SENSE Deputy Program Manager, Operations Maintenance and Sustainment (OM&S)
Peraton · Las Cruces, NM, US
About this role
## Responsibilities Peraton is seeking a **Deputy Program Manager** to lead programs supporting NASA’s **Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE)** enterprise, with primary responsibility for the **Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S)** Department. In this role, you will ensure reliable performance, modernization, and continuous improvement of space communications infrastructure supporting **human spaceflight, robotic missions, deep space networks, and ground-based mission operations**. You will have delegated responsibility in the absence of the SENSE Program Manager for overall SENSE OM&S task orders reporting to the **NSN Project** at any SENSE location, including: - White Sands Complex (WSC) - Blossom Point Remote Station (BPRS) - Guam Remote Station (GRS) - Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) - Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO) - Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) **Key responsibilities include:** - Provide leadership and oversight for **operations, maintenance, sustainment, and lifecycle management** across a geographically distributed space communications and tracking infrastructure. - Serve as the **SENSE OM&S interface** with NASA NSN leadership to align mission performance requirements, contract objectives, and evolving architecture needs. - Provide **deputy program management authority** on all NSN OM&S task orders. - Manage a group of direct reports, including supervisory activities (e.g., timecard approvals, performance evaluations, hiring decisions, goal setting). - Oversee OM&S task order management at SENSE locations (technical and programmatic). - Manage **OM&S schedules and budgets** and prepare technical/financial status reports (e.g., **NASA 533**). - Lead program planning, resource management, staffing, and performance tracking to support **24/7 operations** and scheduled maintenance. - Oversee capability sustainment (system upgrades, reliability improvements, configuration management, readiness assessments, technical refresh). - Manage maintenance windows, anomaly response, corrective actions, and mission operations support. - Ensure system availability, performance metrics, operational reporting, and quality standards meet/exceed NASA expectations. - Coordinate integration of new technologies into legacy environments with engineering, cybersecurity, safety, and mission operations. - Maintain rigorous program controls (schedule, risk/opportunity management, financial status, earned value practices as applicable, and contract compliance). - Deliver executive-level briefings, technical status reports, and program performance reviews to NASA and Peraton leadership. - Promote a culture of operational excellence, safety, continuous improvement, and workforce development. - Assess OM&S issues and develop resolutions (including vendor management/coordination as needed). - Support business development and capture activities for follow-on opportunities, recompete support, and mission expansions. - Monitor project progress and intervene to solve problems with managers and customers. - Perform other duties as assigned. ## Location / Work Requirements **This position can be based out of:** - Greenbelt, MD - Wallops Island, VA - Las Cruces, NM You must be **within a commutable distance locally** to one of these locations. ## Qualifications ### Required Qualifications - **Degree** in Engineering or a related technical field, with experience as follows: - **BS/BA:** 17 years - **MS/MA:** 14
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