Senior Space Program Management Support

Senior Space Program Management Support

Location:

Norfolk, Virginia. Work Arrangement:
Full-time, on-site. Clearance: ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED. Travel:
Up to 30 days annually, including international travel.

Ironclad Defense Works is seeking a Space Program Senior Management Support Expert for the NATO Space Capability Program at Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia. You will provide senior program-management, capability-development, governance, risk, and coordination support across NATO commands, agencies, allied nations, and commercial space stakeholders.

This role requires a professional with demonstrated experience in capability development, military space, command-and-control systems, multinational program management, and defense acquisition.

• Support delivery, synchronization, and implementation of the NATO Space Capability Program and associated projects.
• Coordinate program activities across HQ SACT, SHAPE, AIRCOM, NCIA, NSPA, allied nations, and commercial partners.
• Develop and refine project proposals, implementation plans, program reviews, risk registers, dashboards, and capability roadmaps.
• Support synchronization of Operational Space Support, Space Domain Awareness, and Space Domain Coordination capabilities.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate program risks, interdependencies, and critical paths.
• Support program governance, project-management team meetings, Bi-Strategic Command coordination, and senior-leader engagements.
• Coordinate with architects, subject-matter experts, national representatives, and industry stakeholders.
• Support capability architecture development and analyses of alternatives.
• Support space-related experimentation, wargaming, demonstrations, exercises, and lessons-learned activities.
• Support implementation of NATO commercial space initiatives.
• Prepare reports, decision briefs, analyses, recommendations, and executive presentations.
• Provide direct analytical and program support to Space Branch leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, systems engineering, aerospace, computer science, or a closely related discipline.
• At least five years of experience in NATO capability development, program management, or defense acquisition.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NATO Space policy, Capability Program Plan governance, and program-management team processes.
• At least three years of operational knowledge of command-and-control systems within the last 10 years.
• At least three years of capability-development and management experience in the C2 area within the last 10 years.
• Experience supporting multinational programs and senior-level governance bodies.
• Recent program or project management experience in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Working knowledge of capability architectures.
• Working knowledge of configuration-management methods and practices.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS or an equivalent requirements-management tool.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaborative software.
• Active NATO or national Secret clearance.
• Citizenship and a valid passport from a NATO member nation.
• Ability to travel throughout NATO nations without restriction.
• Professional proficiency in English.

• Master’s degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, science, computer science, program management, or a related discipline.
• Ten or more years of NATO capability-development, program-management, or defense-acquisition experience.
• Five or more years supporting NATO Space policy, governance, or program-management activities.
• Prior work with HQ SACT, SHAPE, AIRCOM, NCIA, NSPA, a NATO defense ministry, or an allied military space organization.
• Experience with Operational Space Support, Space Domain…