Senior Program Manager

3dB Labs, Inc.; Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

3dB Labs, Inc. is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead complex software development programs and integrated technical efforts within a small, high-impact PM team.

You will own coordinated programs across IRAD, customer-funded development, transition, and fielding activities. You will drive strategies, schedules, budgets, and risk management while coordinating across software, systems, test, fielding, and hardware teams; mentor the PM group and communicate with customers and government

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project and/or program management experience leading cross-functional technical development efforts.
• SDLC experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid execution models.
• Experience creating integrated program plans, schedules, and budgets with risk tracking.
• Strong leadership and communication to influence stakeholders across teams and customers.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and evolving requirements in fast-paced environments.
• Experience supporting DoD/government programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of complex software programs and related technical workstreams.
• Set integrated program strategies, roadmaps, schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
• Act as senior point of contact for customers, government offices, and internal leadership.
• Coordinate across software, systems, test, fielding, and hardware teams to resolve dependencies.
• Lead program status and technical reviews; brief executives on progress and actions.
• Guide programs through full lifecycle: requirements, development, integration, test, delivery, transition.
• Provide mentorship and scalable PM practices across multiple programs.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Waterfall hybrid

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business or related technical field

PMP certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead complex software development programs and integrated technical efforts within our small, high-impact program management team. This senior-level role will own coordinated programs and multiple interdependent workstreams spanning Internal Research and Development (IRAD), customer-funded development, transition, and fielding activities.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software development programs and multiple related technical workstreams across IRAD and customer-funded efforts
• Establish and own integrated program strategies, roadmaps, schedules, milestones, budgets, resource plans, dependencies, risks, opportunities, and program performance metrics
• Serve as the senior program point of contact for customers, government program offices, internal leadership, and technical teams; drive alignment, decisions, and clear accountability across stakeholders
• Coordinate across software, systems, test, fielding, support, and, where applicable, hardware teams to resolve cross-functional dependencies and deliver high-quality program outcomes
• Lead program status reviews, technical reviews, risk reviews, and executive/customer briefings; translate technical progress, trade-offs, and issues into clear program-level impacts and recommended actions
• Guide programs through the full lifecycle, including requirements, development, integration, test, delivery, transition, and fielding; support contract execution, proposals, LOE estimates, statements of work, and follow-on planning
• Provide leadership and mentorship across the PM team, establish scalable program management practices, and support organizational planning and prioritization across multiple programs

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related technical field
• 7+ years of project and/or program management experience, including leadership of complex, cross-functional technical development efforts
• Direct experience developing software and working within the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with sufficient technical depth to engage engineering teams on requirements, architecture, integration, dependencies, trade-offs, test, and delivery
• Demonstrated success leading programs through the full lifecycle, from requirements and planning through development, integration, test, delivery, and transition/fielding, using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid execution models
• Experience developing and managing integrated program plans and schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, customer commitments, and program-level performance reporting
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence engineers, business teams, customers, senior leaders, and government stakeholders
• Highly organized and able to lead multiple workstreams and competing priorities while making sound decisions in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements

Desired Qualifications

• Experience developing or managing hardware products or integrated software/hardware systems through design, integration, test, production, or fielding
• Experience supporting a DoD Program of Record (PoR), including government program offices, acquisition stakeholders, formal reviews, contract deliverables, or fielding
• Experience supporting or managing defense/government R&D and acquisition programs, including DoD, IC, OTA, or similar environments
• Working knowledge of EVM, cost tracking, resource planning, financial forecasting, and performance measurement
• PMP certification and proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or equivalent program/project management tools