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Sr Program Manager

Job in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22070, USA
Listing for: Sierra Nevada Corporation
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
  • Management
    Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 180011 - 247515 USD Yearly USD 180011.00 247515.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Are you looking to advance your career and flex your leadership and program management skills in a fast-paced and rewarding organization? Join us! As a Sr Program Manager at SNC, you will oversee the integration and management of multiple large-scale projects or one highly complex development, ensuring successful customer relationships, cost control, scheduling, and technical execution. You will lead a portfolio of Program and/or Project Managers, ensuring overall program performance and high visibility deliverables.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn‑key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage total program integration for the Vindlér product line, coordinating spacecraft bus, RF payload, ground segment, launch services, and mission operations across multiple concurrent builds and on‑orbit assets.
  • Lead a portfolio of Program and Project Managers covering payload development, space vehicle integration, ground/mission operations, and customer delivery — with primary accountability for customer relationships, cost, schedule, and technical execution.
  • Own program performance reporting to IDS leadership, DTG, and external customers, including IPRs, MRRs, PDR/CDR gates, and on‑orbit readiness reviews.
  • Supervise program and project staff across engineering, RF/SIGINT systems, mission operations, and integration disciplines to ensure successful delivery of on‑orbit capability.
  • Drive business resource planning and capacity forecasting in coordination with IDS Business Operations, DTG, and enterprise functions (Contracts, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality).
  • Formulate and lead cross‑functional teams to fulfill Vindlér program requirements from proposal through sustainment.
  • Identify, track, and resolve program issues — including supplier, integration, launch manifest, and on‑orbit anomalies.
  • Manage program risk (technical, schedule, cost, cyber, ITAR/export, mission assurance) with formal identification, mitigation, and tracking.
  • Conduct routine program cadence: standups, PMRs, customer syncs, gate reviews, and executive readouts.
  • Develop proposals and captures for follow‑on Vindlér tasking, growth options, and adjacent SIGINT/RF opportunities; conduct research, coordinate audits, and negotiate with customers and teammates to meet cost, budget, and schedule commitments.
Qualifications You Must Have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Project Management, Engineering (Aerospace, Electrical, Systems), or related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in project or program management in the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry, with meaningful time on space, satellite, or on‑orbit payload programs.
  • 5+ years leading large‑scale projects, with scope spanning multiple years, while leading cross‑functional teams of 10+ (engineering, mission operations, ground software, integration & test).
  • Relevant experience may substitute for the required education.
  • In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 14 years of related experience is required.
  • A higher‑level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
  • Experience evaluating RFPs/RFQs and preparing, reviewing, and submitting proposals — particularly for DoD, IC, or civil space customers.
  • Experience managing multiple large‑scale projects, or a portfolio of projects up to a large independent program.
  • Experience ensuring compliance with approved Corporate and ISO…
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