OverviewJoin our team as a Senior Program Manager and support a Department of Defense customer by leading an emerging technologies lab that evaluates new capabilities for special operations aviation. You will manage contract scope, budget, schedule, and a team of senior engineers, ensure promising technologies are assessed rigorously and transitioned to programs of record.
**Position is contingent upon contract award**
Work Schedule and Location:
On-Site: This full-time on-site position will work Monday through Friday, standard business hours at MacDill AFB and nearby Tampa, FL offices. Occasional travel to meetings, conferences, and test events.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary point of contact for senior government stakeholders and build lasting working relationships.
- Manage all aspects of the contract: scope, deliverables, modifications, and reporting.
- Oversee the program budget, track funding lines and expenditures, and keep all work within financial limits.
- Lead and prioritize a team of highly specialized test, integration, software, and communications engineers.
- Identify emerging user requirements through conferences and assessments, and help shape acquisition strategies.
- Deliver regular status reports, financial updates, and performance reviews to corporate and government leadership.
- Identify technical, schedule, funding, and personnel risks early and drive mitigation.
Qualifications
Required:
- Active DoD Top Secret security clearance
- Minimum 10 years of program management experience supporting DoD contracts
- Demonstrated experience managing contract cost, schedule, performance, and risk mitigation in a DoD or federal contracting environment
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and manage complex engineering projects
Desired:
- Program management experience directly supporting special operations aviation programs
- Working knowledge of special operations fixed-wing and unmanned systems, subsystems, and specialized technologies
Pay Range
Negotiable
