Sr Director, Program Management (NASA Communications)

Location: Hybrid in Columbia, Maryland, with 20% travel to the DC area

Salary: $220,800–$331,200 annually

Company

hirify.global is an engineering and operations company delivering a large NASA communications program for government, commercial, and international missions.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day execution of task orders supporting safe, secure, reliable, and uninterrupted communications and navigation services.
• Manage geographically distributed hirify.global, subcontractor, and partner teams across operations, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, mission interface, and modernization.
• Serve as the senior customer-facing program leader for NASA, mission users, and government stakeholders.
• Drive the transition from legacy network operations to an integrated operating model across government-owned and commercial network assets.
• Oversee cost, schedule, technical, staffing, financial, risk, governance, and subcontractor performance.
• Build and retain a mission-focused workforce capable of supporting 24x7 operations, critical mission events, and evolving NASA requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 15 years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 12 years of related experience.
• At least 10 years leading program performance against schedule, cost, and requirements, plus 10 years leading teams or organizations.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers, including O&M contracts exceeding $200 million annually and commercial service vendor relationships.
• Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI within one year.
• Strong engineering, leadership, organizational, communication, multitasking, and problem-resolution skills.
• Ability to operate in a dynamic, high-value firm-fixed-price task order environment with changing requirements.

Nice to have

• NASA MSFC or Headquarters work and leadership experience, including experience with former SES leaders.
• NASA contractor leadership experience and knowledge of NASA strategic directives, mission directorate initiatives, and agency-wide communications systems.
• PMP or PgMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Zero Harm and People First culture focused on integrity, inclusion, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Potential benefits include a 401(k) plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending, disability coverage, and paid time off.
• Professional training and development opportunities.
• Position is contingent upon contract award.