Aerospace Launch Programs Manager

Amro Fabricating Corporation; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

HSA with company contribution

FSA

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Program Manager in Arlington, VA, for end-to-end program leadership from planning to contract completion. You will coordinate across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, and finance while meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years in aerospace/defense programs, a related bachelor’s degree, and preferred PMP and advanced contracting knowledge. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting or managing aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex technical programs.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned programs through planning, development, qualification, production, delivery, and contract completion.
• Owns performance against cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives.
• Develops and maintains integrated program plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, and performance metrics.
• Coordinates cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, finance, and test.
• Serves as a primary program interface for customers, prime contractors, government stakeholders, suppliers, and internal leadership.
• Identifies technical, programmatic, supply-chain, cost, and schedule risks and drives mitigation and recovery plans.
• Leads recurring program reviews and communicates financial performance, risks, decisions, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Supports design reviews, test-readiness reviews, qualification activities, production-readiness reviews, and customer acceptance events.
• Manages contractual deliverables, statements of work, program changes, customer requests, and scope changes.
• Supports proposals, estimates, contract negotiations, follow-on opportunities, and program-growth activities.

Skills

PMP certification

Earned Value Management

Government contracting

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Program Management, or related field

Master’s degree or MBA

Tools

ERP systems

PLM systems

MS Project

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Program Manager in Arlington, VA, for end-to-end program leadership from planning to contract completion. You will coordinate across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, and finance while meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets.

The role requires a minimum of 5 years in aerospace/defense programs, a related bachelor’s degree, and preferred PMP and advanced contracting knowledge. U.S.