Strategic Program Lead, DoD Digital Engineering

Sabel Systems; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabel Systems in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary technical team delivering digital engineering ecosystems for DoD programs. You will set technical direction, manage schedules, budgets, and risk, and ensure alignment with security and DoD compliance.

The role emphasizes strategic oversight rather than day-to-day hands-on work, coaching engineers and coordinating across infrastructure, data science, and modeling domains to accelerate military capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct leadership and mentorship to a multi-disciplinary technical team.
• Manage performance reviews, career development planning, recognition, and corrective actions as needed.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive program plans including technical approach, schedule, resource allocation, risk management, and budget planning.
• Manage program schedule and milestones; track progress against planned deliverables; identify and mitigate schedule risks across multiple technical workstreams.
• Provide strategic technical oversight without day-to-day hands-on involvement; review technical approaches, designs, and decisions for alignment with program objectives across all domains.
• Ensure technical strategies for DevSecOps infrastructure, testing approaches, MBSE models, data science analytics, data fabric architecture, and modeling/simulation align with customer requirements, security standards, and DoD compliance requirements.
• Represent Sabel Systems professionally to the customer and prime contractor; serve as primary point of contact for technical and program matters.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable DoD regulations, security requirements, and contractual obligations; maintain classified information appropriately.
• Manage contract performance within defined scope, schedule, and budget; track earned value against planned performance.
• Identify opportunities to enhance team capabilities, improve processes, and advance technical approaches across all specialties.
• Develop and maintain program documentation including technical approach, architecture, design decisions, and implementation guides.

Job description

Sabel Systems in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary technical team delivering digital engineering ecosystems for DoD programs. You will set technical direction, manage schedules, budgets, and risk, and ensure alignment with security and DoD compliance.

The role emphasizes strategic oversight rather than day-to-day hands-on work, coaching engineers and coordinating across infrastructure, data science, and modeling domains to accelerate military capability.