Principal Program Manager

Principal Program Manager

The Sensors Division within STR focuses on the development and analysis of advanced sensor systems in the RF, acoustic, and electro-optical domains. This includes the design and development of novel sensors and advanced information processing techniques from ideation to prototype implementations. The Ocean Technologies & Acoustic Systems (OTAS) Group develops and delivers advanced undersea sensors, payloads, and signal processing systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.

The OTAS Group is seeking a part-time Principal Program Manager with a highly operational centric undersea-warfare background to manage a portfolio of programs focused on future undersea systems and advanced signal processing. This position also requires extensive knowledge of Navy and IC customer structure and needs. Prior experience working within the Navy signal processing R&D and IC is highly beneficial. In this role you will manage multi-disciplinary teams of researchers, scientists, and engineers spread across multiple STR campuses to meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives on innovative, complex, and challenging national security programs. Your areas of specific focus will include building and executing programmatic baselines, including personnel, deliverables, and subcontractor / contract manufacturer management plans while anticipating risks, resolving resource, security, and contracting challenges, and meeting or managing customer, sponsor, and leadership expectations.

A successful candidate will have recent and significant program management experience in several of the following areas: undersea warfare, sonar systems, ocean engineering, modeling and simulation, test & evaluation, hardware design, software architecture, uncrewed underwater vehicles, resource management, acoustic data analysis, signal processing, and/or communications. This position requires competency in leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams, briefing senior leadership, cultivating positive, collaborative, and productive work environments, and a strong proficiency in all aspects of program management. Strong interpersonal, communication, mentorship, and peer-leadership skills are also required.

Effectively executing multiple programs ensuring cost, schedule and technical program metrics are being tracked and within plan

Lead proposals by providing expertise in proposal development while ensuring adherence to a gated capture process

Create Subcontractor statements of work and manage/track Subcontractors to ensure proper execution

Work with contract manufacturers to build up to LRIP and then meet LRIP milestones with high quality

Lead multi-functional teams

Provide regular program briefs to Group and Division Leadership

Create and maintain an environment that fosters collaboration by giving clear direction and constructive feedback to the team

Monitor progress against goals: anticipate risks, resolve issues, and initiate corrective actions as appropriate

Current TS/SSBI with SCI, ability to gain and SAP accreditations required, for which U.S citizenship is needed by the U.S government

Technical Degree and 10+ years of prior relevant experience in government contracting, research and development (R&D), scientific & technical intelligence (S&TI), or advanced technology production

Program Manager or Control Account Manager experience in a design and development and/or build contract including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) definition, schedule generation, financial analysis/reporting, and resource management

Experience in Proposal Management including planning and cost estimation

Experience managing projects larger than $10M for the Department of War or IC

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Successful experience in leading and managing multi-discipline teams

Strong presentation and organizational skills

Experience with advanced undersea warfare system concepts, signal processing, underwater acoustics, and ocean engineering

Experience with sonar systems

Work Experience in government, FFRDC, or defense industry companies and sponsors

Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience

Contract manufacturing experience

Risk and Opportunity Management experience

Experience managing Research and Development programs

Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications including but not limited to MS Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

This is an opportunity to contribute to the development of groundbreaking undersea systems that will shape the future of undersea defense. You will work alongside a passionate and talented team, tackling some of the most challenging and rewarding problems in the field. If you are passionate about managing programs that deliver advanced undersea technology that sailors depend on working, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and help us redefine what's possible beneath the waves.

Full-Time Salary Range: $187,500 - $240,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate's experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.