Senior Program Manager

Role Overview

Senior Program Manager supporting the ATLAS / MOSSAIC program. You will lead technical program execution across multiple projects, teams, and financial requirements in support of Agile software development, Knowledge Management, Cybersecurity, Modeling & Simulation, and Training.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as primary point of contact for government and/or Prime Contractors, owning program execution, communications, and delivery across all phases.
• Own and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) (development, maintenance, and execution of schedule baselines) and ensure alignment across teams, subcontractors, and customer milestones.
• Develop, maintain, and control the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and program baselines, ensuring traceability across scope, schedule, cost, and deliverables.
• Manage end-to-end execution from PWS baseline through task order delivery, meeting cost, schedule, technical, and quality objectives.
• Oversee Agile planning and execution: sprint planning, backlog prioritization, increment planning, and alignment with IMS-driven milestones.
• Lead program controls: cost forecasting, schedule performance tracking, earned value (as applicable), risk/opportunity management, and change control (working with Contracts, Finance, and Security support as needed).
• Ensure compliance with programmatic/contractual requirements, including milestone reviews, systems engineering processes, cybersecurity (e.g., RMF), and configuration/change management.
• Forecast customer needs and coordinate task order execution plans aligned with customer priorities and funding profiles.
• Support pre-RFP/pre-award capture (as required): solution shaping, technical strategy, ROM inputs, basis of estimate support, risk identification, transition planning, and proposal execution.
• Direct and integrate work across multiple technical domains (development, modeling, systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, ops, etc.).
• Identify, assess, and manage technical and programmatic risks; provide data-driven early-warning indicators to leadership and the customer.
• Facilitate customer collaboration via demos, planning sessions, and reviews.
• Oversee staffing, resourcing, risk management, and performance tracking across functional workstreams.
• Provide clear progress reporting (status briefings, milestone documentation, and deliverable submissions).
• Promote disciplined program management practices: transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI/SAP eligibility
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business management, or related field
• 7+ years managing complex $10M+, multi-year DoD/federal programs involving software development, solution delivery, or system integration
• Demonstrated experience managing programs involving space or satellite ground systems (e.g., mission management, telemetry/data processing, space weather monitoring)
• Strong knowledge of ground system architecture (including data ingest pipelines and cloud-based operations)

Nice-to-Haves

• Not explicitly stated in the posting.