Program / Project Management Specialist

KBR, Inc; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

KBR Benefits

Job summary

KBR is seeking a highly motivated Program / Project Management Specialist to support a Government Program Office at Peterson Space Force Base. You will coordinate with Government leadership, cross-functional teams, and contractors to ensure alignment with mission priorities and strategic initiatives.

The role requires exceptional communication and organizational skills, with experience engaging senior officials and managing multiple priorities while maintaining customer relationships and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, deliverables, action items, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience supporting Government customers, PMOs, or military organizations.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior Government personnel, executive leadership, and General Officers.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with Government leadership, PMOs, senior executives, and mission partners.
• Initiate cross-directorate communication and align priorities, requirements, resources, and deliverables.
• Assist with identifying, evaluating, and assigning projects aligned to organizational objectives.
• Track project progress, milestones, deliverables, action items, and dependencies for leadership awareness.
• Prepare and present executive briefings, status reports, dashboards, and decision support materials.
• Support risk monitoring and mitigation planning; escalate concerns when needed.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Senior government liaison

Program coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Tools

Task Management Tool (TMT)

Job description

Title: Program / Project Management Specialist Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Job Title: Program / Project Management Specialist

Job Summary: KBR is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Program / Project Management Specialist to provide direct support to a Government Program Office located at Peterson Space Force Base. The successful candidate will serve as a key liaison between Government leadership, cross-functional directorates, and contractor teams, ensuring effective execution of mission priorities and strategic initiatives. This position requires exceptional communication, coordination, and organizational skills, as well as the ability to engage with senior Government officials, General Officers, and executive-level stakeholders. The Program / Project Management Specialist will initiate project scoping discussions, coordinate activities across multiple organizations, track taskings and deliverables, and assist in the alignment of resources against evolving mission requirements. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who thrives in a dynamic environment, excels at stakeholder engagement, and can successfully manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong customer relationships and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Government leadership, Program Management Offices (PMOs), General Officers, senior executives, and mission partners.
• Initiate communication across multiple directorates and collaborate with Team Leads to ensure alignment of priorities, requirements, resources, and deliverables.
• Assist Government leadership and Team Leads to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and assign projects in support of organizational objectives.
• Assist with tracking project progress, milestones, deliverables, action items, and dependencies for senior leader situational awareness.
• Work complex problem sets from initial identification to potential solution paths.
• Coordinate and collaborate with functional Team Leads as needed.
• Prepare and present executive briefings, status reports, dashboards, meeting materials, and decision support documentation.
• Assist Team Leads in monitoring project risks, issues, and obstacles; identify mitigation strategies and elevate concerns when appropriate.
• Initiate recurring meetings, working groups, and strategic planning sessions involving Government and contractor personnel.
• Support enterprise-level initiatives, process improvement efforts, and organizational planning activities.
• Recommend guidance and strategy for both short and long-term team success.
• Communicate and integrate across the headquarters and subordinate units to execute workflow and resource analysis.

Administrative & Program Coordination Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain action item trackers in support of Government leadership and program objectives.
• Attend relevant senior leader engagements and be able to identify innovative and more efficient solutions.
• Prepare, review, edit, and distribute correspondence, reports, briefing materials, executive summaries, and decision support documentation.
• Monitor and manage organizational taskings to ensure timely responses and completion of assigned actions.
• Maintain program databases, trackers, dashboards, and metrics used to monitor project and organizational performance.
• Support the development, coordination, staffing, routing, and approval of official Government documents, memorandums, briefings, and reports.
• Coordinate and track information requests, data calls, staff packages, and leadership-directed actions across multiple organizations.
• Assist with meeting preparation for senior leadership engagements, strategic planning sessions, working groups, and executive briefings.
• Ensure program documentation is current, organized, and maintained in accordance with applicable records management policies and procedures.
• Support travel coordination, visit planning, conference preparation, and stakeholder engagement activities as required.
• Maintain situational awareness of organizational priorities, leadership taskings, and emerging requirements to support effective program execution.
• Initiate communication between Government personnel, contractor staff, and external mission partners to ensure timely information flow and action resolution.
• Generate recurring status reports, executive summaries, meeting read-aheads, and performance metrics for Government leadership review.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 10 years of project management, program management, or related administrative experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, deliverables, action items, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience supporting Government customers, Program Management Offices (PMOs), or military organizations.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior Government personnel, executive leadership, and General Officers.
• An active TS/SCI security clearance is required.

Desired Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience supporting U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force organizations.
• Experience working within headquarters-level staff organizations or executive support environments.
• Familiarity with Task Management Tool (TMT) processes and tasking workflows.
• Experience coordinating efforts across geographically dispersed teams and multiple stakeholder organizations.
• Knowledge of DoD planning, resource management, and organizational processes.
• Experience supporting strategic initiatives, executive action groups, or senior leadership decision-making processes.

Work Environment

Location: On site

Travel Requirements: Minimal

Working Hours: Standard, 40 hours per week (Full-time)

Compensation: For Colorado only, the salary range for this position is approximately $140,000 - $150,000. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Other Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short term incentives, long term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

KBR Benefits

• KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.

At KBR, We Deliver.