C2 Program Manager Security Clearance

C2 Program Manager

Ideal candidate:
Former or retired USAF Air Battle Manager / senior C2 battle management operator

Job Level: Senior / Lead

Employment Type:

Full-time

Security Clearance:
Active DoD Secret clearance required at time of hire; active TS/SCI preferred

Work Location:

On-site / program facility (customer-designated location); travel to operational sites, test events, and training venues as required

Reports To:

Director of Defense and Aerospace Services

Works Closely With:
Government customer and program stakeholders, systems engineers, project and functional leads, ISSO/cybersecurity personnel, operational users and training units, test organizations, application owners, vendors, and subcontractors

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced C2 Program Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of a command-and-control program. The ideal candidate is a former or retired USAF Air Battle Manager (or equivalent C2 battle management operator) with hands-on experience in airborne, ground-based, and operations-center C2 environments such as AWACS, the Control and Reporting Center (CRC), and the Air Operations Center (AOC), together with demonstrated experience managing complex defense programs, systems integration, test, training, or sustainment activities.

The C2 Program Manager is accountable for overall program performance, including scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, customer satisfaction, and delivery of contract requirements. This individual leads cross-functional teams and coordinates the work of technical, operational, cybersecurity, test, training, vendor, and subcontractor personnel. The Program Manager ensures that operational needs are translated into executable plans, resources are aligned with program priorities, issues are resolved promptly, and C2 capabilities are delivered and sustained in accordance with customer requirements and contractual commitments.

Why an Operational C2 Background

The hardest problems on a C2 program are rarely purely technical. They involve understanding what controllers need to see and how quickly they need it; how the tactical picture is affected when systems are degraded or fail; how Joint and coalition partners receive and trust shared data; and how the program demonstrates that a system is ready for operational use. A candidate with real battle management experience brings the operational credibility and judgment needed to guide program priorities, assess mission impacts, engage effectively with the customer, and make informed decisions about technical execution, schedule, risk, testing, and fielding.

The C2 Program

• Secure Computing Environment
  - The IT infrastructure and services that support the system.
• Mission Software
  - Operational and tactical-level command-and-control software such as MSCT, ADSI, C2 Core, and Voice Communications Systems.
• Integration
  - Sensors, tactical data links, and radios/communications devices.

• Lead day-to-day program execution and serve as the primary point of coordination for the government customer on program performance, priorities, deliverables, and issues.
• Establish program objectives, performance expectations, execution priorities, and management processes consistent with contract requirements and customer direction.
• Lead cross-functional program teams; assign and coordinate responsibilities; monitor performance; and ensure that technical and operational activities remain aligned with program objectives.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with government representatives, operational commands, user groups, senior stakeholders, and internal company leadership.

• Ensure operator needs, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and mission-thread requirements are understood and incorporated into program plans, technical priorities, and test objectives.
• Oversee definition and management of mission-critical availability, latency, and data-integrity expectations for track, display, and other mission application functions.
• Ensure program teams maintain mission-thread and dependency views showing how infrastructure or application failures may affect operational users.

• Oversee program support for Joint and coalition employment, including interoperability, data sharing, and releasability considerations across Service and mission-partner boundaries.
• Coordinate with Joint and Allied stakeholders, interoperability certification…