Senior Program Manager, Airborne Maritime ISR Systems

Title:

KBR is seeking a Senior Program Manager ISR Systems to lead program execution supporting a PAE Aviation Program Office. This position provides leadership for research development integration demonstration and transition of innovative intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for manned and unmanned maritime aviation systems. The Senior Program Manager oversees cost schedule technical performance risk staffing quality and contractual deliverables across rapid hardware and software development digital engineering test and lifecycle-support activities. The role coordinates closely with government customers technical leaders functional organizations subcontractors and mission partners to align resources and execution plans with evolving operational priorities. Effective performance requires disciplined organization clear communication collaborative leadership and careful attention to program data commitments and mission outcomes.

• Lead overall program execution across cost schedule technical performance quality staffing risk and contractual requirements.

• Serve as the primary management interface with government program leadership contracting representatives technical stakeholders subcontractors and mission partners.

• Establish and maintain resource-loaded program and project baselines including schedules budgets deliverables dependencies assumptions risks and other direct costs.

• Direct cross-functional teams supporting mission analysis systems engineering digital engineering rapid prototyping hardware and software integration cybersecurity test and evaluation logistics and technology transition.

• Coordinate the development and integration of responsive interoperable ISR capabilities for manned and unmanned maritime aviation systems.

• Monitor program performance analyze variances implement corrective actions and communicate status decisions risks and forecasted outcomes through recurring customer and executive reviews.

• Oversee virtual modeling laboratory integration hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop activities and virtual or live demonstrations used to reduce risk and evaluate mission capability.

• Manage capability-transition planning including configuration control technical data training airworthiness coordination depot-maintenance development sustainment and government acceptance.

• Ensure program activities and deliverables comply with contract requirements security controls data-rights obligations quality processes and applicable government policies.

• Other duties as assigned in support of mission and business requirements.

• Bachelors degree in engineering computer science business administration program management or a related discipline.

• Minimum 10 years of experience managing complex government or defense programs with cost schedule and technical performance accountability.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams supporting systems engineering research and development systems integration test and evaluation or lifecycle support.

• Experience developing and managing program schedules resource plans financial baselines risk registers and customer deliverables.

• Experience supporting U.S. Navy NAVAIR naval aviation ISR C4ISR or comparable defense acquisition programs.

• Active Top Secret security clearance.

• Masters degree in engineering computer science business administration program management or a related discipline.

• Project Management Professional certification.

• Experience supporting Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft or manned and unmanned maritime ISR systems.

• Experience with rapid prototyping digital engineering model-based systems engineering modeling and simulation or Modular Open Systems Approach implementation.

• Experience managing research development test and evaluation programs involving hardware software sensors communications networking data fusion or autonomous systems.

• Experience transitioning prototype capabilities into operational use depot maintenance or lifecycle sustainment.

• Location: On-site in Patuxent River Maryland

• Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%

• Working Hours: Standard

Basic Compensation:

$169600.00 - $207300.00 (This is for the Pax River MD area only)

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates knowledge skills abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short-term incentives long-term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

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