Senior Maritime ISR Programs Lead — Airborne Systems

Socket.dev; Maryland; On-site; USD 170,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Airborne Maritime ISR Systems to lead program execution for manned and unmanned maritime aviation ISR capabilities. You will manage cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, staffing, and contractual deliverables across hardware and software development, digital engineering, and lifecycle support.

Located on-site in Patuxent River, MD, you will coordinate with government customers, subcontractors, and mission partners to ensure successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, program management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing complex government or defense programs with cost, schedule, and technical performance accountability.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams supporting systems engineering, research and development, systems integration, test and evaluation, or lifecycle support.
• Experience developing and managing program schedules, resource plans, financial baselines, risk registers, and customer deliverables.
• Experience supporting U.S. Navy, NAVAIR, naval aviation, ISR, C4ISR, or comparable defense acquisition programs.
• Active Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall program execution across cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, staffing, risk, and contractual requirements.
• Serve as the primary management interface with government program leadership, contracting representatives, technical stakeholders, subcontractors, and mission partners.
• Establish and maintain resource-loaded program and project baselines, including schedules, budgets, deliverables, dependencies, assumptions, risks, and other direct costs.
• Direct cross-functional teams supporting mission analysis, systems engineering, digital engineering, rapid prototyping, hardware and software integration, cybersecurity, test and evaluation, logistics, and technology transition.
• Coordinate the development and integration of responsive, interoperable ISR capabilities for manned and unmanned maritime aviation systems.
• Monitor program performance, analyze variances, implement corrective actions, and communicate status, decisions, risks, and forecasted outcomes through recurring customer and executive reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Systems engineering

Digital engineering

Cybersecurity

Cross-functional teams

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, program management, or related field

Master’s degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, program management, or related field

Tools

Security clearance: Top Secret

Job description

KBR is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Airborne Maritime ISR Systems to lead program execution for manned and unmanned maritime aviation ISR capabilities. You will manage cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, staffing, and contractual deliverables across hardware and software development, digital engineering, and lifecycle support.

Located on-site in Patuxent River, MD, you will coordinate with government customers, subcontractors, and mission partners to ensure successful