciplinary teams, or multiple functional capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience with program-level financial management, including P&L responsibility, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and profitability analysis.
• Experience managing federal government contracts, preferably supporting the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, or other federal agencies.
• Working knowledge of federal contracting requirements, contract types, and program performance expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple priorities, manage organizational resources, and execute strategic initiatives.
• Strong analytical, financial, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience engaging senior leadership and government customers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience using financial, enterprise resource planning (ERP), or program management systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance, if required.

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering Management, or a related discipline.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience overseeing multiple programs, contracts, or business portfolios with diverse technical and operational requirements.
• Demonstrated responsibility for financial performance, revenue growth, and operating margins across a portfolio of programs.
• Experience supporting engineering, aerospace, defense, systems integration, test and evaluation, information technology, or other technical service environments.
• Experience managing Cost-Plus, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Time-and-Materials (T&M), and other federal contract types.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint or comparable enterprise financial management systems.
• Experience supporting business development, capture management, proposals, and contract recompetes.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational growth, operational improvements, or complex program transitions.
• Active government security clearance.

PREFERENCE STATEMENT
Preference will be given to Calista shareholders and their descendants and to spouses of Calista shareholders, and to shareholders of other corporations created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, in accordance with Title 43 U.S. Code 1626(g).

EEO STATEMENT
Additionally, it is our policy to select, place, train and promote the most qualified individuals based upon relevant factors such as work quality, attitude and experience, so as to provide equal employment opportunity for all employees in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws and without regard to non-work related factors such as race, color, religion/creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, genetic information, or other protected status. When applicable, our policy of non-discrimination applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, transfer, promotion, placement, layoff, compensation, termination, reduction in force and benefits.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
It is Calista and Subsidiaries' business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements.

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.