Perikin Enterprises is seeking a Program Manager for a position in Tullahoma, TN. The Program Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and growth of an assigned portfolio of projects and contracts supporting PERIKIN Enterprises, LLC and its government and commercial customers. The position is accountable for integrated programmatic and technical execution, including scope, cost, schedule, quality, contractual compliance, staffing, risk, and customer satisfaction.
The Program Manager provides direction to project managers, technical leads, engineers, and supporting personnel; ensures that project-level activities advance portfolio objectives; and maintains visibility into financial performance, technical progress, and emerging execution risks. Accountability for portfolio outcomes remains with the Program Manager even when day-to-day execution is delegated to individual project managers or technical leads.
The position also contributes directly to business growth by developing trusted customer relationships, identifying and shaping new opportunities, supporting capture and proposals, and positioning PERIKIN for follow-on work and contract recompetes. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring sound technical judgment, business acumen, and effective coordination across corporate functions.
This position offers a hybrid telework schedule.
JOB DUTIES
Portfolio Leadership and Programmatic Execution
- Lead an assigned portfolio of projects and contracts, establishing execution priorities, performance objectives, integrated plans, and clear accountability for results.
- Oversee project scope, budgets, schedules, deliverables, staffing, subcontractors, and contract milestones; ensure consistent execution across concurrent efforts.
- Monitor performance against approved baselines and forecasts; identify variances early and direct timely, documented corrective action.
- Coordinate with project managers and corporate functions to plan resource requirements, resolve competing priorities, and maintain continuity of operations.
- Conduct regular portfolio reviews and provide accurate, decision-ready status, forecasts, issues, and recommendations to executive leadership and customers.
Technical Leadership and Quality of Execution
- Provide technical oversight and ensure engineering, analytical, and professional services work satisfies customer requirements, accepted technical standards, and contractual acceptance criteria.
- Work with technical leads to validate approaches, review key deliverables, resolve complex execution issues, and manage technical interfaces and dependencies.
- Ensure technical risks, assumptions, design changes, and configuration impacts are identified, evaluated, communicated, and addressed.
- Promote disciplined technical reviews, lessons learned, process improvement, and consistent quality across the portfolio.
- Engage subject matter experts and partners as needed to strengthen technical solutions and execution outcomes.
Financial Performance and Contract Management
- Own portfolio financial performance, including revenue, direct costs, labor utilization, gross margin, estimates at completion, and forecast accuracy.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, staffing plans, expenditure forecasts, and resource projections in coordination with Finance and Contracts.
- Monitor funding levels, contract ceilings, periods of performance, and authorized scope; elevate funding or contractual risks before they affect execution.
- Support contract modifications, change management, subcontractor oversight, invoice accuracy, and timely customer reporting.
- Ensure work is performed within contractual authority and in accordance with applicable federal contracting requirements and PERIKIN policies.
Customer Relationships and Business Growth
- Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with current and prospective customers; understand their missions, priorities, challenges, and future requirements.
- Identify opportunities for organic growth, new tasking, adjacent services, follow-on awards, and strategic expansion within assigned accounts and programs.
- Partner with executive leadership and business development personnel to qualify opportunities, develop win strategies, and support capture planning and customer engagement.
- Contribute to proposals through technical solution development, management approaches, staffing plans, schedules, basis-of-estimate inputs, pricing coordination, and reviews.
- Support recompete readiness through documented performance, customer feedback, past-performance narratives, and competitive positioning.
- Represent PERIKIN professionally in customer meetings, industry engagements, technical forums, and partner discussions, consistent with company growth priorities.
Personnel Leadership and Organizational Development
- Lead, coach, and hold accountable assigned project managers, technical personnel, and support staff; establish clear expectations and measurable performance objectives.
- Participate in recruiting, workforce planning, performance evaluations, employee development, succession planning, and retention initiatives.
- Build an environment of collaboration, accountability, sound judgment, timely communication, and professional conduct.
- Coordinate with Human Resources and functional leaders on staffing changes, employee concerns, and personnel actions.
Risk, Compliance, and Continuous Improvement
- Maintain an active portfolio risk and opportunity management process covering technical, cost, schedule, staffing, contractual, cybersecurity, and customer-related matters.
- Ensure compliance with applicable contract requirements, security protocols, safety procedures, and PERIKIN's ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System.
- Maintain complete and reliable project records, management reporting, approvals, and supporting data within designated corporate systems, including JAMIS ERP as applicable.
- Identify and implement improvements to project controls, reporting, execution efficiency, and customer service.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Master's degree in Engineering, Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a closely related discipline.
- An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, engineering delivery, or comparable technical/professional services leadership.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects or a complex portfolio with responsibility for technical outcomes, budgets, schedules, and personnel.
- Experience managing customer relationships, financial forecasts, project risk, and contract deliverables.
- Experience supporting federal government contracts or similarly regulated, performance-driven customer environments.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting DoD, federal research and development, test and evaluation, or advanced engineering programs.
- Experience with FAR-based contracting, cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts, subcontract management, and government proposal development.
- Experience with earned value concepts, project controls, ERP systems, and technical or engineering management.
- Active security clearance or ability to obtain one when required by assigned contracts.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Strong portfolio leadership, project controls, financial analysis, planning, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to understand technical requirements, challenge assumptions, and make sound decisions with technical subject matter experts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive briefings, customer presentations, and concise status reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to develop trusted customer relationships and recognize business development opportunities.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage competing demands, and resolve issues proactively.
- Working proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and project scheduling tools.
- Commitment to integrity, accountability, customer service, continuous improvement, and safe execution.
- Ability to travel as required to support assigned programs, customers, and business opportunities.
WORK CONTEXT
- Potential for up to 5% travel
- Work in a safe and professional manner while adhering to all regulatory requirements (FAA, OSHA, DOT, EPA, State, and Federal regulations, etc.)
- Comprehend and adhere to management directions and/or safety instructions with no restrictions.
- Effectively communicate in Business English language.
- Pull, push, carry, lift, or move items up to 10 lbs. throughout the work shift without assistance, as required by job duties.
BENEFITS
PERIKIN offers a comprehensive benefits program including:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Health Spending Account
- Long and Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401(k) with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement & Scholarship Program, veteran status, and any other status or characteristic covered by an applicable federal, state, or local EEO law.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PERIKIN is an established international professional services, advanced engineering, and environmental services firm dedicated to providing responsive services to various customers across the country and helping our nation achieve its national defense objectives. Since our founding in 2010, we have succeeded by recruiting professionals committed to helping the United States achieve its national security objectives through infrastructure works, program management, environmental consulting services, and the application of advanced engineering solutions. We operate primarily in federal contracting and select commercial markets, working with the Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Energy, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, among many others.
PERIKIN is headquartered in Tullahoma, TN, with offices in New Mexico, Texas, Washington DC, and Ohio. At PERIKIN, we believe teamwork is the key to success, which is why we are committed to supporting each other in work and life. We work vigorously to provide our team members with the necessary resources, compensation, training, education, development, and benefits to succeed.
Drug Free Workplace:
Perikin maintains a drug-free workplace and, in compliance with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, requires a pre-employment drug screening and background check. This background check includes verification of personal references, credit history, law enforcement records, and employment/education history. Successful completion of these screenings is mandatory for job consideration.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
PERIKIN Enterprises, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. PERIKIN makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Pay Transparency Statement:
PERIKIN Enterprises, LLC will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. For more information on your rights under federal law, please visit the OFCCP website https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/faqs/pay-transparency.