Strategic Space & Defense Program Manager

Karman Space & Defense; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account with companycon

Flexible Spending Accounts

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Disability coverage (short/long-term)

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead acquisition and site-integration programs, translating objectives into executable plans and driving cross-functional delivery. You will support diligence, readiness, stabilization, and handovers while aligning with program-management standards.

The role requires leading multiple functions, sites, and vendors, managing risks, and coordinating readiness activities from Day 1 through cutover. Remote travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, engineering, operations, finance, or related field; equivalent combination may be considered.
• Four+ years of experience in project or program management, integration, enterprise transformation, or related discipline.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects or programs across multiple functions/sites/vendors to deliver results.
• Experience developing integrated plans and managing milestones, risks, issues, readiness activities, and management reporting.
• Ability to influence, resolve delivery issues, and escalate material risks with clear business impact.

Responsibilities

• Develops integrated plans defining objectives, workstreams, owners, milestones, dependencies, resource needs, readiness criteria, and handover.
• Coordinates delivery across Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, Cybersecurity, site leadership, vendors, and advisors.
• Leads workstream and milestone reviews, clarifies commitments, and drives owners to complete actions and deliverables.
• Manages program risks, issues, dependencies, and sequencing, and supports recovery planning.
• Supports diligence and pre-close readiness by coordinating assessments and converting findings into actions.
• Leads readiness planning and reviews for Day 1, Day 30/60/90/100, stabilization, and cutover milestones.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Project management tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Karman Space & Defense seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead acquisition and site-integration programs, translating objectives into executable plans and driving cross-functional delivery. You will support diligence, readiness, stabilization, and handovers while aligning with program-management standards.

The role requires leading multiple functions, sites, and vendors, managing risks, and coordinating readiness activities from Day 1 through cutover. Remote travel may be required.