SHF - Senior Operations Manager

Description

Shee Atika Federal (SHF) is seeking a Senior Operations Manager to join our team for a long‑term growth opportunity and serve as support to the SHF President in operational and P&L leadership of SHF. This is a remote position that will require limited travel (approximately 10–20%) to customer sites, partner facilities, and test ranges. This role is responsible for overseeing daily subsidiary operations, ensuring compliance, managing financial performance, and fostering a high‑performing team culture.

The Senior Operations Manager will execute goals provided by the SHF President and align with Shee Atiká’s mission to deliver meaningful value to shareholders, people, partners, and customers.

• Establish a regular technical review cadence in collaboration with Technical Leadership to monitor project health and direction, implement a project surveillance plan, and update corporate review formats to ensure transparency and alignment with strategic goals.
• Partner with the entity President and SAI/SGS Management Team to convert goals into a yearly and multi‑year tactical execution plan with clear KPIs/OKRs, resourcing plans, and budget targets.
• Support the entity president to maintain a cadence for operating reviews; ensure data‑driven decisions using dashboards covering revenue generation, financial management, operations management, and organizational development.
• Manage directly, or via subordinate, all internal, prime, and subcontract programs; lead the Program Management team to ensure on‑schedule, on‑budget, in‑scope delivery with strong customer satisfaction (CPARs).
• Execute program controls (e.g., EACs, ETCs, burn rate, margin as appropriate), change control, configuration management, and technical baseline discipline.

• Support Business Development/Capture through participation in gate reviews, bid/no‑bid decisions, solution/teaming shaping, staffing plans, Basis of Estimate (BOE), commercial product/licensing model to include support, and price‑to‑execute alignment.
• Manage directly, or via subordinate, operational readiness for new starts (facilities, tooling, staffing, supply chain, cyber/compliance, technologies) and smooth transition from award to execution.

• Partner with SGS to establish and sustain CMMI Level 3.
• Manage compliance with FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR, NIST SP 800‑171/CMMC Level 2, timekeeping and accounting controls (DCAA readiness), subcontract management, and OCI mitigation.
• Manage personnel security in partnership with the SGS FSO for classified work and secure labs.
• Coordinate with the SGS VP of Technology to ensure safe, secure lab environments.

• Support P&L performance; support annual operating budget, indirect rate strategy, cash flow forecasting, and capital planning.
• Strengthen quoting/pricing, supply chain, and vendor management to protect gross margin and schedule.
• Coordinate with system owner or optimize core business systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, program controls, resource planning) to scale efficiently.

• Build a strong management team by mentoring high‑potential employees, establishing a leadership development program, and creating a succession plan for key roles within the subsidiary.
• Support cross‑training of subsidiary management team to build a high‑performing leadership capability (PM lead, Ops/Manufacturing/Integration lead, Supply Chain, Quality, Contracts, Facilities).
• Provide feedback to subsidiary President on shared services to ensure resources are appropriately leveraged within the subsidiary.
• Support workforce planning, hiring, and performance management; mentor managers and technical leads; sustain a respectful, accountable, and mission‑focused culture.
• Maintain safety, security, and continuous improvement (Lean/Kaizen mindset).
• Demonstrate the Shee Atiká core values through servant leadership, form relationships with direct reports.
• Collaborate with HR on compliance, training, and development initiatives.

• Coordinate with corporate and sister subsidiaries where appropriate to…