Field Program Manager (Active Top Secret Clearance)

Striveworks • Falls Church, VA

7h • $145,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Field Program Manager is a hands-on leader aligned to a portfolio of clients in the greater Northern Virginia area and serves as Striveworks’ primary program leadership presence. The role owns delivery, customer relationships, and growth of Striveworks’ mission footprint within the formation. Working across a small, cross-functional project team, the manager drives execution against the program roadmap and escalates when program outcomes are at risk. The position is intended for someone experienced in complex technology delivery who understands how War Department organizations make technology decisions and can take ownership of delivering technology into operational use.

The position operates in a hybrid remote/on-site environment at customer sites in the greater Northern Virginia area, with on-site work 60% of the time. Travel is expected up to 20% of the time, including some international travel. The anticipated base pay range is $145,000–$185,000 per year. Total compensation includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance; HSA and FSA plans, including dependent care FSA; a 401(k) plan; unlimited PTO; and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Sufficient technical fluency to engage software engineers and data scientists as an informed, non-technical counterpart.
• 4–6+ years of relevant professional experience with defense technology delivery.
• Demonstrated experience planning and directing execution of complex, multi-stakeholder project activities.
• Proven small-team leadership of teams of 2–6 people in high-accountability environments.
• Track record of building and sustaining rapport and trust with War Department stakeholders across organizational levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate credibly with Soldier-level and executive-level audiences.
• Active Top Secret US security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience implementing or integrating defense technology, including understanding why capabilities succeed or fail at the unit level.
• Familiarity with DOW IT, network, and communications infrastructure as an operational reality.
• Working knowledge of agile software delivery practices and ability to hold a technical team accountable to a cadence without micromanaging engineering.
• Meaningful exposure to machine learning or AI capabilities in operational or defense contexts, sufficient to recognize value, identify misuse, and advocate credibly for the customer.
• Prior customer success or account management experience with a defense technology vendor.

Responsibilities

• Own program delivery, customer relationships, and growth of Striveworks’ mission footprint within the formation.
• Drive execution against the program roadmap in collaboration with a small, cross-functional project team.
• Provide primary program leadership for a portfolio of clients in the greater Northern Virginia area.
• Take ownership of program issues and act when delivery is at risk.
• Plan and direct complex, multi-stakeholder project activities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• HSA and FSA plans, including dependent care FSA.
• 401(k) plan.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.
• Equity grants.
• Cash bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level