Portfolio Manager, National Security

Umbra builds next-generation space systems that observe the Earth in unprecedented fidelity.

Our mission:

Deliver global omniscience.

To stay ahead of climate change, geopolitical risk, and other major crises and issues, we need a global understanding of what is changing, where, and how fast. Umbra provides easy access to the highest quality commercial satellite data available, which is an indispensable tool for the growing number of organizations monitoring the Earth. We empower our customers to create solutions that inform, inspire, and address our planet’s most pressing needs.

We’re helping to create a brand new industry that has never meaningfully existed before.

As the Nat Sec Portfolio Manager at Umbra, you delight our customers and users with high quality products and solutions delivered on time and on budget, meeting our contractual obligations. You are cognizant of how all the pieces need to come together for successful program execution and can turn that into well-organized roadmaps, schedules, and budgets that you then track throughout the program lifecycle.

You manage development scope alongside using processes from the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). You are an excellent communicator: collaborating effectively to a variety of technical and non-technical groups, confidently and succinctly briefing to leadership, and creating partnerships with your customers. You will learn Umbra’s technologies to better support your customers and to effectively manage technical progress. You will mitigate program issues and emerging risks.

As pipeline opportunities transition to specific captures, you will lead proposals and RFI responses as well as organic growth. As your portfolio grows, you will be responsible for managing and mentoring program managers in planning and executing the portfolio.

Our aim is to hire this position to work in Umbra's Arlington, VA office and will require the ability to work in a SCIF part-time.

• Profit and Loss Management and Program Execution: Have full accountability for successful execution (cost, schedule, technical) of multiple current contracts, either directly or through subordinate program managers. Update monthly financial actuals and forecasts. Ensure initiatives within portfolio are executing to plan. Provide accurate revenue and cost forecasting and reporting across portfolio.
• Processes:
  Contribute to the development of Umbra’s Program Excellence Framework, a set of documented processes for program start-up, execution, and close-out. Leverage lessons learned and experience from prior programs, but tailored to how Umbra does business, to define lightweight processes for functions such as financial management, risk management, contractual deliveries, and monitoring performance. Also contribute to the development and documentation of Umbra’s Capture Center of Excellence, focused on processes that result in a winning proposal (from bid decision gate through commitment review).
• Growth and Strategy: Develop and deliver successful proposals and white papers that are complete, compliant, high quality, and have a high probability of winning. Define and execute growth strategies for current and follow-on contracts. Support company roadmaps by being the voice of the customer on their needs.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Current and active security clearance.
• 10+ years of professional experience working in program management supporting USG contracts or the aerospace and defense domain.
• Extensive experience working with national security and intelligence customers.
• Experienced leader able to build a plan, build a team, and execute with clear ownership and minimal oversight.
• Direct experience with space industry program planning and execution.
• Proven ability to manage technical development and/or R&D scope and technical teams.
• Continuous learner that is not afraid to lead through uncertainty, take chances and learn from his/her mistakes.
• Consistently takes initiative and champions causes that need to be addressed.
• Demonstrated emotional intelligence to interact and empathize with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, and customers.
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