Senior Program Manager – Maritime Autonomy & SOCOM

Cubit Capital; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Time Off

Parental Leave

Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Free lunch

Unlimited drinks and snacks

Job summary

Saronic Technologies in Austin is seeking a hands-on Deputy Program Manager focused on SOCOM initiatives. You will own scoping, scheduling, and execution across multiple contracts, coordinating with Engineering, Production, and Quality teams.

The role emphasizes field readiness, risk management, and clear stakeholder communication. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in program management in defense/engineering settings, familiarity with DoD processes, and travel up to 35%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Naval Architecture, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years in program management, preferably in a defense, engineering, or technical environment, including support to SOF or SOCOM programs.
• Familiarity with DoD program requirements, government contracting, and recognized program management standards.
• Working knowledge of maritime and/or autonomous systems, with the ability to read technical documentation and engage credibly with engineers.
• 3+ years working across software-based toolsets, including MS Project, the MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Confluence, and communicating with cross functional teams via Slack and other applications.
• A bias for action and ownership in a fast-paced, high-trust, rapidly growing environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 35% of the time.
• Secret security clearance eligibility required, active preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Growth to translate SOCOM opportunities and customer demand into clear, defensible scope and schedules.
• Support proposal inputs, including scope, statements of work, and basis of estimate, ensuring what we propose is technically grounded, executable, and aligned to strategic, engineering, and timeline realities.
• Build and maintain work breakdown structures and execution schedules that connect growth commitments to engineering and production reality.
• Track schedules, requirements, budgets, deliverables, and integration milestones, including Government- and Contractor-Furnished Equipment (GFE/CFE).
• Coordinate design, build, on-water testing, and readiness activities to meet contract milestones, and de-risk critical path items.
• Maintain configuration and documentation compliance across all program phases.
• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact across Engineering, Production, Quality, and Training, communicating objectives, milestones, and changes so everyone knows what they own and when.
• Lead recurring coordination meetings to keep execution aligned to the delivery schedule.
• Engage confidently in technical discussions and interpret engineering documentation (BOMs, CAD, wire diagrams) to resolve issues and keep teams aligned.
• Relay feedback from field operations, testing, and customer reviews back to internal teams for continuous improvement.
• Identify, track, and help mitigate program risks and issues, maintaining risk registers and after-action reports across assigned programs.
• Work with Contracts and Legal to keep scope, terms, and deliverables (CDRLs) accurately captured and compliant with contractual, DoD, ABS, and DCMA standards.
• Support field operations, demos, and test events (readiness, integration, documentation, and after-action reviews), plus sustainment and logistics planning that keeps fielded systems mission-ready for operators downrange.

Skills

MS Project

Confluence

Slack

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Naval Architecture, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field

Tools

CAD software

BOMs

Wiring diagrams

Job description

Saronic Technologies in Austin is seeking a hands-on Deputy Program Manager focused on SOCOM initiatives. You will own scoping, scheduling, and execution across multiple contracts, coordinating with Engineering, Production, and Quality teams.

The role emphasizes field readiness, risk management, and clear stakeholder communication. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in program management in defense/engineering settings, familiarity with DoD processes, and travel up to 35%.