Mission Project Lead (Hybrid) to Technical Program Manager

EVONA; Arvada (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Mission Project Lead to drive day-to-day execution of government space programs in close collaboration with software and systems engineering teams. The role blends hands-on technical work with program coordination, paving a path toward Technical Program Manager ownership.

The hybrid, full-time position emphasizes keeping milestones, dependencies, and risks visible while expanding responsibility across engineering, product, and leadership teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a technical environment such as software engineering or systems engineering.
• Experience delivering in Scrum/Agile environments.
• Experience taking ownership beyond individual technical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with software and systems engineering teams to drive execution against mission priorities and milestones.
• Maintain visibility across technical tasks, owners, dependencies, deadlines, and completion criteria.
• Identify blockers and drive them through to resolution.
• Facilitate planning sessions, stand-ups, milestone reviews, and other engineering cadences.
• Continue contributing technically while increasing responsibility for program execution.
• Coordinate across engineering, product, program, and leadership teams.
• Provide clear updates on progress, risks, blockers, and milestones.
• Support customer and government-facing discussions as responsibilities grow.
• Help translate program objectives into actionable engineering work.
• Develop toward ownership of larger technical programs and TPM responsibilities.

Skills

Software engineering

Systems engineering

Systems architecture

Mission operations

Space programs

Scrum / Agile

Technical product ownership

Leadership

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Mission Project Lead to drive day-to-day execution of government space programs in close collaboration with software and systems engineering teams. The role blends hands-on technical work with program coordination, paving a path toward Technical Program Manager ownership.

The hybrid, full-time position emphasizes keeping milestones, dependencies, and risks visible while expanding responsibility across engineering, product, and leadership teams.