Armada

Federal Operations Manager

Armada

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $115,000 - $140,000 per year

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About the role

  • Own post-award execution for multiple federal contracts, ensuring delivery against Statements of Work (SOWs), timelines, milestones, and performance objectives.
  • Lead project kickoffs with federal customers, establishing clear expectations, governance structures, and communication cadences.
  • Manage end-to-end execution across Atlas SaaS deployments, Galleon edge infrastructure, AI/edge compute solutions, or hybrid offerings.
  • Act as Armada’s primary operational interface with federal customers during project execution.
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships with government program managers, CORs, and technical stakeholders.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction through disciplined execution, proactive issue resolution, and transparent communication.
  • Coordinate across product, engineering, sales, finance, logistics, and partner teams to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Translate customer requirements into actionable execution plans and ensure internal teams remain aligned and accountable.
  • Support sales teams during execution by identifying upsell, expansion, and follow-on opportunities.
  • Track and manage schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and risks across multiple concurrent projects.
  • Own project-level reporting, including status updates, milestone tracking, performance metrics, and executive summaries.
  • Monitor contract financials, including burn rates, invoicing milestones, payments, and margin performance in partnership with finance.
  • Ensure compliance with federal contract requirements, security protocols, and applicable regulations.
  • Identify and mitigate operational, technical, and schedule risks.
  • Maintain accurate documentation to support audits, reviews, and contract closeout activities.
  • Identify operational inefficiencies and implement repeatable processes and best practices to scale federal delivery.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of Armada’s federal operations playbooks, templates, and execution frameworks.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 4–7 years of experience in operations, program management, or project delivery for federal customers.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing timelines and stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of federal contracting fundamentals, including SOWs, deliverables, milestones, and invoicing.
  • Technical fluency across IT infrastructure, SaaS platforms, cloud or edge computing, and/or AI-enabled systems.
  • Experience serving as a customer-facing execution lead with federal stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills with meticulous attention to timelines, deliverables, and performance tracking.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
  • Self-directed, accountable, and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
  • Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
  • Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • 15 paid company holidays per year
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsrelationship buildingproblem solvingself-directedaccountabilityattention to detailleadershipcustomer satisfactioncollaboration