Program Manager

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-ownership

Job summary

Radiance Technologies, a rapidly growing employee-owned company, seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead a missile development and production program in Huntsville. You will own the program's execution, schedule, budget, and risk management in coordination with the IPT and customers.

Responsibilities include managing milestones, collaborating with the Chief Engineer, and ensuring contract requirements are met through design, development, hardware integration, and flight testing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Program Manager or Deputy PM for complex defense contracts.
• Understanding of DoD acquisition cycles and FAR/DFARS.
• Experience with live-fire programs or missile systems.
• Active DoD Secret clearance required.
• PMP or DAWIA III PM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead program lifecycle from award to flight testing.
• Manage IMS and milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, FRR, TRR).
• Oversee budget, cash flow, margins, and cost baselines.
• Coordinate with IPT leads, customers, and management.
• Lead ROMB risk management and subcontractor oversight.

Skills

Program management

DoD acquisitions

FAR/DFARS

MS Project/Primavera/Deltek

Risk management

Contractual leadership

Active DoD Secret clearance

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related field

Acquisitions training/certification

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Deltek/Open Plan

Job description

Radiance Technologies, a rapidly growing employee-owned company, is seeking an experienced and decisive Program Manager (PM) to lead the execution of a missile development and production program. In this leadership role, you will hold operational accountability for project success, ensuring that complex, multi-disciplinary engineering, testing, manufacturing, and supply chain deliverables are met on schedule, within cost constraints, and to contract specifications. Working closely with the Program Chief Engineer, Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, customers, and executive management, you will lead the strategic planning, risk mitigation, resource allocation, and daily execution across the entire program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program Execution & Lifecycle Management Lead overall program execution from task award through design, development, hardware integration, production, and flight testing. Establish, maintain, and drive the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) aligning cross-functional engineering, procurement, and testing milestones. Direct program execution strategies across major formal milestones, including System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), and Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs).
2. Financial & Business Performance Manage overall program budget, cash flow, margins, and cost baselines. Monitor and report, and manage cost performance and schedule performance metrics. Author and submit formal customer financial and progress status reports.
3. Customer Relationship & Stakeholder Management Serve as the primary operational and contractual point of contact for Project Management Offices (PMOs) and other customers. Lead formal program management reviews (PMRs) and executive briefings Manage customer expectations, scope modifications, engineering change proposals (ECPs), and contract additions.
4. Risk Management & Cross-Functional Team Leadership Establish and drive the Program Risk and Opportunity Management Board (ROMB) to proactively identify, quantify, and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, and financial risks. Partner with the Program Chief Engineer to balance technical trade-offs against schedule impacts and financial budgets. Oversee subcontractor management, major suppliers, and vendor deliverables in coordination with Global Supply Chain leadership.
5. Flight Test & Range Logistics Oversight Coordinate resource deployment, range access, and hardware availability for captive-carry, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL), and live-fire flight test campaigns. Ensure regulatory, range safety, and safety compliance across all flight operations and field deployments.

Required Qualifications & Background

• Education: B.S. in Engineering, Business Administration, Systems Management, or a related field (Formal acquisitions training and certification strongly preferred).
• Experience: 5+ years of direct experience as a Program Manager or Deputy PM managing complex hardware/software defense contracts.
• Domain Mastery: Demonstrated track record managing defense development programs In-depth understanding of DoW acquisition cycles, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR/DFARS), and defense contracting types (CPFF, FPIF, FFP). Direct expertise utilizing advanced scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, or Deltek Open Plan).
• Security Clearance: Must hold an active US DoD Secret clearance.
• Desired Qualifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) or DAWIA Level III PM Certification.
• Prior experience managing ACAT I/II or major sub-system programs for the U.S. Department of War.
• Proven track record leading live-fire flight test programs or remote range deployments.
• Experience transitioning missile systems low-rate production.

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 our 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.