Program Area Manager IV​/V TS​/SCI ( National Programs Office – U.S. Space Force

New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That’s our focus  ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers—literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission—your opportunity—is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for JPL.

Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

As a Program Area Manager within the National Programs Office supporting National Security and National Defense and Military business development initiatives, with a focus on the US Space Force and it’s associated elements you will be responsible for direct customer outreach and engagement, leading and coordinating business leads from the implementing organizations, contracts and pricing in executing the business development process for new work.

In addition, you will develop and maintain relationships with customer management counterparts and JPL task managers to secure new business and ensure customer satisfaction resulting in follow-on business.

• Be responsible for securing technology development tasks and major project opportunities with customer.
• Have responsibility for business development opportunities in areas where JPL’s unique expertise can be applied.
• Plan, direct resources, schedule, and provide management direction and oversight to ensure JPL tasks/projects are executed within approved cost, schedule, and performance.
• Communicate and report work status and represent JPL at customer interface and technical interface exchanges.
• Lead the broader NPO business development team to advance and improve BD processes and increase the velocity of new business acquisition.

• PhD degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Space Operations, or similar technical discipline with 5 yearsof minimum work experience, or MA/MS degree in similar discipline with 7 years of minimum work experience, or BA/BS degree in similar discipline with 9 years of minimum work experience.
• Leadership experience:
  Formulation, Implementation, Operations, Line Management, and delivery of products (such as mission or technology proposals, institutional guidance, hardware, software, data products, technology)
• Multidisciplinary knowledge in National Defense / National Security Space - related technical, programmatic, and systems development/acquisition processes and procedures.
• Extensive, demonstrated experience in developing businesses, closing businesses with reimbursable customers, with full breadth of experience with the business development lifecycle, from market development, through opportunity identification and qualification, bid and proposal, negotiations, delivery and acquiring repeat business.
• Demonstrated technical design and development expertise in one or more of the following disciplines:
• Technology development and management
• Robotics and Autonomous systems
• Electro-optical and RF sensor systems
• Satellite communications (RF and/or Optical)
• Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)
• Systems Engineering
• Cyberspace
• Airborne and/or spaceborne sensors/systems design and development
• Flight, ground and mission systems architecting, development and operations

• Knowledge of best industry practices in concept definition, formulation and implementation, such as planning, programming, development, design, engineering, flight…