Sr. Program Manager (8-12 yrs)

Sr. Program Manager (8-12 yrs)

The team at Advanced Space is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. Based in Westminster Colorado this team is looking to add a highly motivated and passionate Sr. Program Manager with 8-12 years of experience. You would be responsible for facilitating coordination between engineering operations business development and leadership teams on complex program challenges and solutions. This role involves leading essential components of program execution including schedule management risk oversight and stakeholder communication ensuring that critical programmatic tasks are executed reliably.

Advanced Space is a rapidly growing privately held business that operates with core values that reinforce we are customer-obsessed and mission-focused when we see it we solve it we are one team motivated by our vision and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity. This role will be based in Westminster Colorado and an ideal candidate for this role will love not just the responsibilities but will also have a passion for the exploration development and settlement of space. We invite you to join our dynamic team and contribute to the success of the team at Advanced Space.

This position is open to U.S. citizens only (U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents) as required by applicable laws and regulations.

We do not provide visa sponsorship or support work authorization for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities:

• Shapes technical approach for complex programs balancing performance cost and schedule.
• Establishes strong collaborative relationship with customers and suppliers.
• Designs risk management frameworks for complex multi-phase programs with diverse technical and programmatic risk profiles.
• Shapes I&T strategies for complex programs balancing test coverage schedule cost and risk acceptance.
• Develops and defends basis-of-estimate (BOE) documentation for customer and internal review.
• Designs CM frameworks for multi-phase multi-partner programs with complex interface and deliverable structures.
• Authors white papers technical memos and position papers that influence customer or partner decisions.
• Ensures compliance lessons learned are captured and inform future program planning.
• Calibrates program metrics against historical baselines and industry benchmarks.
• Manages software intellectual property licensing and deliverable rights in contracts and agreements.
• Applies parametric cost modeling tools and databases (e.g. PRICE SEER USCM NASA CADRe) to validate or cross-check bottom-up estimates.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Project Management or related degree or related Masters Degree Preferred.
• 8-12 yrs of relevant experience.
• Demonstrates technical expertise and understanding of program management principles concepts and best practices; PMP certification is desired.
• Familiarity with aerospace space systems with emphasis on ground and space segments preferred.
• Proficient knowledge and experience in creating Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for all program phases of the business cycle from proposals to program executions using tools like MS Project and Wrike.
• Understanding of basic contracting principles (contract types contract strategy contract clauses IP considerations etc.)
• Understanding of the Defense Acquisition Framework DoD/ Federal requirements process and FAR based contracting is desired.
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully with demanding customers difficult schedules and technically challenging projects.
• Must be able to develop solutions to problems that require coordination of multiple diverse inputs from stakeholders across program requirements.
• Ability to act autonomously and navigate the big picture as well as technical budget and schedule issues at the detail level.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments all levels of management professional and support staff customers potential customers and government representatives.
• Excellent presentation development and delivery skills.
• Thorough understanding of Change Control process to control monitor and resolve internal and external changes related to Program plan.
• Customer focused relentlessly seeking the best most innovation solutions for our customers with an emphasis on meeting defined scope and objectives.

Eligibility Requirements:

• This is anIMMEDIATEhiring need.
• Ability to work in the Westminster CO office 5 days/week during core business hours.
• Applicants must be a US Citizen
• Top Secret Security Clearance required

Compensation and benefits:

• Base salary range - $140000 - $178000 based on role and employee experience.
• Signing bonus.
• Quarterly Performance bonuses.
• Company provided health insurance and 401K (401k is based upon eligibility)
• Flexible time off policy
• Fully stocked breakroom with free snacks drinks and grab-and-go options
• Relocation Assistance.

About the company:

Advanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration development and settlement of space through software and services that leverage unique subject matter expertise. The company is actively supporting mission and cutting-edge capabilities spanning commercial civil and national security customers. Our core business is focused on three areas: (1) mission enabling services (2) technology solutions and (3) mission solutions. Through its mission enabling services Advanced Space provides mission and flight optimization mission design mission systems engineering. With its technology solutions Advanced Space provides its customers with trusted AI/ML/autonomy expertise flight-demonstrated applications and analysis at scale. Advanced Space offers Mission Solutions with unique turn-key missions data and capabilities purchases and demonstrated cislunar and Martian success. Advanced Space is mission focused as the owner and operator of CAPSTONE for NASA and Prime contractor for Oracle for AFRL.

These competencies are leveraged by a dynamic flexible and agile team with cross domain knowledge. We have a small but growing team that works collaboratively across projects. We provide flexibility and an opportunity for passionate employees to contribute directly to meaningful projects. Trusted to take on the challenge the team at Advanced Space is Delivering Innovation to Orbit to the Moon Mars and beyond.

Advanced Space LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Advanced Space LLC recruits employs trains compensates and promotes regardless of race religion color national origin sex disability age veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law.