Program Manager IV

Job ID: 2676

The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) Strategic & Military Space Division is seeking applicants for a Program Manager (PM) with a background in orbital warfare or national security space systems. The successful applicant will be responsible for assisting the Space Force PEO-Operational Test & Training Infrastructure to develop national level capabilities to test the USA's next generation of space capabilities, and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for the Service's weapons systems.

SDL offers competitive salaries and fantastic benefits, including:

• Flexible work schedules that fit your style, subject to mission demands
• Generous paid leisure and sick leave, ensuring you never miss a special event
• Salary range for this position: (commensurate based on education and experience)
  • $130,000-$215,000
• A 14.2% employer retirement contribution into a 401(a) account - no matching required!
• Favorable company locations with short average commute times
• Utah State University undergraduate tuition discounts of 50%, full reimbursement for graduate tuition, and free course audits for employees and dependents meeting eligibility requirements
• High-quality, low-cost health, dental, and life insurance
• A great, highly educated team that works together to solve some of the most fascinating problems on (and off) our planet
• We are a growing company that maintains a family feel and high retention rate with over 90% job satisfaction
• Relocation assistant available for most positions

The Program Manager will work as an embedded part of a larger government team with customers, Engineers, Managers, Technicians, and support personnel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates an understanding of the government's needs and issues, as an embedded SME
• Decomposes operational warfare and training needs into acquisition requirements
• Coordinates service level requirements with other parts of the OTTI enterprise, such as Infrastructure, Orbital, Engineering, or Business Operations
• Assembles and directs resources toward execution of the organization's mission
• Identifies, tracks, and mitigates risks
• Trades issues of scope, approach, cost, and schedule
• Evaluates proposals and makes recommendations to the Government PM
• Creates and maintains project schedules
• Other duties as assigned by the Government Lead

Required Qualifications:

• BS in technical engineering, science, or business degree
• 10+ years of project management or technical leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience generating and decomposing system requirements
• Demonstrated excellence in prior supervisory positions
• Attention to detail and proficiency in task management
• Ability to organize and manage a team
• Experience developing program schedules and controlling budgets to meet required deadlines
• Experience leading technical projects in the National Security space domain
• Must be a team player who helps develop others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message to the audience
• Excellent computer skills
• Experience creating and maintaining a project schedule using tools such as Microsoft Project
• Must be a US citizen and possess a current a US Government Top Secret/SCI security clearance and be eligible for Special Accesses
• Must be able to travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in aerospace, systems, electrical or optical engineering
• Space Force, NRO, or IC requirements generation experience in space acquisition programs
• Experience operating, or leading units that operate, spacecraft conducting rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO)
• Experience in Exercises and Wargames from tactical through Tier-1 level
• Management and systems engineering experience of space hardware development projects
• Earned value management experience

SDL supports a variety of missions, ranging from the Department of Defense's and Intelligence Community's mission to protect our nation from Seabed to Space to NASA's vision to reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind. Our sensors, satellites, software systems, and science and engineering play an essential role in some important missions you've heard of, and others that you haven't. Join our team in our seventh decade of delivering mission success.

For questions or assistance with the application process or the DoD SkillBridge program, please contact employment@sdl.usu.edu.

EOE including Disability and Vet