Sr Program Manager

About this role

Are you looking to advance your career and flex your leadership and program management skills in a fast-paced and rewarding organization? Join us! As a Sr Program Manager at SNC, you will oversee the integration and management of multiple large-scale projects or one highly complex development, ensuring successful customer relationships, cost control, scheduling, and technical execution. You will lead a portfolio of Program and/or Project Managers, ensuring overall program performance and high visibility deliverables.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Responsibilities: • Manage total program integration for the Vindlér product line, coordinating spacecraft bus, RF payload, ground segment, launch services, and mission operations across multiple concurrent builds and on-orbit assets. • Lead a portfolio of Program and Project Managers covering payload development, space vehicle integration, ground/mission operations, and customer delivery — with primary accountability for customer relationships, cost, schedule, and technical execution. • Own program performance reporting to IDS leadership, DTG, and external customers, including IPRs, MRRs, PDR/CDR gates, and on-orbit readiness reviews. • Supervise program and project staff across engineering, RF/SIGINT systems, mission operations, and integration disciplines to ensure successful delivery of on-orbit capability. • Drive business resource planning and capacity forecasting in coordination with IDS Business Operations, DTG, and enterprise functions (Contracts, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality). • Formulate and lead cross-functional teams to fulfill Vindlér program requirements from proposal through sustainment. • Identify, track, and resolve program issues — including supplier, integration, launch manifest, and on-orbit anomalies. • Manage program risk (technical, schedule, cost, cyber, ITAR/export, mission assurance) with formal identification, mitigation, and tracking. • Conduct routine program cadence: standups, PMRs, customer syncs, gate reviews, and executive readouts. • Develop proposals and captures for follow-on Vindlér tasking, growth options, and adjacent SIGINT/RF opportunities; conduct research, coordinate audits, and negotiate with customers and teammates to meet cost, budget, and schedule commitments.

Qualifications You Must Have: • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Project Management, Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Systems), or related field. • 10+ years of progressive experience in project or program management in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry, with meaningful time on  space, satellite, or on-orbit payload programs . • 5+ years leading large-scale projects, with scope spanning multiple years, while leading cross-functional teams of 10+ (engineering, mission operations, ground software, integration & test). • Relevant experience may substitute for the required education. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 14 years of related experience is required. • A higher-level relevant degree may substitute for experience. • Experience evaluating RFPs/RFQs and preparing, reviewing, and submitting proposals — particularly for DoD, IC, or civil space customers. • Experience managing multiple large-scale projects, or a portfolio of projects up to a large independent program. • Experience ensuring compliance with approved Corporate and ISO 9001:2015 policies and processes. • Demonstrated skill in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, presentation, strategic thinking, and program management disciplines. • Demonstrated financial acumen to ensure decisions are fiscally sound. • Ability to manage complex situations, delegate authority, lead and inspire teams, drive innovative thinking, challenge the status quo, and adapt to dynamic mission-driven environments. • Ability to execute full program integration management — task coordination, resource development, stakeholder identification, and lifecycle governance. • Ability to identify, assess, and control financial, technical, legal, and mission-assurance risks. • Proficient leadership skills including change management, mentoring, career development, succession planning, accountability, and performance reviews. • Working understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS). • Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI)  — required to support Vindlér customer engagements and classified program activities.

Qualifications We Prefer: • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (will not be considered in lieu of required experience). • Advanced degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or related field (may substitute for 1 year of required PM experience). • Direct experience delivering RF, SIGINT, ELINT, or communications payloads on-orbit — including payload/bus integration, launch campaign management, and LEOP/commissioning. • Experience with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), U.S. Space Force (USSF/SSC), NGA, or IC customers , and familiarity with their acquisition constructs (e.g., SpEC OTAs, TAP Lab, SDA tranches). • Familiarity with  space mission assurance standards  (e.g., AIAA S-114, SMC/USSF mission assurance requirements) and export control (ITAR/EAR) as applied to space systems. • Experience integrating mission data pipelines and analytics (Intel Lakehouse-style architectures) with sensor collection programs. • Working knowledge of PMI PMBOK. • Experience managing programs using CMMI,

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