Program Manager

Space Dynamics Laboratory•Ogden, UT

12d•$104,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is seeking applicants for a Program Manager to provide “Subject Matter Expertise” to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate in our C4ISR Systems Division. The successful candidate will serve as an Ogden, UT-based Program Manager with primary responsibility for managing team tasking, coordinating technical activities, and interfacing with U.S. Air Force customers. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience with software development and integration, computer networking, hardware and/or cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity, along with experience supporting complex programs. Candidates must possess sufficient technical knowledge in these areas to effectively lead and manage multidisciplinary technical teams, understand customer requirements, evaluate technical risks and priorities, and communicate effectively with both technical personnel and leadership. The selected candidate will work as part of a larger integrated team of customers, software and systems engineers, cybersecurity and networking professionals, managers, technicians, and support personnel to ensure successful execution of program objectives. The Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems Division delivers mission-critical solutions, specializing in cyber operations, information architecture, strategic deterrence, and ISR. Our division’s commitment to innovation and security enables us to provide critical solutions across defense, intelligence, and national security. Join our team and contribute to the next generation of defense technologies.

Requirements

Must have a bachelor’s degree
5+ years of project management or technical leadership experience
Demonstrated supervisory experience
Proficiency in task management
Ability to organize and manage a team
Experience leading technical projects
Ability to work in a team-oriented environment while making direct contributions to team success
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent computer skills
Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

Nice To Haves

10+ years of project management experience
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in systems, software, data, or cyber engineering
Management and systems engineering experience with DoW/USAF
USAF Nuclear operations or enterprise experience
USAF weapons development and acquisition experience
Hold an active DOW TS Clearance

Responsibilities

Demonstrates an understanding of a customer’s needs and issues, usually by direct interface
Works with the customer to define project tasking and follows-through with project execution
Assembles and directs corporate resources toward execution of the contract
Identifies, tracks, avoids, and mitigates risks
Trades issues of scope, approach, cost, and schedule
Delivers the contracted result
Manages daily activities of an engineering support team