Program Administration Director

Job Family:
Program Management

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Direct Program Administration across a 500+ person federal services program, integrating workforce planning, onboarding, resource management, procurement support, subcontractor coordination, Security, PIV/GFE, and personnel lifecycle operations to maintain delivery readiness and contractual alignment.

Lead financial operations analysis across subcontractor funding, labor utilization, burn-rate trends, budget performance, and resource forecasts.

Identify delivery risks early and recommend corrective actions that support funding, staffing, and contract decision-making.

Support financial forecasting, labor planning, funding monitoring, contract action tracking, and executive reporting for a multimillion-dollar federal portfolio, translating budget, staffing, utilization, and performance metrics into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Lead matrixed coordination across program leadership, finance, contracts, recruiting, security, technology, partner services, subcontracts, procurement, and federal stakeholders to align operational priorities, resolve delivery issues, and execute program-wide business operations.

Provide oversight and governance for Security, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) administration, ensuring requests are submitted, reviewed, tracked, reconciled, and closed in accordance with contractual, agency, and program requirements.

Coordinate with internal teams and Government points of contact to ensure timely provisioning, accurate records, clear turnaround expectations, and alignment between staffing actions, access needs, and equipment availability.

Manage security-related compliance administration, including annual training completion, resource rosters, onboarding and offboarding requirements, records management, and recurring compliance reporting.

Track completion status, send reminders and follow-ups, coordinate remediation for overdue or incomplete items, facilitate knowledge transfer as needed, and compile completion metrics and compliance summaries for internal and Government stakeholders.

Establish and continuously improve governance structures, reporting standards, and business processes to strengthen transparency, accountability, compliance, operational maturity, and executive visibility across the program.

Report Program Administration status, operational risks, financial trends, staffing impacts, compliance metrics, and corrective action recommendations to executive and federal team stakeholders.

Bachelor’s degree Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in program administration, onboarding, operations, personnel security, compliance support, subcontractor coordination, procurement support, and/or business process reengineering—preferably in a Federal/government contracting environment—with demonstrated ownership of multiple concurrent work streams.

Experience in managing team members in day-to-day activities and longer term career development.

Experience working directly with Government stakeholders, internal teams, subcontractors, and business operations partners to support Public Trust suitability processing, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentialing, Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) provisioning, subcontractor onboarding/offboarding, procurement coordination, training compliance, records management, reporting, and workflow optimization.

Demonstrated ability to present and communicate information clearly to varied audiences (e.g., program leadership, project teams, and Government points of contact) through briefings, written status reports, and…