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Robot type
Drone · Defense
Location
HuntsvilleAlabamaUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Oct 27, 2026
Salary
$178,000–$284,750 a year
Full-time

Senior Program Director, Next Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM)

Job description

Location: Huntsville, Alabama Business Area: Kinetic Effects Reports to: Vice President, Kinetic Effects

AV is seeking a Senior Program Director to lead the Next Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM) program and advance the Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) missile system from development and demonstration through qualification, operational deployment and production.

The Senior Program Director will serve as the accountable program leader, owning cost, schedule, technical performance, contractual delivery and financial results. This leader will direct an integrated team across engineering, test, manufacturing, quality, supply chain and business functions.

The position requires demonstrated program-level…

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, finance or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
  • At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in defense or aerospace, including leadership of complex defense hardware programs.
  • Demonstrated experience as the accountable Program Manager or Program Director for a major defense hardware program, with ownership of financial performance, contractual delivery, technical execution and customer…
  • Demonstrated program-level EVMS leadership, including responsibility for baseline establishment, integrated cost and schedule performance, Estimate at Completion development, corrective action and baseline change…
  • Demonstrated success leading a defense hardware product from development or prototype testing into initial production, including responsibility for manufacturing readiness, supplier readiness, configuration control and…
  • Experience owning program budgets, financial forecasts, resource allocation and execution recovery plans.
  • Experience directing integrated engineering, test, manufacturing, quality, supply chain and business teams.
  • Experience managing major subcontractors and resolving significant supplier technical, quality, cost or schedule issues.

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