Sr. Program Manager

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more.

Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position

Purpose:

The Sr. Program Manager will provide leadership and supervision in a team

environment, with frequent opportunities for customer engagement, new business development,

concept design, mission formulation, system analysis, and detailed design, analysis, integration, and

test, plus orbit operations. The Senior Program Manager will typically run larger, more

complex/demanding, and high-profile programs.

Title:

Sr. Program Manager

Position Type:
Full Time

Pay Range: $135,000 - $215,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location:

Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

* Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date

* Life insurance

* 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)

* Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

* Program management responsibility for Space hardware missions for Commercial,

Defense, Restricted, or NASA satellites.

* Program execution in all phases of the program life cycle (business development,

mission formulation, requirements flow-down, manufacturing, integration and test,

and on-orbit operations)

* System design balancing performance, emerging technologies, schedule, risk, and cost

* Encourage, council, mentor, and lead program teams thru program evolution, milestones,

challenges, and successes.

* Prepare, present, and manage for successful conclusion major program milestone reviews

* Manage / perform trade studies balancing cost, schedule and technical requirements and

parametric analyses

* Evaluation of existing and emerging technologies

* Develop, review and negotiate procurement documents (specification, SOW) and

manage subcontracts

* Work closely with customers to help refine their needs and provide innovative and

competitive solutions

* Support and help evolve the spacecraft and component product line offerings

* Generate and maintain program integrated masterschedule (IMS)

* Generate and maintain program budgets and forecasts, including financial, technical, and

schedule risk and opportunity positions

* Execute flight programs that meet technical and cost obligations

* Work closely with other contractors/teammates in meeting customer needs

* Collaborate closely with technical program leads and diverse domain expertise

* Ensure all business is conducted using the highest ethicalstandards and in compliance with

all applicable laws, statutes, and regulations as well as company policies and directives

* May include personnel management responsibilities

* Other responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications /

Education:

* At least 10+ years of relevant experience

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Management with Engineering background, or Computer

Science discipline

* Good documentation and communication skills

* Strong systems engineering and technical management skills and demonstrated ability to

grow new business opportunities and execute demanding flight programs

* Ability to work rapidly with minimal supervision on projects involving both smalland

large engineering teams

* Previous experience and skills in project definition, simulation, implementation, lab

integration and test

* Strong understanding of Agile principles, ceremonies, and artifacts

* Knowledge of Agile metrics and how to interpret them to drive performance

* Experience working with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc.

* Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration between cross-functional teams and

stakeholders in a fast-paced environment with emphasis on efficiently delivering high quality

capabilities.

* Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are…