Node A6 · Acronym decoder
PEO
Program Executive Officer
What it actually means
The senior official who owns a portfolio of related acquisition programs — individual program managers report to a PEO, who reports to the service acquisition executive. "PEO" also names the organization itself (PEO Aviation, PEO C3T), so the same letters mean both a person and their empire.
Where you'll meet it
Acquisition org charts and any question of who a PM answers to.