Program Management Leader

Requisition : 1651

Standard Weekly

Hours:

40.00

Location: ULA - Denver

Relocation: Yes
- Relocation may be available

Travel Requirements: 25%

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As a ULA employee, you'll have the opportunity to grow in your career while working in a team-oriented culture that combines technology, innovation, ingenuity and a commitment to the extraordinary. Whether you are in college just launching your career, or, have experience and want to come work with the best rocket team in the world, our unshakable unity yields stronger solutions and better results as we carry out our mission to save lives, explore the universe, and connect the world.

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This position at United Launch Alliance would report through the Sub-Systems Integration team and will be the Program Management leader working with Solid Rocket Motors major supplier, to support Atlas and Vulcan launch vehicles. This role is accountable for end-to-end supplier program execution, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and mission assurance objectives are met for one of the most strategically important elements of the launch system.

This position operates at the intersection of engineering, supply chain, quality, contracts, and executive leadership, and requires the ability to influence across company and supplier boundaries to deliver flawless launch performance.

• Supplier Program Leadership: Own overall program execution for a major solid rocket motor supplier from contract award through flight delivery
• Supplier Program Leadership: Serve as ULA's single-threaded leader for supplier performance, issue resolution, and strategic alignment
• Supplier Program Leadership: Establish and maintain risk mitigation plans
• Cost, Schedule, and Performance Accountability: Lead supplier cost management including EAC tracking, affordability initiatives, and cost reduction strategies
• Cost, Schedule, and Performance Accountability: Drive on-time delivery of flight hardware through disciplined program planning and proactive risk management
• Cost, Schedule, and Performance Accountability: Ensure adherence to ULA mission assurance, quality, and reliability standards
• Technical and Cross-Functional Integration: Partner closely with engineering, systems integration, mission assurance, supply chain, and manufacturing teams
• Technical and Cross-Functional Integration: Coordinate technical trades, design changes, nonconformance resolution, and qualification activities
• Technical and Cross-Functional Integration: Ensure supplier alignment with ULA configuration control, certification, and launch readiness processes
• Risk Management and Executive Communication: Identify, assess, and actively manage technical, schedule, cost, and supply chain risks
• Risk Management and Executive Communication: Lead executive-level reviews
• Risk Management and Executive Communication: Provide clear communication to ULA leadership on program status, risks, and recovery plans
• Supplier Relationship and Strategy: Build strong partnerships with supplier leadership
• Supplier Relationship and Strategy: Drive long-term supplier performance improvements aligned to ULA's launch cadence and strategy
• Supplier Relationship and Strategy: Support contract negotiations and change management

Bachelor

Minimum of 10 years of related work experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or other related field from an accredited college or university
• Day shift Monday - Thursday
• Demonstrated experience managing major suppliers or subcontractors for flight or mission-critical hardware
• Proven ownership of cost, schedule, and technical performance on complex programs
• Experience with space systems, preferably including launch vehicle systems
• Experience working with customers

• Master's Degree (M.S., M.E.) or higher in Systems Engineering or related field
• Experience with solid rocket motors, propulsion systems, or launch vehicle subsystems
• Strong systems thinking and risk-based decision making
• Ability to challenge suppliers constructively while maintaining trusted partnerships including background in supplier performance management and cost reduction programs
• Bias toward accountability, execution, and mission success
• Background in launch vehicles, space systems, or DoD aerospace programs
• Experience supporting flight hardware certification, qualification, and launch readiness reviews
• Familiarity with EVMS, PMBRs, and government or commercial launch customers
• Strong executive presence with ability to brief senior leadership and external…