Program Execution: Own delivery of U.S government funded initiatives (SBIRs, Work Programs, TACFIs, STRATFIs) including scope, schedule, risk, and stakeholder management
U.S Government Program Management: Track and report against CDRLs, CLINs, SLINs, SOWs, IMP/IMS, and other contractual artifacts; support compliance with DFARS/NIST 800-171/NIST800-53
Cross-functional Leadership: Drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams. Facilitate internal stand-ups, milestone reviews, and retrospectives to maintain momentum and resolve blockers quickly.
Customer Engagement: Act as the day-to-day liaison with customer program and technical leads. Lead regular syncs, technical deep dives, and program reviews to ensure customer satisfaction and identify opportunities for expansion.
Documentation: Develop and manage deliverables such as program plans, performance reports, integration documentation, and customer-facing briefings. Maintain clear records of scope, decisions, and change requests.
Risk Management: Identify, maintain, and drive mitigation of technical, cost, and schedule risks impacting programs. Partner with leadership to drive closure of risks identified per program.
Support Business Growth: Collaborate with Sales and Business Development to scope new opportunities, shape proposals, and refine delivery models. Partner with engineering and product to define technical approaches and execution strategies for new and existing customers.
Requirements
Active Secret Clearance
5+ years managing complex software, aerospace, or cloud-based programs for commercial customers (IPT Lead, Technical PM, or equivalent).
Experience in space systems, ground software, or mission operations
Comfortable working with engineering and product teams to translate objectives and requirements into technical delivery plans.
Fluency in Agile and Waterfall frameworks; capable of adapting to hybrid execution environments.
Strong relationship management and communication skills for internal and external stakeholders; proven success engaging directly with technical and business stakeholders.
Highly inquisitive and detail-oriented; able to identify risks, gaps, and dependencies early and drive them to closure.
Excited to work in a fast-moving, dual-use technology environment with both commercial and government-adjacent customers.
High-level of autonomy to identify gaps and drive solutions to identified areas. Emphasis with driving organization enhancements for government program alignment
Excellent verbal and written communication, comfortable presenting to senior DoD stakeholders
Experience with EVMS, Cost reporting, and schedule management processes and tooling
Active Top Secret Clearance / SCI Eligibility, with experience in SAP environments
Experience executing SAP or IC programs
Experience establishing new processes in minimally defined programs executing across Development, I&T, and Sustainment phases
Technical expertise in C2, Mission Management, Cybersecurity, and/or Satellite Operations
Ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, while translating broad objectives to technical and product teams for technical execution
Experience with COTS/Government Prime solutions for C2, Mission Management, or Platform solutions
7+ years managing complex software, aerospace, or cloud-based programs for commercial customers
ITAR REQUIREMENTS
Why you'll love working at Quindar
We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers' space missions!
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