Senior Program Manager (Aerospace/Defense)

Location: Harbor City, California, United States; onsite role. Work is subject to ITAR and EAR requirements restricting disclosure of technical data and products to foreign nationals without prior authorization.

Company

hirify.global provides engineered antenna, thermal management, and mission-critical solutions for radar, electronic warfare, C5ISR, aerospace, defense, and related applications.

What you will do

• Lead government programs from proposal development and initiation through execution, delivery, and closeout.
• Establish program objectives, baselines, resources, milestones, budgets, and performance expectations.
• Coordinate Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Finance, Contracts, Procurement, and Quality to meet cost, schedule, scope, and technical objectives.
• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules, manage dependencies and critical paths, assess variances, and create recovery plans.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, expenditures, profitability, EVMS metrics, contractual deliverables, funding, and compliance.
• Lead risk reviews, customer and executive briefings, corrective actions, and cross-functional accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Program Management, or a related field.
• At least eight years of progressively responsible project or program management experience.
• Active PMP certification.
• Experience managing and delivering government programs, preferably in aerospace, defense, national security, or related industries.
• Experience managing government contracts, contractual deliverables, funding requirements, compliance obligations, and government customer relationships.
• Experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules, including critical path analysis, baseline management, and schedule recovery.
• Practical experience using EVM/EVMS to analyze cost and schedule performance, forecast outcomes, and brief senior leadership.
• Experience managing program budgets, expenditures, financial forecasts, cost controls, profitability, and cost accounting, including direct and indirect costs, labor and material costs, overhead, and variance analysis.
• Experience leading formal risk reviews, maintaining risk registers, implementing mitigation plans, and tracking measurable risk burn-down.
• Strong customer management, executive communication, analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project; familiarity with EVMS, scheduling, financial reporting, and risk management tools.

Nice to have

• Experience with EIA-748 EVMS guidelines, Integrated Baseline Reviews, and formal program performance assessments.
• Experience managing complex aerospace or defense manufacturing programs involving mission-critical products.
• Familiarity with quantitative risk analysis, program dashboards, and integrated cost and schedule reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include Integrity, Initiative, Impact, and Integration.
• Three weeks of paid time off and ten paid company-observed holidays.
• 401(k) employer match, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Continuing education reimbursement, birthday and anniversary incentives, and a referral program.