Program Manager - Defense & Hypersonics (DoD Clearance)

Karman Space & Defense; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

HSA with company contribution

FSA

Life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense in Utah seeks a Program Manager to lead defense programs from planning to delivery, ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, finance, and test, interfacing with customers and government stakeholders to meet objectives.

Travel up to 50% to California and Utah facilities is expected, and a DoD clearance or ability to obtain one is required.

Qualifications

• Experience managing aerospace/defense or similarly complex technical programs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional defense 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 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 organizations.
• Serves as primary interface for customers, prime contractors, government stakeholders, suppliers, and internal leadership.
• Identifies risks and drives mitigation and recovery plans.
• Leads program reviews and communicates financial performance, risks, decisions, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Supports design reviews, test-readiness reviews, qualification activities, and production-readiness reviews.
• Manages contractual deliverables, statements of work, program changes, customer requests, and scope changes.
• Role requires frequent travel up to 50% to our California and Utah facilities.

Skills

Program management

DoD clearance

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Business Program Management, or related field

Master of Science or MBA

Job description

Karman Space & Defense in Utah seeks a Program Manager to lead defense programs from planning to delivery, ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, finance, and test, interfacing with customers and government stakeholders to meet objectives.

Travel up to 50% to California and Utah facilities is expected, and a DoD clearance or ability to obtain one is required.