Senior Program Manager (Defense)

Location: Moorpark, California, United States; office-based role. Some travel is required, up to 20%, including occasional travel within the continental United States.

Salary: $139,000–$212,000 per year

Company

Develops autonomous defense systems and unmanned technologies across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Lead the execution of complex programs or multiple concurrent programs across cost, schedule, scope, and technical performance.
• Develop program plans, requirements, estimates, budgets, resource allocations, integrated master schedules, and communications plans.
• Establish program controls and success criteria, manage program-level risks, and oversee mitigation plans.
• Coordinate internal teams, Product Line Managers, Functional Leads, executives, and government and commercial customers.
• Lead customer meetings and program reviews while managing alignment, satisfaction, scope changes, and critical priorities.
• Support business development, opportunity capture, cost and technical proposals, and program reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 12–15 years of program management experience, including leadership of advanced technical development or systems-of-systems programs.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent programs, managing firm fixed-price programs, and developing risk management and mitigation plans.
• Strong knowledge of project management methods, tools, processes, resource planning, and Microsoft Office, including MS Project and Excel.
• Ability to work effectively with internal teams and government and commercial customers, with strong communication, analytical, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or qualifying asylee/refugee or other U.S. person under applicable ITAR/EAR requirements.

Nice to have

• Technical master’s degree.
• PMI or equivalent certification.
• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience with Earned Value Management.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with broad responsibilities and collaborative small teams.
• Focus on trust, teamwork, customer commitment, ownership, results, innovation, and simplification.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown.