Sr Director, Program Management; Hybrid

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Sr Director, Program Management (Hybrid)

At K , we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. K  employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. K  is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of K 's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join K 's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

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K  is seeking a Sr. Director (Program Manager) for the Advanced Engineering and Operations (AEO) division, who will report to the AEO VP and lead execution of a large NASA Communications contract that will oversee O&M, commercial communication provider integration, mission interface functions, network operations, sustainment, cybersecurity, modernization, and performance management into a reliable, secure, efficient, and innovative operating model for NASA human spaceflight , science, exploration, non-NASA Government, commercial, and international missions.

The Program Manager will be accountable for safe, uninterrupted mission service delivery; disciplined task order execution; cost, schedule, technical, and risk performance; customer intimacy; workforce readiness; subcontractor integration; and continuous improvement as NASA transitions from legacy network operations toward an integrated, performance-based communications and navigation services enterprise.

• Lead day-to-day execution of task orders, ensuring safe, reliable, secure, and uninterrupted communications and navigation services across the Network.

• Manage K , subcontractor, and partner personnel across geographically distributed operations, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics , mission interface, and modernization teams.

• Serve as the senior customer-facing program leader for NASA, mission-user communities, and other Government stakeholders, building trusted relationships and maintaining strong customer intimacy.

• Drive the transition from legacy network operations to an integrated Network operating model through disciplined management .

• Oversee integrated network management functions, and continuous improvement across Government-owned and commercial network assets.

• Ensure operational performance with transparent reporting to NASA and K  leadership.

• Chair or oversee program governance forums, including risk and opportunity management, configuration control, performance reviews, corrective action boards, modernization decision gates, and subcontractor accountability reviews.

• Lead cost, schedule, technical, staffing, and financial performance for fixed-price and cost-type task orders, applying sound business judgment when making K
  -binding program decisions.

• Lead functional managers onboarding commercial service providers, new missions, new capabilities, and modernization initiatives into operational baselines while preserving operator authority, mission assurance, and NASA decision visibility.

• Ensure contract deliverables, integrated master schedules, financial reports, performance metrics, program management reviews, staffing plans, risk registers, and customer briefings are accurate , timely , and decision-useful .

• Recruit, coach, certify, and retain a mission-focused workforce capable of supporting 24x7 operations, critical…