Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a program plan with engineering leadership that is consistent with the program budget, requirements, deliverables, and aligns with the overall business area strategy.
• Manage the overall program execution, actively mitigate risks to the program and promptly resolve issues that are impacting program performance.
• Serve as primary customer interface and ensure that contract deliverables are delivered on time.
• Contribute to business growth by defining a growth/transition strategy for each assigned program.
• Manage and actively engage with the customer base to drive achievement of the plan.
• Mentor the technical team and lead select efforts to standardize best practices across the Company.
• Participate in program definition and capture for existing and new customers.
• Lead proposal and/or capture efforts as assigned and ensure timely and successful delivery.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Physics or related scientific discipline, required.
• 5+ years of related, professional (technical) experience, required.
• 3+ years of industry experience in a technical leadership or program management position for defense R&D software programs with experience supervising personnel, technology assessment, system design, system analysis, managing multiple technical programs; including budgetary responsibility, planning and estimating work loading requirements, acquisition planning, communicating and interacting with customers.
• 3+ years of management experience or the ability to demonstrate management capabilities through equivalent leadership experiences.