Sr. Program Manager of Execution & Staffing Operations

Infleqtion•Louisville, CO

14h•$165,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Infleqtion is seeking a Sr. Program Manager of Execution & Staffing Operations within the Quantum Sensing Solutions (QSS) group. In this exciting and multi-faceted role, this leader will be responsible for growing a multidisciplinary technical organization, working across a rapidly growing portfolio of business areas to identify and resolve execution risks / issues in staffing operations, drive hiring & talent acquisition to meet execution demands, assist program managers in successful program start-up staffing operations on new awards, ensure best practices are put into execution for engineering performance management, and act as a multi-disciplinary functional manager. This leader will be working across a diverse group of engineering and science disciplines including, but not limited to, mechanical, opto-mechanical, electrical, systems, controls, firmware/software, test, reliability, manufacturing engineering, and physicists. The successful candidate will combine broad technical judgment and expertise with exceptional organizational and people leadership, strong communication abilities with Program / Business Area leadership, keen sense of working through conflicting priorities, and an eye for talent acquisition. The role requires a leader who is equally comfortable engaging in technical design and program management / business area reviews, developing engineering leaders, allocating scarce technical resources across competing priorities, and partnering with program, product, operations, and business leadership to deliver against strategic objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or a related technical discipline; advanced technical degree preferred.
8+ years as a leader or program manager in hardware applied research and development
8+ years as a functional leader of engineering and / or research scientist talent
5+ years in hiring for deep technical talent
Demonstrated ability to lead engineers and scientists working on technically challenging problems across numerous competing priorities and work deconfliction strategies.
Strong understanding of engineering development processes, including requirements, architecture, design, integration, verification, validation, and technical risk management.
Experience building and scaling deep technical teams to meet business demand forecast needs.
Strong resource-planning and organizational-development capabilities.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior technical, programmatic, and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or Ph.D. in an engineering or scientific discipline.
10+ years as a leader or program manager in hardware applied research and development in fast paced Aerospace & Defense &/or other United States Government R&D.
10+ years as a functional leader of engineering and / or research scientist talent in fast paced Aerospace & Defense &/or other United States Government R&D.
10+ years in hiring for deep technical talent in fast paced Aerospace & Defense &/or other United States Government R&D.
10+ years in driving operations for execution and staffing for 50+ people with a rapid growth trajectory with associated establishment of organizational structures, talent acquisition, and operational process to ensure continued scalability.

Responsibilities

Own functional resource planning and allocation across multiple programs.
Drive technical hiring from requisition through hire across QSS business area by working with HR, recruiting, business area and program leaders.
Work with program and business leaders to align engineering capacity, capabilities, priorities, and schedules to currently executing program as well as against future pipeline of opportunities.
Identify capability gaps and develop appropriate build, hire, partner, or outsource strategies for meeting commitments.
Anticipate future engineering capability requirements and develop talent and infrastructure ahead of business demand.
Resolve cross-program resource conflicts and ensure critical technical efforts receive the expertise required for success.
Develop and monitor meaningful engineering performance indicators, including technical maturity, execution health, staffing, quality, and risk.
Build, lead, develop, and retain a high-performing multidisciplinary engineering organization.
Define the organizational structure, engineering capabilities, roles, and technical leadership required to support current and future business needs.
Recruit and develop exceptional engineers & scientists, technical leaders, engineering managers, and subject-matter experts.
Partner with business, program and technical leadership to translate strategic objectives into executable resourced plans throughout program and production lifecycle from proposal through end of life.
Work with QSS leadership to define and implement a staffing execution process and organization that is scalable to meet large future growth needs of the enterprise.
Represent resource considerations in business and portfolio decisions, ensuring technical opportunities, constraints, risks, cost, and schedule implications are understood.