Project Manager

metrea; Temecula (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

HSA/FSA

Dental and vision

401(k) match

Parental leave

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance

Disability coverage

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Gym membership plan

Job summary

Metrea is seeking a Senior Project Manager to serve as the primary execution partner supporting a strategic US customer. Embedded within the customer environment, this role coordinates program activities, integrates multiple workstreams, manages stakeholder relationships, and ensures delivery commitments across a complex, customer-facing operational environment.

Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, the Senior Project Manager translates program objectives into actionable plans, drives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent operational, military, technical, or professional experience.
• 6-10 years of project, program, operational, military, or customer-facing experience.
• Experience leading complex projects or customer-facing initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.
• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, government, or national security customers preferred.
• Strong planning, scheduling, risk management, and execution skills.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution activities supporting a strategic US customer.
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules and execution plans.
• Coordinate delivery activities across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Prepare customer-facing and executive-level reporting products.
• Facilitate governance forums, reviews, and planning activities.
• Ensure alignment between operational activities and customer expectations.
• Monitor program performance against established objectives.
• Support opportunity development and future growth initiatives.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance execution effectiveness.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

6-10 years of project experience

Experience leading complex projects

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity navigation

Defense/aerospace/national security

Planning/scheduling/risk management

PMP certification

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Project Manager to serve as the primary execution partner supporting a strategic US customer. Embedded within the customer environment, this role is responsible for coordinating program activities, integrating multiple workstreams, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring delivery commitments are achieved across a complex, customer-facing operational environment.

Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, the Senior Project Manager serves as the operational focal point for day-to-day execution. The role translates program objectives into actionable plans, drives coordination across internal and external stakeholders, and maintains visibility into schedule, risk, performance, and customer priorities. Success is measured through execution excellence, customer confidence, operational discipline, and the ability to consistently deliver positive program outcomes in dynamic environments.

What You'll Do

• Lead day-to-day execution activities supporting a strategic US customer
• Develop and maintain integrated schedules and execution plans
• Coordinate delivery activities across multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Prepare customer-facing and executive-level reporting products
• Facilitate governance forums, reviews, and planning activities
• Ensure alignment between operational activities and customer expectations
• Monitor program performance against established objectives
• Support opportunity development and future growth initiatives
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance execution effectiveness

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent operational, military, technical, or professional experience
• Typically, 6-10 years of project, program, operational, military, or customer-facing experience
• Experience leading complex projects or customer-facing initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments
• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, aviation, government, or national security customers preferred
• Strong planning, scheduling, risk management, and execution skills
• PMP certification preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options
• HSA/FSA accounts
• Dental and vision coverage
• 6% employer 401(k) match
• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• Generous PTO
• Life and disability insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability coverageAD&DD Coverage
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Subsided gym membership / plans throughWellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

AAP/EEO Statement

This Companyis an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteranstatusor other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may changein accordance withdepartment and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require.

Work Environment

This joboperatesin an office setting

Travel

This role will travel occasionally, 5%

Base Pay Range

The compensation range shown below is a good faith estimate and reflects the expected base pay for this position upon hire. This is just one component of Metrea's overall approach to total rewards and final compensation decisions, including the ultimate salary or hourly rate agreed upon, may vary depending on factors such as job location, job-specific knowledge, skills, experience, and the overall negotiated compensation package. Eligible full-time employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their health, wellbeing, and long-term success.

Pay Range: $100,000 USD - $135,000 USD

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.