Project Manager - Advanced Programs

Voyager Technologies, Inc.

$150K — $200K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Engineering (or related discipline) with 5-10 years of relevant experience, advanced degree considered in lieu of experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in project/program management, finance, and planning.
  • Experience developing content for proposals and customer presentations.
  • Ability to author and decompose financial and contractual documents.
  • Strong understanding of launch, space, and lunar environments.
  • Proven organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience with diverse engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop program budgets and schedules for lunar landers, rovers, and spacecraft designs.
  • Support proposal creation for mission opportunities and internal programs.
  • Contribute to programmatic topics like schedules, risks, and budget estimations.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams, partners, and customers to address technical challenges.
  • Build detailed financial estimates, including bill of materials and cash flow models.
  • Participate in technical meetings with customers and suppliers.
  • Manage early technology development projects, ensuring compliance with budgets and schedules.

Benefits

  • Flexible Time Off (FTO) for a healthy work-life balance.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families, with significant premium support.
  • Flexible gym memberships with a wide range of options and free workout resources.
  • 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
  • Wellness programs supporting physical and mental well-being.
  • Variety of additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources.
  • Opportunity to work in an innovative, mission-driven environment with a talented team.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Voyager Technologies is seeking a Project Manager to help shape the future of lunar technologies and missions. Advanced Programs leads the company's earliest stage work, from mission concept definition and long-term technology roadmapping to hands on development of breakthrough technologies that will power our next generation of lunar landers, surface systems, and spacecraft. In this role, you will end-to-end mission concept budgets and schedules for NASA, government, and commercial customers, directly influencing the technologies and architectures that will drive Astrobotic's future lunar pursuits.

Job responsibilities:
  • Develop program budgets and schedules for new concepts and designs of lunar landers, rovers, surface power systems, and spacecraft.
  • Support proposal content creation for mission opportunities and internal development programs.
  • Contribute to programmatic topics such as schedules, resourcing, risks, and budgets estimations.
  • Communicate with other engineering disciplines, partners, customers, and vendors to resolve technical risks and challenges.
  • Build out bottoms up estimates, including bill of materials, cash flow models, and labor estimates.
  • Occasionally participate in visits and technical interchange meetings with customers, supply chain, and partner organizations.
  • Participate in cross functional team meetings to ensure project schedules and budgets comply with mission and business needs and company technology roadmap.
  • Run internal early technology development projects and paid architecture studies, performing project management over budget, schedule, deliverables, and customer interfacing.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Engineering or related discipline plus 5-10 years of relevant engineering experience. Relevant advanced degree will be considered in lieu of equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in project or program management, project finance, and program planning.
  • Experience developing programmatic content for proposals and external customer presentations.
  • Experience authoring and decomposing financial and contractual volumes.
  • Strong understanding of the launch, space, and lunar environments.
  • Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills and able to self-start with minimal guidance.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing needs and requirements.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, experienced working with a wide variety of engineers with different skill levels and backgrounds.
  • Ability to adapt quickly, think creatively, make critical technical decisions, and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.

Desired Qualifications
  • Understanding of full development lifecycle of large complex aerospace systems.
  • Experience with large NASA or other USG proposals and contracts.
  • Knowledge of NASA/industry engineering standards.
  • Demonstrated experience working in an agile environment, using organizational tools such as Confluence and Jira.
  • Eligibility to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.

The good faith base salary range is $150,000-$200,000 at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location. This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive. This range may be adjusted in the future.

Voyager offers a highly competitive total compensation package designed to support the well-being, growth, and success of our employees. Employees benefit from a flexible and comprehensive rewards program that supports both professional and personal well-being.
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO), empowering employees to take the time they need to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees
  • Flexible, affordable gym memberships with 12,700+ options nationwide, including 24 Hour Fitness, EoS Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Blink Fitness, Chuze Fitness, and more! No long-term contracts and FREE on-demand workout videos before you enroll
  • 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%, supporting long-term financial security
  • Company wellness programs that support physical and mental well-being
  • Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources
  • The opportunity to work alongside a highly talented team in an innovative, mission-driven environment

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.

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