{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"42009e45a4f203fa2ca0d480","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/42009e45a4f203fa2ca0d480","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/42009e45a4f203fa2ca0d480","title":"Senior Program Manager","description":"Please review the job details below.\nMaxar seeks a dynamic Senior Manager to drive technology innovation and collaboration for U.S. and Allied national security. You will play a key role in ensuring peace and security for the U.S. and shaping a smarter future. The ideal candidate brings a national security community understanding and strong work ethic, attention to detail, and quick-thinking skills to address emerging challenges. With proven success in program, project, and technical management for O&M and solution deployment in the IC and DoD, we will depend on you to embody servant leadership values, inspiring teams to execute critical programs effectively.\nResponsibilities include full program oversight, mitigating risk, contract growth, and cultivating strong, trust-based relationships with our client and team. As a front-facing leader, you will guide the team and client toward solutions that address problems and deliver impactful results for warfighters.\nMaxar is committed to delivering innovative solutions that enhance national security. We value leaders who are passionate about making a difference and can inspire teams to reach their full potential.\nMandatory: US citizenship | Active TS/SCI clearance | Willingness to take CI Poly.\nLocation: Northern Virginia\nPrincipal Responsibilities:\nSuccessfully manage large technical program by adhering to schedule, cost, and compliance to contract obligations and adhere to quality control for all relevant requirements\nManage day-to-day program operations, develop long-term strategic objectives, and ensure contract compliance.\nPerform horizontal integration planning and collaborate with other functional areas to implement solutions promptly. This includes but is not limited to: EAC, forecasting, billing, and scheduling.\nOversee geographically dispersed prime and sub-contract staff through the entire software project lifecycle, including SAFe agile principles, system development, integration, deployment, maintenance, and 24x7 operations support.\nMaintain strong servant leadership relationships with clients, staff, and cross functional teams to foster a collaborative and effective working environment.\nEnsure successful completion of product development and production projects, meeting customer expectations, technical performance standards, and deliverable milestones on schedule and budget.\nDevelop strategies to forecast and manage program risks and identify growth opportunities.\nParticipate in and/or lead competitive bid and proposal activities.\nArticulate concepts and ideas effectively.\nSkills Required:\nLeadership, management, and interpersonal communications skills necessary to inspire, lead, direct, and manage a team to support of a diverse group of government customers.\nProficiency in Agile Program Management, including resource estimation using point-based systems, tracking progress with team velocity and burn-down charts, and adjusting plans based on team velocity and evolving priorities.\nStrong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex customer issues and environments.\nEffective in contract, finance, schedule, personnel, and risk management.\nAbility to identify scope creep and issue engineering change requests to prevent cost overruns and schedule delays.\nSkilled at building effective and trusting relationships with customers, management, teammates, peers and subordinates.\nFlexible, organized and able to understand the big picture while focusing on mission-critical details.\nWillingness to work onsite 80% in a SCIF environment and travel locally 20%.\nRequired Experience:\nBachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience (or Master's degree plus five years of experience) in program management for government information technology, schedule/cost management and team leadership.\nDemonstrated success with delivering functional capabilities to the government's satisfaction utilizing agile management principles.\nManaging as prime contractor for government clients.\nLeading or authoring core volumes for competitive B&P.\nActive TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship.\nDesired Attributes:\nTrack record, passion and empathy for operational IC/DoD mission success. Deep knowledge of ISR, TCPED and GEOINT lifecycles is a plus!\nCompetency with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Generally Accepted Principles (GAP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), and Scaled Agile for the Enterprise (SAFe).\nExperience in managing or implementation of building, deploying, and maintaining modern software and hardware systems architectures for national security customers.\nFamiliarity with foundational principles of Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud, On-prem operations, ICD 503 A&A, Analytic tradecraft, GIS, and Data Integration.\nProven success in leading and authoring core volumes for competitive contract bid and proposals exceeding $50M.\n#cjpost\n#LI-Onsite\n#LI-RD\nIn support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:\n$124,000.00 - $262,000.00 annually.\nWe offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits\nAdditionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.\nThis position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.\nMaxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.\nMaxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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You will play a key role in ensuring peace and security for the U.S. and shaping a smarter future. The ideal candidate brings a national security community understanding and strong work ethic, attention to detail, and quick-thinking skills to address emerging challenges. With proven success in program, project, and technical management for O&M and solution deployment in the IC and DoD, we will depend on you to embody servant leadership values, inspiring teams to execute critical programs effectively.\nResponsibilities include full program oversight, mitigating risk, contract growth, and cultivating strong, trust-based relationships with our client and team. As a front-facing leader, you will guide the team and client toward solutions that address problems and deliver impactful results for warfighters.\nMaxar is committed to delivering innovative solutions that enhance national security. We value leaders who are passionate about making a difference and can inspire teams to reach their full potential.\nMandatory: US citizenship | Active TS/SCI clearance | Willingness to take CI Poly.\nLocation: Northern Virginia\nPrincipal Responsibilities:\nSuccessfully manage large technical program by adhering to schedule, cost, and compliance to contract obligations and adhere to quality control for all relevant requirements\nManage day-to-day program operations, develop long-term strategic objectives, and ensure contract compliance.\nPerform horizontal integration planning and collaborate with other functional areas to implement solutions promptly. This includes but is not limited to: EAC, forecasting, billing, and scheduling.\nOversee geographically dispersed prime and sub-contract staff through the entire software project lifecycle, including SAFe agile principles, system development, integration, deployment, maintenance, and 24x7 operations support.\nMaintain strong servant leadership relationships with clients, staff, and cross functional teams to foster a collaborative and effective working environment.\nEnsure successful completion of product development and production projects, meeting customer expectations, technical performance standards, and deliverable milestones on schedule and budget.\nDevelop strategies to forecast and manage program risks and identify growth opportunities.\nParticipate in and/or lead competitive bid and proposal activities.\nArticulate concepts and ideas effectively.\nSkills Required:\nLeadership, management, and interpersonal communications skills necessary to inspire, lead, direct, and manage a team to support of a diverse group of government customers.\nProficiency in Agile Program Management, including resource estimation using point-based systems, tracking progress with team velocity and burn-down charts, and adjusting plans based on team velocity and evolving priorities.\nStrong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex customer issues and environments.\nEffective in contract, finance, schedule, personnel, and risk management.\nAbility to identify scope creep and issue engineering change requests to prevent cost overruns and schedule delays.\nSkilled at building effective and trusting relationships with customers, management, teammates, peers and subordinates.\nFlexible, organized and able to understand the big picture while focusing on mission-critical details.\nWillingness to work onsite 80% in a SCIF environment and travel locally 20%.\nRequired Experience:\nBachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience (or Master's degree plus five years of experience) in program management for government information technology, schedule/cost management and team leadership.\nDemonstrated success with delivering functional capabilities to the government's satisfaction utilizing agile management principles.\nManaging as prime contractor for government clients.\nLeading or authoring core volumes for competitive B&P.\nActive TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship.\nDesired Attributes:\nTrack record, passion and empathy for operational IC/DoD mission success. Deep knowledge of ISR, TCPED and GEOINT lifecycles is a plus!\nCompetency with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Generally Accepted Principles (GAP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), and Scaled Agile for the Enterprise (SAFe).\nExperience in managing or implementation of building, deploying, and maintaining modern software and hardware systems architectures for national security customers.\nFamiliarity with foundational principles of Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud, On-prem operations, ICD 503 A&A, Analytic tradecraft, GIS, and Data Integration.\nProven success in leading and authoring core volumes for competitive contract bid and proposals exceeding $50M.\n#cjpost\n#LI-Onsite\n#LI-RD\nIn support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:\n$124,000.00 - $262,000.00 annually.\nWe offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits\nAdditionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.\nThis position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.\nMaxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.\nMaxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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