MicroSystems Automation Group (MSAG) is Mid-Sized Business providing Management Consulting, Information Technology, and Solutions products and services that create value and solve complex problems since 1987. We have a rich history of working with clients to understand their business problems and leverage our technical expertise and knowledge to deliver solutions to improve business performance. Our company has a GREAT corporate culture, and we are committed to providing the very best to our clients and employees.MSAG is seeking a resilient, high-EQ Program Manager to lead and rebuild a key technical contract by establishing critical customer trust and guiding a specialized engineering team. This role requires an experienced technical leader with an engineering or scientific background who excels in relationship building, clear boundary-setting, operational discipline, and team/task realignment.The ideal candidate is a proactive communicator and change management leader who can step into a complex environment, establish radical transparency with customer stakeholders, realign team workflows to corporate and contract deliverables, and re-establish execution excellence. If you thrive on taking ambiguous and intricate delivery environments and turning them into showcase high-performing accounts, this role is for you.Duties/Responsibilities:Program Leadership, Operations & Risk ManagementStakeholder Alignment & Transparency: Serve as the primary, visible interface to customer leadership. Address challenges directly by implementing clear, transparent operational reporting and high-accountability delivery cadences.Scope Management: Work closely with customer stakeholders to clarify, align, and manage scope expectations, ensuring contract deliverables directly resolve core customer pain points.Proactive Risk & Issue Resolution: Identify operational, technical, or relational risks early. Drive root-cause problem solving and deliver swift, communicative resolution to ensure customer confidence.Team Governance & Alignment: Lead, mentor, and realign a dedicated engineering team. Establish clear operational parameters between customer directives and contractual scope to ensure team activities are aligned with MSAG standards.Performance Culture & Accountabilities: Balance strong employee advocacy with high performance standards. Establish transparent metrics, individual performance goals, and a collaborative team environment that respects customer needs while maintaining contractor identity.Talent Development & Mentorship: Conduct regular one-on-ones, provide clear career paths, and build team morale around achievable, celebrated operational milestones.Program Operations, Financials & ComplianceExecution & Quality Assurance: Oversee daily technical execution, ensuring processes are streamlined, workflows are documentable, and contract outputs satisfy federal compliance standards.Financial Oversight and Management: Oversee monthly invoicing accuracy, manage labor hour ceilings, track PTO/travel requests, and maintain semi-monthly timecard compliance across the team, while managing profitability targets.Management Reporting: Develop and present concise, impactful Monthly Program Management Reviews (PMRs) for both MSAG executive leadership and customer representatives.Account Strategy and GrowthDelivery Excellence & Growth: Maintain a relentless focus on high-quality service delivery, leveraging strong customer trust as the foundation for long-term contract stability, recompete preparation, and organic expansion.Recompete & Capture Readiness: Maintain detailed knowledge of contract scope and performance data to lead future recompete and capture efforts seamlessly.Executive Presence: Navigate complex customer relationships, align priorities, and foster collaborative environments across multi-stakeholder groups.Scope Discipline: Maintain contractual scope boundaries professionally while identifying future opportunities to add value.Required Education, Certifications & ExperienceResidency & Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance (Active security clearance preferred).Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, or science.Certifications: Active Project Management Professional (PMP), Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or equivalent formal program management certification is required. Exceptions may be made based on skills and experience.Experience: 15+ years of progressive federal technical program management experience, with proven experience in account turnaround, stakeholder relationship repair, or crisis/change management.Preferred Skills, Competencies & QualificationsRelationship Recovery & Negotiation: Demonstrated capability to navigate sensitive customer relationships, de-escalate friction, and turn around underperforming or low-trust projects, if needed.Boundary-Setting & Scope Discipline: Ability to politely, firmly, and professionally enforce contractual scope boundaries with both internal staff and customer stakeholders, as appropriate.Emotional Intelligence & Change Management: Exceptional interpersonal skills needed to motivate an entrenched team and foster corporate alignment without damaging team morale.Technical Communication: Excellent executive-level written and verbal briefing skills, capable of translating complex engineering details into clear management metrics.Full-time employees are eligible for paid company benefits, paid time off, sick leave and federal /national holiday pay.MSAG is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability and VeteranFind our company reviews on Glassdoor.com https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/MSAG-Reviews-E812411.htm#CJ123#DICE123