Senior IT Program Manager

BAE Systems•Fort Walton Beach, FL

9d•$122,400 - $208,080

About The Position

BAE Systems is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex, enterprise-impacting IT programs and projects. This role is responsible for managing strategic initiatives from planning through execution and stabilization while ensuring alignment to business priorities, measurable value delivery, and organizational outcomes. The ideal candidate brings strong experience leading large, cross-functional efforts in a matrixed environment and excels in navigating ambiguity, managing complex stakeholder landscapes, and driving execution across business and technology teams. This leader must be equally comfortable influencing senior leaders, synthesizing data into actionable insights, and presenting clear recommendations to executive audiences.

Requirements

10+ years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
Project Management Professional (PMP).
Proven track record of leading complex enterprise projects and programs in a matrixed environment.
Strong stakeholder management capability, including work with senior leaders, business partners, and technical teams.
Demonstrated executive presentation and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
Strong analytical and decision-support skills, including the ability to use data to communicate status, risks, trends, and business implications.
Experience managing cross-functional dependencies, enterprise risks, and competing priorities across large initiatives.
Strong business acumen and understanding of how technology delivery supports operational and strategic outcomes.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, adapt quickly, and maintain momentum in evolving environments.
Excellent collaboration, influence, and conflict-navigation skills.
Commitment to customer focus, continuous improvement, and high-quality delivery.

Nice To Haves

12+ years relevant management experience preferred.
Master's Degree preferred.
Organizational change management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.

Responsibilities

Lead complex enterprise IT programs and projects, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities, business objectives, and measurable value outcomes.
Manage initiatives across the full delivery lifecycle, including planning, execution, stabilization, dependency management, risk mitigation, and benefit realization.
Drive cross-functional collaboration across business leaders, technology teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, architecture, compliance, vendors, and other key stakeholders.
Translate strategic intent into executable delivery plans, balancing scope, timelines, resources, risks, and changing business needs.
Provide strong stakeholder leadership across a complex matrixed environment, building trust, aligning priorities, resolving conflicts, and maintaining momentum across competing interests.
Prepare and deliver executive-ready communications and presentations, including program updates, key decisions, risk escalations, roadmap views, and value-oriented recommendations.
Use data and structured analysis to support decision-making, communicate program health, identify patterns, and tell a clear story around progress, risk, and business impact.
Identify and manage cross-program dependencies, organizational risks, and delivery constraints to improve predictability and enterprise coordination.
Partner with business and IT leaders to ensure solutions are delivered successfully, adopted effectively, and positioned to achieve intended outcomes.
Promote modern project and program management practices, including customer focus, responsiveness, adaptability, continuous improvement, and strong organizational awareness.
Coach and influence team members and partners to strengthen execution discipline, collaboration, and delivery excellence across the program environment.
Support financial and operational rigor through effective planning, estimation, resource coordination, and tracking of delivery performance.