Senior Program Manager

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. Kratos is a leader in assured aerospace communication solutions and services. We are cutting-edge innovators and creative problem solvers working collaboratively to solve our customers toughest challenges. Our culture is fast-paced and innovative. We are a trusted partneridriven by doing the right thing and achieving maximum success for our customers, our partners and ourselves.iKratos is seeking an elite, mission driven, seasoned Sr.

Program Manager (PM) to take the lead of a critical, high profile Satellite Ground Resource Management architecture integration effort. This Sr PM will lead a transition, recovery, integration, and execution of a complex, multi-orbit Satellite Ground Resource Management System from its current contract owners. This program will have elements of sustainment, modifications, discrepancy resolution, system enhancement, and new development for future system utilization.

This role will be based out of Herndon VA and requires the candidate to have a current TS/SCI, with an Intelligence Community Polygraph.

Keyword:
Project/Program Manager, Satellite Ground Resource Management, Earned Value, Project transition, Subcontractor management, Customer management. Integrated Product Team management

• Program recovery & Turnaround Minimum 8 years of experience managing large ($100M+) federal/defense aerospace programs, with a proven track record of successfully taking over, restructuring, and executing programs enduring significant schedule delays, and budget overruns
• Satellite Ground Segment Architecture Extensive experience leading the design, deployment, and/or modernization of Satellite Ground Resource Management (GRM) systems
• Team Development, Leadership, & Management Minimum 10 years of experience, leading and managing a development project/program that has multiple technical and administrative leaders and managers, with multiple Integrated Product Teams, and subcontractors, developing and delivering Satellite GRMs
• Multi-Orbit/Multi-Mission Integrations Demonstrated experience managing the design, development, and deployment of scalable GRM architectures supporting multi-mission or multi-constellation architectures
• Subcontractor management Proven ability to effectively manage subcontractors on relevant type aerospace development projects/programs, assessing their design and performance, while building a collaborative and teammate environment
• Customer management Proven ability to build a collaborative working relationship with the customer, earning their trust, and being able to guide them to solutions and requirement definitions required to meet the intent of their missions, including bridging gaps in the requirements they have provided
• Contractual & Scope Management Proven ability to prevent scope creep, leverage opportunities for Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to enhance the deliverable solution, properly map Statement of Work requirements, and handle the requirements of Cost-Plus and Firm-Fixed Price contracts and modifications
• Project/Program Transition Experience in defining and successfully executing a transition plan for inheriting an aerospace program, preferably one that has GFE, GFI, product licenses, and sustainment/operation efforts that must be sufficiently maintained during transition
• Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Baseline Recovery Proven effective Earned Value implementation skills, and project/program action/tasking scheduling skills. Able to effectively manage critical path, conduction what-if analysis and mitigation strategies (like Monte Carlo Simulations) to ensure project deliveries are accomplished on time
• Systems Integration & Cross-subcontractor Testing Proven strong project/program management skills,…