Senior Program Manager

ATI builds and manages collaborations that conducts research and development of new technologies to solve our nation's most pressing challenges. Our collaborations are custom-built teams of organizations from industry and academia that develop novel technologies for the federal government. Traditionally, these processes are complicated and burdensome. That's where ATI comes in. We simplify and streamline processes to make it all work.

When you work at ATI, you become a part of something larger than yourself. Our collective work - no matter what department or division you work in - ultimately enables the warfighter, saves lives, and diversifies the industrial base. At our core, ATI is a service organization. We are in service to others; it's what we do, and it's who we are.

The Senior Program Manager supports ATI's submarine and shipbuilding industrial base portfolio and related defense industrial base initiatives through senior program leadership or senior technical subject matter expertise. This position may be filled in one of two roles depending on program needs. In a program leadership role, the Senior Program Manager provides strategic, business, and operational leadership for a major program, portfolio, or mission-critical line of effort.

In this role, the individual leads managers and cross-functional teams, engages senior Government and industry stakeholders, and drives execution, staffing, financial performance, contractual compliance, customer engagement, and portfolio outcomes  a senior technical SME role, the Senior Program Manager provides deep subject matter expertise across complex efforts that support ATI's industrial base mission. In this role, the individual may contribute full time to technical strategy, implementation planning, technical evaluation, technology implementation, sponsor-facing technical advisory support, external engagement, and cross-project technical problem solving.

Individuals in this role may or may not have direct project ownership.

We offer a hybrid schedule (in-office & remote/work from home), fully remote or an onsite schedule and flexible hours. Candidates will need to reside near Charleston, SC to ensure work site flexibility. Fully remote work may be considered for qualified candidates residing outside of Charleston, SC.

• Supports ATI's submarine and shipbuilding industrial base mission in a high-visibility, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Operates effectively in engagements involving Government sponsors, senior customer representatives, shipbuilders, academic institutions, industry stakeholders, performers, and ATI leadership, as required by assignment.
• Contributes to strategic planning, execution, issue resolution, communications, and stakeholder engagement across assigned efforts.
• Develops, reviews, executes, or technically assesses key program and project artifacts, deliverables, metrics, reports, and implementation activities, consistent with assigned responsibilities.
• Prepares and delivers briefings, recommendations, technical reports, strategic communications, and related materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Drives sound judgment, operational discipline, and continuous improvement across assigned areas of responsibility.

• Provides strategic leadership for a major program, portfolio, or mission-critical line of effort, including responsibility for execution performance, resource alignment, customer satisfaction, portfolio health, and operational effectiveness.
• Leads managers, project managers, technical staff, and cross-functional support personnel in the execution of complex portfolios and integrated lines of effort.
• Guides program strategy and execution across project development, investment planning, scope definition, project award, performance management, implementation activities, and portfolio reporting.
• Ensures disciplined execution of program and project contracts, agreements, deliverables, schedules, budgets, cost-share tracking where applicable, performance metrics, and reporting requirements.
• Leads executive-level assessments of portfolio status, financial performance, risks, staffing, operational constraints, and strategic opportunities, and provides senior recommendations regarding portfolio composition, resource allocation, and performance improvement.
• Establishes and maintains management controls, dashboards, reporting structures, operating rhythms, and escalation pathways needed to manage complex, high-visibility work.
• Directs and mentors program management staff, including support for hiring, staff development, and workload balancing across the program.

• Provides senior technical leadership and subject matter expertise across complex government, industrial base, manufacturing, or research and development efforts.
• Supports technical strategy, implementation planning, technical evaluation, technology…