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Job Title: Senior Manager, Program Management – Resilient Maritime Strike

Job Code: 37478

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Lead a high-impact growth portfolio focused on delivering advanced communications systems for the Navy’s next-generation aircraft. This Director-track role requires a strategic leader who can navigate ambiguity, drive customer-centric solutions, and deliver complex programs while scaling the portfolio from $70M to $140M+ over the next three years. You'll build the foundation for sustainable growth while maintaining program excellence and customer trust.

Essential Functions:

• Lead $70M Air Wing of the Future communications portfolio with aggressive growth targets to $140M+ by 2029 through new platform integrations, capability expansions, and adjacent opportunities
• Develop and execute comprehensive growth strategy in partnership with Business Development, Capture, and Strategy teams to identify, shape, and win new opportunities
• Build business cases and investment proposals for new program initiatives balancing current delivery excellence with future growth investments
• Partner with senior stakeholders across engineering, operations, business development, Navy program offices, and fleet operators to shape portfolio strategy and roadmap
• Build business cases and investment proposals for new program initiatives balancing current delivery excellence with future growth investments
• Partner with senior stakeholders across engineering, operations, business development, Navy program offices, and fleet operators to shape portfolio strategy and roadmap
• Apply rigorous program management discipline across growing portfolio including Earned Value Management (EVM), integrated master schedules, risk management, and change control
• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk registers with proactive mitigation strategies; escalate and resolve critical technical, schedule, and integration risks
• Lead change management processes ensuring proper impact analysis, stakeholder alignment, and configuration control across multiple aircraft platforms
• Establish program baselines, performance metrics, and reporting cadences that provide transparency and enable data-driven decisions
• Manage portfolio P&L ensuring healthy margins while investing appropriately in growth initiatives and IR&D
• Develop annual operating plans and multi-year financial projections aligned with 2x growth trajectory
• Optimize resource allocation across delivery, growth, and infrastructure investments
• Track and report growth metrics including pipeline value, win rate, contract awards, and revenue realization
• Partner with Finance and Contracts teams to structure deals that support profitable, sustainable growth
• Lead, mentor, and develop team of program managers and supporting staff, scaling organization to support portfolio growth
• Build organizational capacity through strategic hiring, talent development, process optimization, and succession planning
• Foster high-performance culture characterized by accountability, collaboration, empowerment, and growth orientation
• Provide coaching and career development to prepare team members for increased responsibilities
• Model executive presence and Director-level leadership behaviors including strategic thinking, influencing across matrixed organizations, and thriving in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with 12 years prior experience, Graduate Degree with 10 years prior experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

• Minimum 10 years of program management experience, with at least 5 years leading complex, multi-disciplinary programs
• Minimum 10 years demonstrated track record managing and growing portfolios >$50M; demonstrated experience scaling programs or portfolios
• Active Us Top Secret Security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with business development, capture support, or new program standup in growth environments
• Experience managing growth portfolios or emerging capability development programs
• Track record of successful customer relationship management that led to contract expansions or follow-on work

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