Senior Program Manager

The Senior Program Manager is a leader who drives customer requirements, schedules, resources, and overall program progress to ensure customer satisfaction and our business success. The Senior Program Manager owns on-time execution of customer deliverables, can excel as a technical liaison, and can bring together complex technical and operational inputs to meet program milestones. 

Responsibilities: 

• Drives program progress, from identification of market need through sustainment and obsolescence 

• Manages the customer relationship and is responsible for customer satisfaction 

• Responsible for defining program objectives and aligning resources required to execute 

• Responsible for the program budget, schedule, and Key Results (KRs) and their performance; regularly monitors and reports on program health, including ownership of Program Review material preparation and presentation 

• Owns the schedule for the program. Responsible for pulling inputs from across the company and re-baselining as changes occur. 

• Owns evaluation of technical and program risks/opportunities, drives mitigations of risk and realization of opportunities 

• Identifies and helps realize program or product opportunities to strength the business 

• Drives program technical and operational objectives, while ensuring program progress and on-time delivery 

• Serve as the primary customer point of contact (POC), manage contract scope, prepare material for and hosting regular customer check-in meetings, and lead the preparation of contract deliverables 

• Collaborates with team members to write, review, and deliver technical deliverables 

• Support business development and capture efforts with programmatic inputs, including cost and schedule. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering  

• 8+ year’s experience of program management or aerospace leadership  

• Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations and/or program requirements 

• Proven program management experience, preferably in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains 

• Proven experience leading a team of peers to field integrated products to real operating environments 

• Adaptive and introspective, willing to learn, teach, lead, and follow 

Preferred Experience: 

• Advanced degree in a technical field  

• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) and Government Contracts 

• Leadership and team building skills to include fostering collaborative and positive cultures, formal and informal influencing skills, and team empowerment and motivation expertise 

• Problem solving skills and knowledge of program management tools and procedures 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 

Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $135,000 - $163,000, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy. 

Classification: Full-time Exempt