Program Manager (Junior)

Intrepidus Talent Solutions; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Intrepidus Talent Solutions in St. Louis, MO seeks a Program Manager for a defense technology client. You will own end-to-end programs, coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and quality to meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets.

You will interact with government and industry customers, present updates, manage risks, and ensure FAR/DFARS and ITAR/EAR compliance on on-site programs in the St. Louis metro area. U.S. citizenship required for government work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Minimum 1-3 years of program management experience in defense, aerospace, or government contracting.
• Track record leading multidisciplinary teams and managing more than one program at a time.
• Strong communication and organization skills, and comfort working directly with customers.
• U.S. citizenship (required for government contract work)

Responsibilities

• Run programs end to end against contract scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Lead internal teams and manage subcontractors and stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, and procurement.
• Build and maintain working relationships with government and industry customers.
• Identify technical and programmatic risks early and drive mitigation.
• Present status updates, technical reviews, and financial reports to company leadership and customers.
• Keep programs compliant with FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR export controls, and the company's quality system

Skills

Program management

Communication

Organization

Customer interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

Saint Louis, United States | Posted on 10/25/2026

Intrepidus Talent Solutionsis recruiting a Program Manager for a defense technology client at its St.Louis-area site. The company designs and builds custom electronics for militaryand aerospace customers, including RF and communications systems and embeddedcomputing. Engineering, manufacturing, and test work together on site to takeproducts from concept through delivery.

The Role

You will own execution on a set of defense and aerospace contracts, keeping scope, schedule, cost, and quality on track from requirements through design, integration, test, and delivery. You will work daily with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and quality, and you will be a main point of contact for government and industrycustomers. Program managers here work directly with the technical team to solveproblems.

What You Will Do

• Runprograms end to end against contract scope, schedule, budget, and qualityrequirements
• Leadinternal teams and manage subcontractors and stakeholders across engineering,manufacturing, and procurement
• Buildand maintain working relationships with government and industry customers
• Identifytechnical and programmatic risks early and drive mitigation
• Presentstatus updates, technical reviews, and financial reports to company leadershipand customers
• Keepprograms compliant with FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR export controls, and the company'squality system

What You Bring

• Bachelor'sdegree or higher
• Minimum1-3 years of program management experience in defense, aerospace, or governmentcontracting
• Atrack record leading multidisciplinary teams and managing more than one programat a time
• Strongcommunication and organization skills, and comfort working directly withcustomers
• U.S.citizenship (required for government contract work)

Details

• On-site in the St. Louis metro (St. Charles County, MO)
• Base salary $90,000 - $115,000, based on experience
• Offersare contingent on a background investigation, including criminal history and identity verification