Project Manager

ARES Corporation•Merritt Island, FL

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager supports the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Command, Control, and Communications (C3) organization at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, by managing day-to-day project and schedule integration for Artemis III and Artemis IV Communications. The role maintains an integrated, current view of milestones, dependencies, operational need dates, risks, and actions to help leadership resolve conflicts, prioritize resources, and assess mission readiness. The position integrates communications schedules and interfaces across technical and operational teams, coordinates work priorities, leads schedule review and meeting cadence, and prepares reports and decision materials. It also supports planning and change analysis and maintains continuity records, including schedules, risks, actions, and decisions.

Requirements

Experience building and maintaining integrated schedules for complex technical projects, including linking dependencies, assessing critical and near-critical paths, comparing baseline and forecast dates, and explaining the impact of schedule variance.
Experience coordinating project execution across engineering, operations, and contractor teams, obtaining reliable status from work owners, resolving competing priorities, and escalating matters requiring leadership decisions.
Experience maintaining risk and action registers and translating schedule data into clear reports, briefings, and actionable recommendations for technical and management audiences.
Proficiency with an integrated scheduling tool such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, plus spreadsheet and presentation tools used for analysis and reporting.
Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently in a schedule-driven environment and follow actions through closure.
Bachelor's or master's degree in Management or Administration.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification(s).
NASA, EGS, Artemis, or comparable aerospace or mission-operations experience.
Familiarity with communications systems, ground systems, or launch readiness.
Experience integrating program and project schedules at multiple levels and supporting baseline changes, Earned Value Management reporting, resource planning, or program governance reviews.
Ability to present concise schedule status, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical teams and leadership.

Responsibilities

Maintain the integrated Communications Level 4 and Level 5 schedules; collect and validate updates from IT project managers, engineers, and other work owners; reconcile discrepancies against the Program Baseline Manifest; and document the basis for schedule changes.
Manage interfaces and operational need dates across IT, LX, Ground Integration Elements (GIEs), AEGIS, and the EGS Program. Track DVO/DVaO alignment and required dates for technical interchange meetings, studies, imagery, and validations; assess downstream impacts; coordinate recovery options; and elevate unresolved conflicts with recommended actions.
Lead the Communications integration cadence, including schedule tagups, Level 4/Level 5 reviews, Level 4 overview preparation, and the Level 4 Communications schedule review.
Coordinate the daily Communications tagup and weekly Communications Operations review, and provide inputs and follow-through for SETI, ERB, LX, and issue-resolution meetings as needed.
Coordinate AEGIS work priorities by consolidating Communications requests, identifying competing demands, recommending work sequences based on mission needs, dependencies, and available resources, and elevating resource tradeoffs to C3 leadership.
Prepare program reports and decision material, including weekly Artemis III/IV schedule performance updates, the monthly C3 Program Management Review deck, and Earned Value Management and Monthly Status Report inputs. Prepare or present Communications inputs for PRB, PCB, C3FR, and C3 Forums as needed.
Develop Communications inputs for Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution and the Phasing Plan; support planning for new capabilities; and analyze effects of proposed manifest or baseline changes on milestones, staffing, and operational readiness.
Maintain continuity records, including the Communications Roles and Responsibilities document, contact list, schedule repository, risk list, action register, and decision records. Record owners and due dates for open items and follow up through closure.
Maintain risk and action registers and translate schedule information into clear reports, briefings, and actionable recommendations for technical and management audiences.
Coordinate project execution across engineering, operations, and contractor teams; obtain reliable status from work owners, resolve competing priorities, and escalate matters requiring leadership decisions.