Senior Program Manager (Aerospace/Defense)

Location: Hollister, California, United States; travel is required as customer, program, and company needs dictate.

Salary: $130,200–$241,800 per year, plus eligibility for a bonus.

Company

hirify.global is an independent public precision technology company, and PacSci EMC develops energetic materials, devices, and subsystems for military and commercial applications.

What you will do

• Develop and implement strategies to expand business with existing and new customers.
• Manage assigned programs, including schedules, budgets, forecasts, profitability, expenditures, and customer requirements.
• Lead major proposal efforts, coordinate cross-functional proposal teams, prepare cost and management volumes, and submit pricing recommendations.
• Conduct contract negotiations, manage scope changes, and issue program work authorizations.
• Build customer relationships, present program reviews, and coordinate with business development, contracts, procurement, production, finance, and engineering.
• Train and provide direction to lower-level Program Managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business/Marketing with technical program experience; a master’s degree is preferred.
• 8–10 years of program management experience in a technical manufacturing environment within the aerospace or defense industry.
• Experience leading multiple programs with annual revenues exceeding $30 million.
• Strong understanding of program financials, including estimate to complete and estimate at complete.
• Experience with aerospace/defense sole-source proposals, TINA-compliant cost volumes, contract negotiations, program risk management, and scope changes.
• US citizenship is required due to US Government contractual and export-control requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree.
• Experience negotiating sole-source contracts with awards exceeding $2 million.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on mission-critical aerospace and defense technologies used across military, commercial, space, aviation, law enforcement, and energy applications.
• Safety First and Quality Every Time are core operating principles.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available during the hiring process.
• Eligibility for a bonus as part of the total compensation package.