Division Manager – Space Technologies Division

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Radiance Technologies is seeking a Division Manager to lead the Space Technologies Division at Redstone Arsenal, AL. You will oversee a multidisciplinary team delivering SETA support across science & technology, cyber, security, and program operations in a fast-paced government contracting environment. A TS clearance and DoD experience are highly preferred.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineers and security teams.
• DoD program management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary workforce of engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and acquisition professionals.
• Foster a high-performance culture with accountability and continuous improvement.
• Oversee supervisory and administrative functions including timecard oversight and performance evaluations.
• Develop career development plans and provide coaching and mentoring to staff.

Skills

US Citizenship

Top Secret clearance

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder engagement

Program management

Multidisciplinary teams

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Radiance Technologies is seeking a highly qualified Division Manager to lead its Space Technologies Division in support of United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command-Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. This senior leadership role is responsible for overseeing a multidisciplinary team providing Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support across science & technology, modernization, rapid prototyping, cybersecurity, security management, and program operations. As the Army continues to prioritize modernization and rapid capability fielding, the Division Manager will play a critical role in advancing innovative solutions that accelerate prototype development, integrate Soldier feedback, and transition emerging technologies to support the Warfighter. The successful candidate will lead a diverse workforce while maintaining strong customer relationships, driving operational excellence, and ensuring high-quality support aligned with mission objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coordinate, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary workforce consisting of engineers, cybersecurity specialists, security managers, acquisition professionals, and business support personnel.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct supervisory and administrative management functions, including employee timecard oversight and approval.
• Develop and implement employee career development plans and individualized growth strategies.
• Perform annual performance evaluations and provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to employee-owners.
• Implement corrective action plans and personal improvement plans when necessary in coordination with Human Resources.
• Support recruiting and staffing initiatives by anticipating customer requirements and proactively developing speculative job postings to rapidly fill emerging vacancies.
• Ensure workforce readiness and alignment with evolving customer mission requirements.

Customer Engagement & Program Execution:

• Interface with Radiance leadership and government stakeholders to ensure exceptional customer satisfaction and mission support.
• Maintain strong relationships with government leadership and proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and enhanced mission support.
• Support Radiance leadership in developing and communicating Monthly Status Reports and other program execution metrics.
• Coordinate across technical and business teams to ensure timely, accurate, and mission-focused deliverables.
• Drive operational efficiencies and support continuous process improvement initiatives across the division.

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and customer engagement skills.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary technical and business teams in a fast-paced government contracting environment.
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with senior government personnel and internal stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple priorities, personnel actions, and customer requirements simultaneously.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience supporting Department of Defense programs.
• Experience supporting Army modernization initiatives, science & technology projects, or rapid prototyping.
• Familiarity with DoD program management processes, and SETA support operations.
• Experience operating in classified environments and supporting sensitive government programs.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven ability to lead organizational growth and customer expansion initiatives.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience supporting technology centers or research laboratories.
• Demonstrated success leading matrixed teams.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, systems engineering, and acquisition program support functions.

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Our growth is creating great opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it!

Employee-Ownership

Radiance is a proud employee-owned company! Employee-ownership benefits both our customers and workforce, and ensures that Radiance doesn’t have to answer to stockholders or be driven by quarterly earnings reports. Thus, Radiance will always prioritize enhancing our customer’s mission over expanding our bottom line. We are singularly focused on providing our customers with game-changing solutions to their most challenging requirements. This is only possible because employee-ownership attracts the highest quality employees, empowers them to identify capability enhancements, and provides them with the freedom to take risks to deliver high-quality solutions. Employee-ownership also provides tangible and long-term financial security for our people and their families. Therefore, employee-ownership embodies participation, empowerment, freedom, teaming, excellence, accountability, mission focus, and security.

Our Culture

Radiance’s culture is driven by our commitment to our customers and our employee-owners. Our employee-owners thrive on entrepreneurship, empowerment, and mutual responsibility for growth and sustainability. Our culture consists of individuals who embody technical and leadership skills to deliver superior solutions to the nation’s toughest technical challenges. We believe building trust and credibility with our customers leads to long‑term results. We invest in a superior technical workforce where leaders are developed, innovation is encouraged, and achievements are recognized. We seek innovative ways to improve, experiment, take risks, foster collaboration, and empower our employee-owners.

Our Values

Our values drive our culture, business model, and daily interactions. These values constantly remind us of who we are and what we do. Our employee-owners influence how we operate our business. We relentlessly pursue operating excellence by innovating, improving our processes, and reducing waste. We believe in being wise and ethical stewards of capital and resources. Our values dictate how we interact with each other and our customers, partners, and suppliers. Honesty, trust, humanity, alignment, and value creation require that we treat our employees with dignity and respect and provide them with fair compensation and equal employment opportunity. We believe in connecting with our communities and have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, and we believe in sustainable business practices, which include supporting the environment and the communities in which we work.