Senior Technical Program Manager

IonQ•Louisville, CO

About The Position

IonQ is seeking a Technical Program Manager to help manage, plan, and deliver on exciting projects. This role will oversee cross-functional teams, create and manage project schedules, budgets, risks/opportunities, and ensure alignment with technical and strategic goals. Ongoing efforts span from component level upgrades to component design and integration with NextGen into Capella’s current and next generation spacecraft design. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated, collaborative, and supportive team to achieve novel on-orbit capabilities. This role will directly contribute to large scale and high impact efforts within the company.

Requirements

5+ years of program or project management experience
Bachelor’s degree or higher education in engineering, science, or a related technical field. Business degree acceptable with aerospace experience
Proficiency in project management software tools and collaboration platforms such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, and Confluence
Proven ability to manage technical development and/or R&D scope
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Capella Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

Responsibilities

Experience leading technology projects through full program lifecycle including planning, execution, project closure, stakeholder management and issue/dependency management
Experience developing and maintaining a comprehensive project portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology projects, and tracking and maintaining schedules and status across multiple development projects
Ability to prioritize projects and programs based on strategic importance, resource availability and business impact
Experience managing complex budgets including labor forecasts, actuals, material, and subcontractors
Mentor and knowledge share with project resources ensuring accountability for project deliverables
Strong, clear and concise documentation and communication skills with broad range of technical/non-technical resources, internal/external audiences, and all levels of the organization
Ability to translate technical requirements into work delivery plans.
Strong Problem-solving and proven data driving-decision making abilities, proactively identifying critical-path actions, risks, and opportunities to accelerate progress
Experience with varying project management methodologies (ie. Waterfall, agile, scrum)
Proven self-starter with experience in a fast-paced, nimble environment