Senior Program Manager

Senior Program Manager

Job ID: 2616541

Location: Bethesda, MD, United States

Date Posted: Sep 4, 2026

Category: Program Management

Subcategory: Program Mgmt

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: On-Site

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Job Description

Description

SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking mission-first professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering day-to-day excellence on programs of national importance.

SAIC seeks an experienced and results-oriented, Senior Program Manager (PM) to manage our Prime contract focused on Technical Exploitation. This includes the daily management of a small team of seasoned professionals and well and the internal SAIC PM reporting and accountability requirements. The PM is the primary point of contact with the COR for matters involving technical performance, cost, and schedule and communication of progress and problems in a timely manner. The PM shall perform project managerial duties, which include but are not limited to maintaining required staffing levels of qualified personnel and assuring quality, content, and prompt delivery of all task and contractual deliverables. This position is primarily based at the customer site in Bethesda, MD.

Responsibilities:

• Primary focal point for contract performance, to include technical performance, cost, schedule, security, staffing, and allocation of appropriate skill mix aligned with tasking and contract deliverables.
• Delivering on-contract strategic and organic growth opportunities.
• Provide regular reports to SAIC leadership on customer requirements/changes.
• Implement and manage on-boarding activities.
• Ensure the required level of expertise and competency of personnel are maintained in all assignments and kept current with rapidly evolving technologies.
• Ensure delivery of on-time and quality work-related products to the Customer and SAIC leadership.
• Ensure vacant positions are filled within the contract timelines by maintaining a pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Maintain awareness of SAIC solutions and surge support skills to present to customer at strategic opportunities.
• Coordinate and participate in quarterly Project Management Reviews (PMR)

Track, manage, and control contract costs.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Active TS/SCI with eligibility/ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence Polygraph Clearance is required. Candidates without this cannot be considered.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum eight (8) years of PM, project management, or technical leadership experience

• 18+ years of overall professional experience

• Experience as a Program Manager managing teams of 10 or more technical professionals

• Experience in bringing innovative approaches to address complex problems bridging operational and technical domains

• Strong analytic ability to evaluate programmatic data, resolve inconsistencies and propose solutions to program issues

• Strong organizational skills

• Outstanding verbal and written communications skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability and willingness to initiate and manage relationships across the customer leadership team

Desired:

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM-related field
• PMP
• 15 years of related work experience
• Experience as PM of technical exploitation teams
• Knowledge of military structure
• Prior experience managing an IDIQ contract

Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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