Senior Program Manager

AIRBUS U.S. Space & Defense•Merritt Island, FL

About The Position

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. is hiring a Senior Program Manager to manage complex contract programs in the Space Systems line of business. The position is the primary customer interface and is accountable for delivering program commitments for cost, schedule, and performance. It coordinates engineering, supply chain, finance, trade compliance, legal, and other centralized functions to meet program requirements. The role may also support strategy and new-business development, customer requests, capture, and proposal efforts. The Senior Program Manager leads high-value, complex space programs and teams, overseeing technical execution, planning, costs, schedules, risks, contracts, and deliverables. The role maintains relationships with customers, partners, affiliates, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders; coordinates financial, contractual, supply-chain, compliance, and security matters; and contributes to improving project-management processes. The position involves daily communication with internal and external parties and approximately 20% domestic and international travel. Occasional extended hours may be required to support program execution, proposals, customer events, or international time zones. A bachelor's degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, or thermal engineering, or another STEM scientific field, is required. The candidate must have nine years of progressive relevant experience, or seven years with a master's degree, including experience managing technical or business projects or small teams. U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. The position is subject to ITAR requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, or thermal engineering, or another STEM-related scientific field.
Nine years of progressive experience in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, or thermal engineering; seven years is acceptable with a master's degree.
Experience in technical or business project management or management of small teams.
Experience managing projects and teams for space-flight hardware or technologies for U.S. Government or commercial space customers, with successful cost, schedule, and performance execution.
Understanding of space systems, technologies, and products.
Experience and familiarity with U.S. government contracts.
Knowledge of program-management metrics, tools, and reporting methods.
Strong listening, comprehension, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; clear and accurate follow-through.
Analytical and presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including senior government officials and executive leadership.
Ability to manage multiple activities and act decisively while ensuring actions are legal, within contract boundaries, and ethical.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with complex issues and competing priorities, and collaboratively within a diverse, geographically distributed team.
Excellent PC skills, including Office 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, the Microsoft Office suite, and Microsoft Project.
U.S. citizenship and current work authorization; the position is subject to ITAR and requires U.S.-person status.
Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 20%, including independently and at short notice.
Ability to work extended hours occasionally in support of program execution, proposals, customer events, or international time zones.
Ability to carry and lift documents or electronic equipment up to 20 lb (9 kg), push and pull items in office areas, sit and stand for extended periods, occasionally squat or kneel, and walk through office and production areas, including over uneven surfaces.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in engineering or a business field.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience working with subcontractors and supply-chain teams.
Direct experience with U.S. national security space programs.
Active DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Familiarity with Salesforce, Costpoint, or Deltek systems.

Responsibilities

Manage assigned space programs, including technical, cost, schedule, and risk management for high-value, complex programs and large teams.
Plan, cost, schedule, and report on programs; provide regular updates to Space Systems leadership and, when requested, executive management.
Provide daily project direction and coordinate teams and support functions to execute program plans within budget and schedule.
Develop detailed Work Breakdown Structures and track project costs against program spending baselines.
Work with the master scheduler to create schedules covering milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and resource needs.
Monitor leading indicators, identify issues or delays, recommend corrective actions, and develop strategies to keep costs and schedules within budget.
Maintain program risk-management plans and identify, assess, document, and mitigate risks.
Coordinate and manage projects and ensure Contract Data Requirements List items are completed.
Manage internal, external, and international organizations to meet program timelines; manage milestone progress and invoices for work accomplished.
Build and maintain relationships with customers, external stakeholders, and internal production and engineering teams to support program execution and business growth.
Manage partners and affiliates, including program scope, reviews, deliverables, schedules, milestones, risks, payments, and invoices.
Maintain effective working relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, Airbus affiliates, and other external stakeholders.
Coordinate with finance, contracts, supply chain, compliance, and security teams to ensure programs meet financial, contractual, compliance, scope, budget, and schedule requirements.
Apply guidance and redirection as needed to keep programs on track and contribute to improving company project-management processes.
Lead an industrial team toward programmatic success and ensure programs meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives.