Program Manager

Sentar is proud to be an employee-owned company, fostering a culture of empowerment, collaboration, and innovation. Sentar is dedicated to developing the critical talent that the connected world demands to create solutions to address the convergence of cybersecurity, intelligence, analytics, and systems engineering. We invite you to join the team where you can build, innovate, and secure your career.

Role Description:

We are seeking a senior Program Manager to run our DoD HIT program. You’ll own cost, schedule, and performance across the program, maintain government customer satisfaction, keep the team focused, and keep the contracts compliant. High-level cybersecurity direction, coordination, and accountability of RMF/ATO, CMMC readiness, and continuous monitoring, not hands-on keyboard.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the program.
  • Deliver on cost/schedule/performance.
  • Build and manage the IMS/WBS, drive execution, and remove blockers.
• Contract execution.
  • Manage CPFF task order, POP transitions, options, mods, and CDRLs. Control scope and handle change orders.
• Customer interface.
  • Be the primary face to the COR/KO/TPOC and IPTs. Lead PMRs, technical reviews, and status briefs.
  • Escalate early and with options.
• Financial control.
  • Work with our financial and program management teams to forecast, track burn, manage funding ceilings, accruals, and invoicing.
  • Hit margin targets with out surprises.
• Team & staffing.
  • Work with our talent acquisition and people operations teams to recruit, onboard, and retain cleared talent aligned to labor categories as primary hiring manager for contract.
  • Drive performance management and backfill plans.
• Subcontractor management.
  • Set expectations, enforce flow down clauses, review invoices, and hold subs to schedule/quality.
• Risk & quality.
  • Maintain a living risk/issue register, own mitigations, and enforce QA processes (ISO/ CMMI as applicable).
• Cybersecurity oversight (high level).
  • Hold teams accountable for mission success.
  • Ensure RMF milestones, ATO attainment/sustainment, POA&M management, and continuous monitoring.
• Support organic program growth.
  • Lead transition plans, write/review technical volumes, staffing plans, and the basis of estimates for new teams and functions being added to scope.
• Process automation & analytics.
  • Leverage Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI) or comparable low-code tools to streamline reporting, approvals, compliance documentation, and task workflows across the program.

Qualifications:

Clearance Level: Active DoD Secret required; TS/SCI eligibility preferred

Education: Bachelor’s in engineering, computer science, business, or related

Certifications: PMP preferred. One or more of SAFe Agilist, ITIL, or CISSP/Security+ (preferred for leadership breadth).

Experience:

• 8–12+ years leading DoD programs/contracts; 5+ years supporting the Navy or NIWC Atlantic strongly preferred.
• Proven delivery on multi-year task orders > $20M annual value with distributed teams.
• Working knowledge of NIWC Atlantic processes and Navy enterprise environments (NIPR/SIPR, afloat/shore, expeditionary).
• High-level cyber background: RMF/ATO lifecycle, eMASS familiarity, NIST 800-53/171 controls, CMMC 2.0 readiness, and Zero Trust concepts.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication; comfortable briefing industry executives. Demonstrated experience as a presenter, technical report writer, meeting planner, and facilitator.
• Tooling: MS Project (or equivalent) for IMS; Jira/Confluence; proficiency with program financials (e.g., Costpoint/Open Plan) is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform or similar low-code/RPA/BI tools to automate workflows, dashboards, and status reporting

Preferred:

• Experience within NIWC Atlantic portfolios.
• Experience leading prime efforts with multiple subs and OEMs; geographically dispersed teams.

What success looks like in 6 months:

• Customer Trust & Advocacy.
  • Demonstrated through observed interactions during program reviews and touchpoints; the customer seeks the PM’s involvement, and there are no surprises.
• .Communication Clarity & Cadence
  • Evidenced by concise, structured updates that clearly state outcomes, risks, owners, due dates, and next steps; stakeholders consistently know what’s next.
• Proactive Risk & Issue Management.
  • Shown by early identification, timely escalation, and options framed with impacts and recommended paths; steady, visible mitigation progress.
• Decision Speed & Judgment.
  • Reflected in fast, well framed decisions that hold up; escalations are reserved for items that truly need leadership cover.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Expectation Management.
  • Maintained via clear scope, priorities, and definition of done; changes are communicated with impacts and documented approvals.
• Operating system adherence.
  • Consistent use of Shift®, RAIDER, PrIME, xPERT, and PMR cadence with clean data and predictable rhythms (Sentar standards).
• CPARS/References.
  • Narrative feedback highlights communication, partnership, and reliability; customer indicates they would request this PM again.

Benefits at Sentar:

Our unique ownership model attracts top talent, giving employees the freedom to take initiative and drive meaningful improvements. In addition to cultivating a thriving and inclusive work environment, Sentar offers an extensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of employees and their families. Employee ownership is the foundation of our culture, promoting participation, teamwork, and accountability while ensuring long-term financial security and a commitment to excellence.

• Voluntary Medical, Dental, Vision, with Health Savings or Flexible Spending Plan options
• Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accident, and Long Term Care insurance options
• Group Term Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability is provided by Sentar to all qualifying employees
• Generous 401(k) match
• Competitive PTO plan that graduates quickly with years of service
• Other leave programs; holiday schedule along with bereavement, maternity, jury and military duty
• Mental health awareness programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development reimbursement
• Recognition and Awards programs

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