Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Integration; M&A)

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Full Time Professional Mukilteo, WA, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Karman Space & Defense is a leader in the rapid design, development, and production of critical, next-generation system solutions that align with the U.S. Department of War and its allies’ core mission priorities, and meet the accelerating demand for access to space. Building on nearly 50 years of success, we deliver Payload & Protection Systems, Aero/Hydrodynamic Interstage Systems, and Propulsion & Launch Systems to more than 80 prime contractors supporting over 130 space and defense programs.

This role leads day-to-day execution of Karman’s mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) integration portfolio, converting enterprise integration strategy and priorities into coordinated plans spanning diligence, pre-close readiness, Day 1 execution, stabilization, target-state integration, and transition to steady-state operations. The Senior Program Manager partners across Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Systems, Data, and site leadership to drive alignment, maintain governance, manage dependencies, and ensure risks and decisions are surfaced with clear business impact and recommended actions.

• Leads execution of the enterprise M&A integration roadmap across multiple concurrent acquisitions, entities, and functional work streams.
• Translates integration strategy, priorities, and governance requirements into integrated program plans with milestones, work streams, dependencies, and readiness criteria.
• Coordinates acquisition integration across business functions, Information Technology, site leadership, vendors, and external advisors.
• Maintains integrated plans spanning diligence, pre-close readiness, Day 1, stabilization, target-state integration, and transition to steady-state operations.
• Runs integration governance including workstream reviews, milestone tracking, RAID management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Drives accountability by ensuring functional owners maintain clear deliverables, dates, resource requirements, dependencies, risks, and escalation paths.
• Identifies resource conflicts, critical-path dependencies, and integration risks, coordinating mitigation plans with functional leaders.
• Supports due diligence by coordinating functional assessments, documenting assumptions, identifying risks, and developing executable plans.
• Leads Day 1 and operational-readiness planning across people, process, technology, compliance, customer, supplier, and site requirements.
• Coordinates technology integration including enterprise resource planning (ERP), infrastructure, identity and access management (IAM), cybersecurity, data migration, and site onboarding.
• Prepares executive-ready reporting on integration health, milestone performance, risks, dependencies, decisions, and progress toward business outcomes.
• Tracks integration costs, benefit assumptions, risk reduction, operational improvements, and value realization in partnership with Finance and functional leaders.
• Applies and improves Integration Management Office (IMO) standards, playbooks, governance gates, templates, readiness criteria, and repeatable integration practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information technology, engineering, operations, finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in program management, M&A integration, enterprise transformation, or related disciplines.
• Track record of independently…