Control Account Manager (CAM)-Program Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Centennial, Colorado, United States

Salary: $157,738–$216,889 per year

Company

Develops satellites, spacecraft, enabling mission systems, and components for space exploration and national security missions.

What you will do

• Lead program cost, schedule, and technical performance with responsibility for end-to-end program execution.
• Establish and maintain control account plans, budgets, schedules, and performance baselines.
• Monitor earned value metrics, forecast costs and schedules, and prepare variance reports with root-cause analysis.
• Lead stakeholder status reviews and communicate financial health, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with technical, scheduling, risk, finance, supply chain, and operations stakeholders to align program execution.
• Coach and mentor junior team members on earned value management principles and practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or a master’s degree with 6+ years of experience.
• 8+ years of related experience and significant program management responsibility.
• Comprehensive knowledge of program planning, execution, resource management, budgets, schedules, and technical objectives.
• Advanced analytical skills for interpreting complex financial and performance data, including earned value metrics and KPI reporting.
• Ability to lead management reviews, interface with financial teams, manage programs with limited oversight, and develop corrective actions.
• Ability to mentor junior managers and lead complex program strategies.

Nice to have

• Senior-level project management certification such as PfMP.
• Experience with Agile, Lean Six Sigma, contract management, risk mitigation, systems engineering, or software development lifecycle processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, JIRA, Asana, Excel, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Experience managing multiple projects, conducting root-cause analysis, and preparing technical documentation.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on space-based technology, national security, and human presence in space.
• Collaborative environment supporting innovation, professional development, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with a 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, and three weeks of paid time off.