Lead Program Manager (Undersea Systems)

Location: Woburn, Massachusetts, with Arlington listed as another location; U.S. citizenship is required for SCI/SAP accreditations.

Salary: $147,000–$200,000 annually, full-time.

Company

hirify.global is a technology company focused on advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security, including sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, cyber, and artificial intelligence.

What you will do

• Execute multiple fast-paced, complex undersea technology programs against cost, schedule, and technical objectives.
• Develop budgets, spending plans, staffing and resource allocations, estimates to complete, and financial forecasts across labor, materials, travel, subcontractors, and contract manufacturers.
• Analyze actual costs, commitments, burn rates, funding availability, and variances; implement corrective actions and communicate risks and resource needs.
• Lead proposals, prepare subcontractor statements of work, manage subcontractors, and coordinate contract manufacturers through LRIP milestones.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through electrical and mechanical design, software development, system conhirify.globaluction, integration, test readiness, and field execution.
• Plan and execute advanced undersea system testing, including test objectives, resource coordination, at-sea execution, post-test assessment, and leadership briefings.

Requirements

• <hirify.globalong>Active clearance and current TS/SSBI; ability to obtain and maintain SCI/SAP accreditations, requiring U.S. citizenship.hirify.globalong>
• <hirify.globalong>Technical degree and 8+ years of relevant experience in government contracting, R&D, or advanced technology production; equivalent experience may be considered.hirify.globalong>
• Program manager or control account manager experience on design-and-development or build contracts, including WBS definition, schedule generation, financial analysis and reporting, and resource management.
• Experience planning and executing finances for fast-paced, complex programs, including budget development, resource planning, forecasting, cost and variance analysis, and corrective action.
• Proposal management experience, including planning and cost estimation.
• Experience managing projects larger than $10M for the Department of War.
• Experience leading small, multidisciplinary teams across electrical and mechanical design, software development, conhirify.globaluction, integration, testing, and field execution.
• Ability to coordinate interdependent engineering disciplines and drive systems from design and build through integration, readiness, and operational execution.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, organizational, mentorship, and peer-leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with undersea warfare systems, signal processing, underwater acoustics, ocean engineering, or sonar systems.
• Experience planning and executing testing and fielding of advanced undersea systems and vehicles, including at-sea execution and post-test assessment.
• Experience with operationally representative testing in realistic maritime environments and translating mission needs into test scenarios and performance measures.
• Experience in government, FFRDC, or defense induhirify.globaly organizations; EVMS, contract manufacturing, risk and opportunity management, or R&D program management experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative learning environment supporting deep technical understanding.
• Opportunity to develop advanced undersea systems for defense and national security.
• Work alongside multidisciplinary researchers, scientists, and engineers on challenging technical programs.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation during the employment process.