Travel: Up to 50% domestic travel
Reports To: Executive Leadership
Salary Range: $150,000–$225,000
Position Overview
At PAC GROUP LLC and Partners, we believe our people are at the center of mission success. We provide professional, technical, operational, and mission-focused support to federal, military, commercial, and nonprofit organizations.
Through our network of partner organizations and client companies, PAC GROUP LLC provides exclusive recruiting and talent acquisition support for a variety of opportunities. Our recruiting team connects qualified professionals with positions that align with their skills, experience, and career goals.
Depending on the specific opportunity, candidates may be considered for employment directly with PAC GROUP LLC, a teaming partner, affiliate, or another client organization we support. The applicable employer, employment terms, work location, benefits, and other conditions will be identified during the recruiting and hiring process.
Our team is committed to providing candidates with a professional, transparent, and responsive recruiting experience while connecting talented professionals with organizations and missions where they can make a meaningful impact.
We value professionalism, integrity, accountability, teamwork, diversity, and a commitment to excellence in everything we do.
Whether supporting a federal contract, military mission, commercial organization, or nonprofit initiative, PAC GROUP LLC and Partners is focused on connecting exceptional talent with opportunities that matter.
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are particularly interested in candidates who bring one or more of the following backgrounds:
Military Leadership
- Former military field-grade officer (O-4 through O-6) or senior NCO/warrant officer with significant leadership experience.
- Experience in facilities, engineering, installation management, logistics, infrastructure, mission support, or operational planning.
- Experience managing installation-level organizations, programs, facilities, infrastructure, or mission-support operations.
- Ability to translate military mission requirements into executable program strategies and customer solutions.
Commercial / Federal Contractor Experience
Candidates with Program Manager, Senior Program Manager, Program Director, or Director-level experience with a major federal contractor are strongly preferred.
Relevant organizations may include:
- KBR
- Jacobs
- AECOM
- Leidos
- Parsons
- Hensel Phelps
- Fluor
- V2X / Vectrus
- Amentum
- Deloitte Government & Public Services
- Similar organizations supporting military facilities, infrastructure, construction, installation management, and mission environments.
Experience supporting programs involving facilities modernization, Base Operations Support (BOS), construction management, installation support, infrastructure, logistics, or military mission environments is highly desirable.
Experience with programs such as LOGCAP, RCAS, JBER-type installation contracts, MILCON, installation management, or similar large-scale federal/DoD programs is a strong plus.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Execution
- Lead a portfolio of complex, integrated mission-environment programs across multiple U.S. locations.
- Establish program strategy, execution plans, governance structures, performance metrics, and operating rhythms.
- Maintain executive-level accountability for cost, schedule, scope, quality, risk, staffing, and customer satisfaction.
- Direct and mentor multiple Project Managers and Program Managers.
- Establish program-level schedules, budgets, milestones, resource plans, and performance objectives.
- Identify program risks and develop mitigation strategies before they affect cost, schedule, or customer commitments.
- Ensure programs are delivered in accordance with contract requirements, applicable regulations, quality standards, and company policies.
- Drive continuous improvement in program delivery, operational efficiency, and customer experience.
Integrated Program Delivery
Lead and integrate multidisciplinary teams across:
- Program and project management
- Architecture and engineering
- Facilities modernization
- Construction and construction management
- Technology and A/V integration
- Digital experiences and signage
- Fabrication and installation
- Strategic communications
- Data and analytics
- Logistics and site operations
The Director must ensure these disciplines function as one integrated program team rather than independent workstreams.
- Establish clear interfaces, responsibilities, deliverables, and handoffs.
- Coordinate internal teams, subcontractors, consultants, and external partners.
- Ensure solutions are technically sound, constructible, operationally practical, financially responsible, and aligned with the customer’s mission.
Customer & Executive Leadership
- Serve as a senior executive point of contact for military, federal, prime contractor, and industry customers.
- Develop trusted relationships with senior military and federal stakeholders.
- Lead executive-level program reviews, briefings, status meetings, and performance discussions.
- Brief senior military leaders, SES-level civilians, C-suite executives, and other senior stakeholders.
- Understand customer mission objectives and translate them into actionable program strategies.
- Anticipate customer needs and identify opportunities to expand the team’s role and value.
- Resolve complex customer issues and facilitate decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Represent Team PAC Group LLC and Partners at customer meetings, industry events, conferences, and site visits.
Financial & Business Performance
- Own program financial performance, including revenue, gross margin, forecast, backlog, and cash-flow considerations.
- Develop and maintain accurate program forecasts and financial projections.
- Monitor contract performance against budget and identify corrective actions.
- Partner with executive leadership and finance to manage profitability and financial risk.
- Establish appropriate financial and performance controls across the program portfolio.
- Identify opportunities for organic growth, contract expansion, follow-on work, and new customer opportunities.
Business Development, Capture & Proposal Support
This position is expected to contribute to growth—not simply program execution.
- Support business development and capture activities for new and expanded opportunities.
- Support proposal development, pricing strategy, staffing plans, technical approaches, and solution development.
- Leverage customer relationships and industry knowledge to identify emerging requirements and opportunities.
- Participate in capture planning, customer engagement, teaming discussions, and competitive positioning.
- Develop relationships with primes, subcontractors, teaming partners, and industry stakeholders.
- Help identify and pursue follow-on work, contract expansions, and adjacent opportunities.
- Translate operational experience into compelling technical and management approaches for proposals.
Military Experience — Highly Preferred
Former military service is highly valued for this position, particularly candidates with leadership experience in:
- Army Engineer Corps
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Facilities Engineering
- Installation Management
- Civil Affairs
- Logistics
- Signal Corps
- Operational Planning
- Air Force Civil Engineering
- Navy Civil Engineer Corps
- Navy Public Works
- Similar military engineering, infrastructure, facilities, or mission-support organizations
Ideal military leadership levels include:
- O-4 through O-6
- CW4-CW5
- E-8/E-9
Candidates should have experience managing or supporting:
- Installation-level programs
- Base operations
- Facilities modernization
- Military construction (MILCON)
- Infrastructure programs
- Installation management
- Logistics operations
- Mission support programs
- Large-scale organizational or operational planning
Required / Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of progressively responsible program/project management experience.
- 5+ years leading complex, multi-site and/or multidisciplinary programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing government and/or DoD customers.
- Experience with significant program portfolios and financial/P&L responsibility.
- Demonstrated experience supervising and developing Program Managers and Project Managers.
- Experience integrating multiple technical and operational disciplines under a single program structure.
- Experience with federal contracting and government acquisition environments.
- FAR/DFARS exposure and familiarity with FFP, T&M, CPFF, and related contract structures.
- Proposal, capture, pricing, or business-development experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting programs in the $20M–$100M+ annual value range is highly desirable.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Program Management, or a related field preferred.
- Master’s degree/MBA or MS in Engineering Management, Construction Management, Business, or a related field is a strong plus.
Military service and equivalent senior leadership experience may substitute for a portion of the formal degree requirement, particularly when combined with substantial program-management experience and relevant professional certifications such as PMP and/or DAWIA Level III.
Certifications — Preferred
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- DAWIA Program Management Level II or Level III
- Other relevant federal acquisition, program management, engineering, construction, or facilities-management certifications
Core Competencies
- Executive leadership
- Program portfolio management
- P&L and financial management
- Strategic planning
- Federal contracting
- Customer relationship management
- Military/federal stakeholder engagement
- Risk management
- Governance
- Construction and facilities modernization
- Integrated technology delivery
- Cross-functional leadership
- Proposal and capture support
- Business development
- Negotiation and partner management
- Team building and talent development
- Executive communication
What Success Looks Like
Within this role, the successful candidate will:
- Deliver programs on schedule, within budget, and to customer expectations.
- Build strong relationships with senior military and federal customers.
- Create an integrated operating model across the team and partners’ technical and operational disciplines.
- Develop and mentor a high-performing program-management organization.
- Improve program profitability, forecasting, execution, and customer satisfaction.
- Identify and capture opportunities for contract growth and follow-on work.
- Strengthen the team’s position with DoD, federal, prime-contractor, and industry customers.
- Help transform the team’s capabilities into larger, scalable program opportunities.
Recruiting and Employment Disclaimer
PAC GROUP LLC and Partners provides recruiting and talent acquisition services for PAC GROUP LLC, its teaming partners, affiliates, and/or client organizations.
Depending on the specific opportunity, a selected candidate may be employed directly by PAC GROUP LLC or by the applicable partner, affiliate, or client organization. PAC GROUP LLC and Partners serves as the recruiting and talent acquisition resource for these opportunities.
The employer of record, compensation, benefits, employment terms, work location, schedule, and other applicable conditions will be communicated to qualified candidates during the recruiting and hiring process and prior to acceptance of an employment offer.
PAC GROUP LLC and Partners does not guarantee employment and reserves the right to modify, suspend, or withdraw a position based on customer requirements, contract awards, funding, staffing needs, or other business considerations.
By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge that the position may be associated with PAC GROUP LLC or one of its teaming partners, affiliates, or client organizations, and that the applicable employer will be identified during the hiring process.
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