Program Manager

Program Manager

HawkEye 360 is seeking a Program Manager to join the Program Management team within the International Business Unit. The Program Management team is responsible for ensuring a customer is achieving their desired values with HawkEye 360 products or services and prioritizing long-term customer satisfaction and loyalty.

This core position responsibility is to own the execution of our contracts with International Customers (planning, execution, tracking) within a specified budget, utilizing a focus on program/internal project execution while making strategic decisions to support the customer, and ultimately being responsible for monitoring progress, maintaining deadlines and managing any program risk.

In addition to customer contract execution and coordination with their Program Management team, the Program Manager will also interface with internal teams to effectively deliver contractual requirements and establish plans and risk mitigation efforts for ensuring customer success and possible future contract requirements.

As the Program Manager, your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead several customer-facing projects on the International portfolio and managing multiple contracts across a specified region of the world [e.g., Asia, Europe, Middle East, etc.]
• Manage and track all contractual requirements (PO, documentation, Program Review, deliverables, etc)
• Develop and execute a strategy to optimize operations, including collection planning and analysis support, as defined by the contract
• Support Capture Management for new contract/contract renewal
• Provide Finance necessary information for PO and Invoice management
• Work with Product and Solutions team to address any technical challenges to execute customer contracts
• Work with Systems Operations team to maximize satellite collection capacity for multiple programs
• Drive internal development efforts from engineering and product teams, as well as other functional groups throughout the company (such as finance, legal, and regulatory) as needed to identify, resource, complete, and deliver any development work needed to meet the program's requirements.
• Advocate for the necessary resources and balance workloads with other company programs and priorities by articulating the business value.
• Identify risks to the customer's mission success, mitigate, and proactively communicate with sales team, company leadership, and other stakeholders.

Serve as the face to the customer, providing quality customer support and professional, constructive communication and planning.

Travel to customer sites internationally for in-person meetings as needed for program execution

Support calls during non-business hours when supporting international customers in different time zones.

Maintain good relationships with contacts in key customer organizations with the goal of building and maintaining customer advocacy for the program.

Your skills and qualifications: Essential education and experience:

• 8+ years professional program management experience
• M.S. or B.S. in engineering, business, or another related field.
• Particularly strong work experience may be deemed equivalent for candidates with alternative degrees.
• Demonstrated effective management of requirements and deliveries for complex projects.
• Desire and ability to operate in environments without established structure and processes.
• Demonstrated success in leading or supporting multidisciplinary project teams executing to desired outcomes.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in professional and/or customer service settings

Desirable:

• 3 or more years professional experience in intelligence and/or defense-related communities.
• Experience in the space, geospatial, or electronic communications/signals processing industries.
• PMP Certification
• Experience working directly with customers.

Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $170,000 annually HawkEye 360 offers a compensation package that includes a competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and benefits. We consider many factors when determining salary offers, such as candidate's work experience, education, training & skills, as well as market and business considerations.

Company Overview: HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies a broad range of signals & behaviors. We employ cutting edge AI techniques to equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence. HawkEye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.