Senior Program Lead, Remote Sensing

Umbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off, Sick, Family & Med.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Stock Options

Free parking or transit reimbursement

Free lunch daily

Job summary

Umbra, based in Arlington, VA, seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead national security remote sensing programs for DoW and the Intelligence Community.

You will manage cost, schedule, performance, and customer satisfaction across the program lifecycle, partnering with engineering, product, and mission operations to translate mission needs into executable plans and deliver mission-critical imagery and data products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related STEM or business field.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a read-in within the past two years.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex technical or operational programs and cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing program financials, schedules, contractual requirements, risks and opportunities, and customer relationships.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government captures, proposals, and business development efforts.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of U.S. national security remote sensing programs with responsibility for cost, schedule, technical and operational performance, contractual commitments, financial outcomes, and customer delivery.
• Develop and maintain program plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and risk and opportunity registers; lead recurring program reviews; and provide clear assessments of program health, risks, and outlook to customers and executive leadership.
• Serve as a primary interface for DoW and Intelligence Community customers and build trusted relationships across program offices, mission partners, and operational user communities.
• Engage frequently with analysts, operators, and other end users to understand mission workflows, operational challenges, evolving requirements, and how Umbra's products are employed. Translate these insights into program improvements, product requirements, new capabilities, and growth opportunities.
• Partner with mission operations, engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams to ensure reliable execution of customer missions and delivery of imagery, data, and mission products.
• Establish and monitor program KPIs, service-level requirements, capacity, delivery performance, and other contractual measures; identify risks and drive corrective actions.
• Apply and help mature scalable program management processes appropriate to a fast-paced commercial space environment.
• Serve as a bridge between customers and Umbra's product, engineering, mission operations, analytics, and technical organizations.
• Translate customer mission needs and operational feedback into product requirements, development priorities, CONOPS, and operational capabilities.
• Help advance new sensing modalities, multi-sensor solutions, analytics, and derived intelligence products from concept to repeatable use.
• Develop growth strategies across assigned customers and programs and lead captures, proposals, and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for contract expansion, new mission applications, and additional products and sensing capabilities.
• Be the voice of the customer across product and technical organizations to shape roadmaps and investments.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Security clearance (TS/SCI)

Education

Bachelor's or graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related STEM or business field

Job description

Umbra, based in Arlington, VA, seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead national security remote sensing programs for DoW and the Intelligence Community.

You will manage cost, schedule, performance, and customer satisfaction across the program lifecycle, partnering with engineering, product, and mission operations to translate mission needs into executable plans and deliver mission-critical imagery and data products.