Senior Program Manager, Missile Warning & Tracking

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Program Execution Own the integrated master schedule, cost baseline, and risk register
• Drive the program through preliminary and critical design reviews, payload and spacecraft integration, environmental test, launch, and on-orbit demonstration, meeting customer milestones and contract deliverables
• Manage scope, cost, and period of performance against contract milestones and payment events
• Lead day-to-day execution of the program team to the contract, running the weekly program cadence, internal design reviews, and readiness reviews;
• Own the preparation and quality of contract deliverables, including status reports, design review packages, technical and cost data, test plans, and final reports, for delivery to the customer
• Partner with the Mission Manager and Muon's Capture and Business Development teams on follow-on strategy
• Subcontractor and Vendor Management Manage program subcontracts, including mission data processing and algorithm development
• Coordinate critical-path vendors for detectors, focal plane arrays, cooler assemblies, and optics across long-lead procurements

Job requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in program or technical management of complex technical system development, deployment, and operations
• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience, preferably in an engineering or similar capacity, or direct ownership of a hardware development effort through design reviews to a tested product
• Direct experience with space, defense, or aerospace program planning and execution
• Demonstrated experience managing programs with multiple subcontractors and a complex critical-path supply chain
• Experience executing rapid-acquisition or prototype agreements for government customers, with familiarity navigating the government program lifecycle, technical data rights, and contract deliverables
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance
• U.S. citizenship required (Clearance required and program is ITAR-restricted)
• Excellent written communication skills; you will author or approve the program's contract deliverables