Program Manager

Sitreps; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage 100% for you & depend.

401(k) with 4% company contribution

Unlimited PTO

Profit sharing

Job summary

Defense-technology company (name shared under NDA) seeks a Program Manager to own the CSP gap for Army and Joint program office engagements. You will coordinate a team of engineers and subcontractors with government customers to ensure on-time, on-spec delivery.

You will manage cost, schedule, and performance across contracts, drive reviews, and partner with leadership to prioritize resources. This is a sensitive, NDA-driven confidential search with US-based work and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of program or project management experience with DoD contracts (cost, schedule, and performance accountability).
• Operational/mission experience or exposure to edge sensor/ISR equipment in the field.
• Experience as primary government POC for reviews and deliverables.
• Active Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams through delivery deadlines.
• Strong working knowledge of cost/schedule tracking methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication representing the company to Joint/Interagency customers.

Responsibilities

• Own CSP tracking across high-priority contracts and escalate risks before they become problems.
• Serve as primary point of contact for government program offices; run reviews and deliverables.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of product orders from intake through shipping.
• Coordinate a cross-functional team of engineers and subcontractors to meet delivery commitments.
• Partner with Director of Contracts on subcontractor performance and quality (not invoicing).
• Support capture and proposal efforts as a technical resource.
• Identify and resolve cross-program resource conflicts with leadership.
• Maintain program documentation and leadership updates on portfolio health.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Customer POC

Clearance TS-SCI

Communication

Risk management

Job description

Company: Defense-technology company (name shared under NDA)
Location: Remote (U.S.), with travel to various program and customer sites
Type: Full-time
Compensation: $130,000 to $165,000 annually (includes excellent benefits, profit sharing, and potential equity)
Clearance: Ability to obtain TS-SCI
Citizenship/Work Authorization: U.S. Person

Confidential search. The hiring company's identity is shared with candidates under NDA.

About the Client

A defense-technology company building mission-ready sensor and edge hardware for the toughest problems in defense and intelligence — where the gap between a system that works in a lab and one that works in the field is where programs live or die.

About the Role

As Program Manager, you'll own that gap for the company's most critical Army and Joint program office engagements: driving cost, schedule, and performance across contracts that directly support operational units, while also making sure individual product orders ship on time and on spec. You'll be the connective tissue between a team of 12-15 engineers and subcontractors and the government customers who depend on what they build. This isn't a coordination role - you're accountable for outcomes the customers actually count on.

Responsibilities

• Own cost, schedule, and performance (CSP) tracking across the highest-priority contracts, escalating risks before they become problems rather than reporting them after the fact
• Serve as primary point of contact for government program offices, running program reviews, status updates, and deliverable coordination
• Manage delivery of individual product orders end-to-end: from order intake through production coordination to on-time, on-spec shipment
• Coordinate a cross-functional team of 12-15 engineers and subcontractors, translating program requirements into actionable technical tasks and holding the team to delivery commitments
• Partner with the Director of Contracts on subcontractor performance and deliverables - technical coordination and quality, not contractual/invoicing ownership
• Support capture and proposal efforts as a past-performance and technical credibility resource
• Identify and resolve cross-program resource conflicts, working with internal leadership to prioritize when engineering or production capacity is constrained
• Maintain program documentation and internal leadership updates on portfolio health

Must-Haves

• 5-8 years of program or project management experience, with direct experience managing DoD contracts (cost, schedule, and performance accountability, not just coordination)
• Operational/mission experience (prior military service, embedded operator experience, or direct exposure to how units use edge sensor/ISR equipment in the field)
• Demonstrated experience serving as primary customer POC to government program offices - running reviews, managing deliverables, handling escalations directly
• Active Top Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams (engineers, not just administrative staff) through delivery deadlines
• Strong working knowledge of cost/schedule tracking methodology
• Excellent written and verbal communication - this person represents the company directly to Joint and Interagency customers

Nice-to-Haves

• Program Management certification
• Experience supporting proposal or capture efforts as a past-performance/technical resource
• Familiarity with small-to-mid-size defense contractor environments (vs. large prime bureaucracy) - the pace and ambiguity are different
• Health coverage, fully covered - premiums paid 100% for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with company contribution - a 4% contribution on your behalf regardless of your own contribution level
• Unlimited PTO - average employee takes 3-4 weeks
• Annual profit sharing - when the company wins, you share in it directly

Process

• This is a confidential search. An NDA is required before the company's identity and full role details are shared. We screen for interest at a high level first, then read candidates in once an NDA is in place.

This position supports U.S. Government-related work. Applicants must be U.S. persons. The hiring company 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, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.