Senior Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of delivering assigned customer programs from the initial proposal planning and contract award through to development, production, fielding, sustainment, and closeout.

• Establish, implement, and enhance the company’s Program Management Office (PMO).

• Create standardized program management processes, governance frameworks, reporting mechanisms, and tools.

• Provide training, mentoring, and development opportunities for junior Project Managers.

• Lead complex programs by establishing integrated schedules, budgets, milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and accountability.

• Collaborate with Business Development and Solutions Engineering on proposals, estimates, execution assumptions, and commitments to customers.

• Convert contract requirements into engineering, production, testing, and delivery plans.

• Be responsible for program financial performance, which includes budgets, actual costs, forecasts, estimates at completion, and margin risks.

• Act as the primary contact for program execution and lead customer reviews.

• Manage scope and changes in collaboration with Contracts and Finance.

• Coordinate deployment readiness, including staffing, training, aircraft and equipment availability, subcontractor support, logistics, and sustainment.

• Oversee supplier and subcontractor deliverables, dependencies, quality, schedules, and corrective actions.

• Maintain program-related risks, issues, decisions, and action plans; escalate significant concerns as needed.

• Monitor contractual reporting, customer acceptance, and billing milestones.

• Develop program management processes, capture lessons learned, and manage handoffs to Client Success.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of eight years of relevant program or project management experience, including at least three years leading complex technical programs across multiple functions.

• Proven track record in delivering aerospace, defense, unmanned systems, robotics, or similar hardware and software programs from planning through customer acceptance.

• Experience in managing program budgets, forecasts, integrated schedules, contractual deliverables, risks, and changes; capable of linking execution decisions to financial outcomes.

• Ability to lead through influence, prioritize competing demands, and obtain commitments from functional teams in a growing organization.

• Excellent customer-facing communication and executive briefing skills, with the capacity to articulate technical trade-offs and escalate issues with actionable recommendations.

• Working knowledge of engineering development, systems integration, verification and validation, manufacturing, and field operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, program management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional or military experience.

• Experience with unmanned aircraft, autonomy, intelligence and surveillance systems, payload integration, or airborne communications.

• Experience in supporting U.S. government or international defense customers, including product deliveries and contractor-operated services.

• Familiarity with government contracting, subcontract management, and relevant export or security requirements.

• PMP certification or equivalent training; experience in implementing practical program controls and reporting in a scaling organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote position.

• Up to 25% travel to support customer engagements, program execution, and company operations.