Senior Spaceflight Agile PM — Program Delivery

Axiom Space; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Space seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead agile hardware and software development for spaceflight programs, from concept to delivery, at the Space Station Development Facility in Houston. The role requires strong scheduling, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams, product managers, and leadership to ensure on-time, within-budget execution.

Applicants should have a bachelor’s in engineering or a related field and 7+ years of program management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, business, project management, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in program agility, project management, or related roles.
• Experience managing very large, complex programs with multiple workstreams and dependencies.
• Experience in an agile environment and how that translates to effective scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Develop program plans and planning products that tie in PBS, OBS, WBS, Risk Register, etc.
• Establish schedule, cost, resource, and scope baselines.
• Ensure financial planning, forecasting, and budget tracking.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams and product managers to define project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensuring integrated schedule creation and fidelity at the product, system and module level.
• Leading efficient and effective planning sessions, focused on value outcomes.
• Communicating project progress, status, and potential issues to stakeholders and leadership.
• Understands the engineering development lifecycle and works with engineers to navigate the how from concept to delivery.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks to program timelines.
• Define program and project metrics that align with business goals and objectives.

Skills

Scheduling knowledge

Agile project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, business, project management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Jira

Power BI

Job description

Axiom Space seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead agile hardware and software development for spaceflight programs, from concept to delivery, at the Space Station Development Facility in Houston. The role requires strong scheduling, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams, product managers, and leadership to ensure on-time, within-budget execution.

Applicants should have a bachelor’s in engineering or a related field and 7+ years of program management