Senior Program Manager

The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin

Program Manager overseeing day-to-day execution and sponsor interface for a government-funded program. Leading TIE’s primary communication with stakeholders and managing complex project deliverables.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee day-to-day execution and sponsor interface for a large, complex, government-funded program.
Serve as TIE’s primary day-to-day interface with government funding partners and key stakeholders.
Maintain the established sponsor cadence, ensuring disciplined agendas, clear decision capture, and timely action-item closure.
Shape and manage expectations with sponsor stakeholders.
Proactively identify performance risk, mitigation options, and recommend courses of action.
Drive responsiveness and credibility, ensuring rapid, high-quality turnaround on sponsor inquiries.
Own program governance in close partnership with contracts, legal, and finance.
Maintain a disciplined deliverables management system to ensure on-time, sponsor-ready submissions.
Support a compliance-focused execution posture appropriate for large government programs.
Build and maintain integrated program management plans and provide clear progress-to-plan tracking across teams and partners.
Coordinate execution across TIE teams and a large partner ecosystem; identify execution bottlenecks early and drive mitigation plans.
Facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings and program reviews.
Define and manage program KPIs and risks, escalating as needed to maintain visibility for leadership and sponsors.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, scientific, business, or related quantitative discipline.
10+ years of program management experience
At least 3 years of experience demonstrated success leading large, complex federally funded programs under the Department of War / Department of Defense, Space Force, or closely related defense agencies with sustained sponsor oversight, formal deliverables, and multi-party execution.
Strong working knowledge of government contracting and execution (OTA and/or FAR-based agreements), including deliverables, reporting, and change control.
Experience coordinating across external companies and universities (partners, vendors, sub-awardees) in multi-party government programs with formal governance and accountability.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to package complex technical progress into clear, sponsor-ready narratives and status updates.
Strong working proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Excel); experience working in or alongside ERP systems, including during process or tool migrations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds
Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
Tuition assistance
Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementgovernment contractingperformance risk managementKPI managementdeliverables managementchange controlreportingexecution coordinationtechnical narrative packagingmulti-party execution

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementexpectation managementcommunicationresponsivenesscredibilityproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsdecision-makingfacilitation