Program Manager/Development Lead

Peraton is seeking an experienced Program Manager/Development Lead to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals.

This position is on-site in Columbus, Ohio.

This individual will serve as both the Program Manager and Development Lead for the Enterprise Financial Management System modernization effort. Owns delivery execution while providing hands-on technical leadership across application development, form conversion, workflows, and integrations. This role sets technical direction, leads sprint execution, and remains accountable for program outcomes.

Own end-to-end delivery of the EFMS modernization program
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, and delivery risk
• Lead Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization
• Maintain assumptions, constraints, and formal change control
• Provide executive reporting and delivery transparency
• Set technical direction for application development and integrations
• Review and approve designs, code patterns, and implementation approaches
• Guide developers on form architecture, workflow logic, and standards
• Resolve complex technical issues and delivery blockers
• Coordinate closely with architecture, QA, security, and operations

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma and 10 years of experience, may have supervisory or lead experience
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder
• 10+ years of combined application development and delivery leadership experience
• Prior experience serving as both technical lead and program manager
• Experience modernizing legacy enterprise systems
• Experience with agile program management using sprint-based delivery models.
  
• Proven ability to manage fixed price or tightly scoped engagements.
  
• Strong skills in risk, dependency, and issue management.
  
• Effective communication with stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Strong background in enterprise application development.
  
• Hands on experience with modern web application stacks.
  
• Solid understanding of workflow driven and form based systems.
  
• Ability to review, guide, and influence code level implementation decisions.
  
• Experience leading development teams through application modernization efforts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Public-sector or large regulated-environment experience preferred

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.