Program Management Director

Location: Tampa, FL

Industry: Defense Manufacturing / Capital Projects / Energetics / Chemical Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full-Time

Travel: As required for customer, supplier, facility, and executive-level meetings

Position Summary

SRG Government Services is supporting a growing defense manufacturing organization seeking a highly experienced Program Management Director to lead complex defense capital projects and manufacturing programs from inception through execution, including construction, commissioning, production ramp-up, customer delivery, and financial performance.

This is not an IT, cyber, intelligence, or software program management role. The ideal candidate will have experience owning large-scale capital, construction, manufacturing, industrial, energetics, chemical, ordnance, aerospace, or defense manufacturing programs with annual budgets of approximately $100M+ per year.

This individual will be responsible for overall program execution, customer satisfaction, budget performance, schedule management, risk mitigation, resource planning, and cross-functional team leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex defense capital projects and manufacturing programs.
• Own program performance across scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, customer satisfaction, and financial results.
• Manage programs with annual budgets of approximately $100M+ per year.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers, suppliers, internal leadership, and external stakeholders.
• Develop and manage program plans, milestones, timelines, budgets, forecasts, and reporting requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, operations, finance, supply chain, contracts, facilities, and administrative functions.
• Provide programmatic and technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and guidance to employees assigned to the program.
• Ensure required resources, including engineering, manpower, production, facilities, and supplier support, are available to meet program objectives.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks while ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level briefings to internal leadership, customers, government officials, and technical teams.
• Direct the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms and conditions of contracts.
• Support business roadmaps and strategies to grow the program portfolio.
• Maintain strong customer communication and overall management of the customer relationship.
• Ensure program documentation, reports, records, and contract-related materials are accurate, complete, and traceable.
• Represent the company professionally with external customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree with a minimum of 20+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience managing large, complex capital projects, manufacturing programs, facility construction, facility commissioning, production ramp-up, or defense industrial base programs.
• Experience owning and managing programs with annual budgets of approximately $100M+ per year.
• Experience must be tied to capital projects, construction, manufacturing, production, facilities, industrial operations, energetics, chemicals, ordnance, aerospace, or defense manufacturing environments.
• This is not an IT, cyber, intelligence, or software program management role.
• Experience managing program scope, schedule, budget, financial performance, risk, resources, and customer satisfaction.
• Strong knowledge of defense industry regulations and requirements, including ITAR, DFARS, and FAR.
• Experience working in fast-paced, complex, and highly regulated environments.
• Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working directly with customers, executive leadership, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Experience creating project schedules, milestone charts, status reports, executive briefings, and value-added presentations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, ERP systems, or similar platforms.
• Program strategy and capture experience.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• PMP or equivalent program/project management certification.
• Experience managing programs with budgets exceeding $300M.
• Experience with Undefinitized Contract Actions.
• Experience with construction, commissioning, or ramp-up of manufacturing facilities.
• Experience in energetic materials, chemical manufacturing, propellants, explosives, ordnance, munitions, or related defense manufacturing environments.
• Earned Value Management System experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple business organizations and customer communities.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a senior program leader with experience managing large-scale capital projects, manufacturing programs, facility buildouts, commissioning efforts, production ramp-up, and complex customer-facing defense programs. This person should be comfortable owning cost, schedule, risk, resources, customer satisfaction, and financial performance while leading cross-functional teams through high-visibility program requirements.

Equal Opportunity Statement

SRG Government Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.