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Program Manager

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Hybrid
Berthoud, CO
110K-135K
Mid level
Hybrid
Berthoud, CO
110K-135K
Mid level
The Program Manager leads customer relations, manages project schedules and budgets, ensures program success, and drives technical objectives while collaborating with teams.
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Ursa Major was founded to address a critical shortfall in the U.S. industrial base and bring a new model to aerospace and defense systems: we design and manufacture the world’s leading propulsion systems for space, hypersonic applications, and missile systems. 

Our products and technologies require an extraordinary team – a team that will mold tomorrow’s technologies while deploying today’s best. We are an intrinsically motivated team that has a passion for solving problems and empowering each other every day to develop our skills, knowing that there is always room for growth.

The Program Manager is a leader who drives customer inputs, schedules, hardware, resources, and overall program progress to ensure customer satisfaction and our programmatic success. The Program Manager owns execution through the product lifecycle, can excel as a technical liaison, and can bring together complex technical and operational inputs to meet program milestones.

Support business development and capture efforts with programmatic inputs, including cost and schedule details; own applicable Gate 4s.

Responsibilities:

· Drives program progress, from identification of market need through sustainment and obsolescence

· Manages the customer relationship and is responsible for customer satisfaction

· Responsible for defining program objectives and aligning resources required to execute

· Responsible for the program budget, schedule, and Key Results (KRs) and their performance; regularly monitors and reports on program health, including ownership of Program Review material preparation and presentation

· Owns the schedule for the program. Responsible for pulling inputs from across the company and re-baselining as changes occur.

· Owns evaluation of technical and program risks/opportunities, drives mitigations of risk and realization of opportunities

· Identifies and helps realize program or product opportunities to strength the business

· Drives program technical and operational objectives, while ensuring program progress and on-time delivery

· Serve as the primary customer point of contact (POC), manage contract scope, prepare material for and hosting regular customer check-in meetings, and lead the preparation of contract deliverables

· Collaborates with team members to write, review, and deliver technical deliverables

· Support business development and capture efforts with programmatic inputs, including cost and schedule details; own applicable Gate 4s

Required Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering 

· 3-5 year’s experience of program management or aerospace leadership 

· Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations and/or program requirements

· Proven program management experience, preferably in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains

· Proven experience leading a team of peers to field integrated hardware-software products to real operating environments

· Adaptive and introspective, willing to learn, teach, lead, and follow

Preferred Experience:

· Advanced degree in a technical field 

· Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) and Government Contracts

· Leadership and team building skills to include fostering collaborative and positive cultures, formal and informal influencing skills, and team empowerment and motivation expertise

· Problem solving skills and knowledge of program management tools and procedures

· Excellent oral and written communication skills

· Ability to obtain Department of Defense Security Clearance

Colorado law requires us to tell you the base compensation range of this role, which is $110 - $135K, determined by your education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The salary range for this role is intentionally wide as we are evaluating individuals based on their unique experience and abilities to fit our needs. Most importantly, we are excited to meet you and see if you are a great fit for our team. What we can’t quantify for you are the exciting challenges, supportive team, and amazing culture we enjoy.


Benefits Include:

  • Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
  • Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)
  • Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D
  • Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport
  • EAP Program
  • Retirement Savings Plan - Traditional 401(k) and a Roth 401(k)
  • Equity Grants in the Company


NOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage anyone who believes they have the skills and the drive necessary to succeed here to apply for this role.

 

US CITIZENSHIP, PERMANENT RESIDENCY, REFUGEE OR ASYLUM STATUS IS REQUIRED.

 

We’re an equal-opportunity employer. You will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

 

No outside recruiters, please.

 

Top Skills

Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
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