Program Manager II

Are you looking to advance your career and flex your leadership and program management skills in a fast-paced and rewarding organization? Join us! As a Program Manager II, you will support the business operations at Sierra Space. You will be responsible for all programmatic aspects of your assigned projects with specifically focused responsibility for customer relationship, cost, schedule and technical planning, tracking and reporting, technical execution, and ensuring overall program performance objectives are achieved. You will participate in business resource planning/tracking in coordination with other corporate entities and responsible to formulate a team that can fulfill program requirements. You will be responsible for ensuring program issues and problems are identified, tracked, and resolved. You will be responsible for program risk management and ensuring risks are identified, mitigated, tracked, and managed. You'll be responsible for conducting routine meetings, interfacing on project/program status, developing proposals, researching/fact-finding, coordinating audits, and negotiating with project/program stakeholders to ensure enterprise initiatives meet cost, budget, and schedule constraints. You'll support the program director and Business Operations in fulfilling their responsibilities.
Sierra Space, based in Louisville, Colorado with operations in Madison, Wisconsin, Durham, North Carolina, and Kennedy Space Center, Florida, designs and manufactures advanced spacecraft, satellites, propulsion and environmental systems, spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. government (including NASA), commercial customers and international organizations. Learn more about Sierra Space
This role will provide both technical and management leadership functions as a deputy to the Uncrewed Dream Chaser (UDC) Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead. This person will support all design, build, and test activities for Uncrewed Dream Chasers, including Tail #1, Tail #2, and Internal Research and Development activities for vehicle upgrades.
This scope covers support across the following vehicle subsystems:

• Structures
• Mechanisms
• Propulsion
• Environmental Control Systems
• Electrical Power System (EPS)
• Thermal Control System (TCS)
• Thermal Protection System (TPS)
• Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
• Command & Data Handling (C&DH)
• Communications
• Network and Instrumentation

Across the following production lifecycles:

• Design
• Analysis
• Qualification
• Verification
• Supply Chain
• Production
• Functional Testing

In addition to supporting activities including:

• Earned Value Management
• Monthly performance tracking
• Audit responses
• Internal Research and Development management
• Resource charging
• Performance Metrics
• Executive briefings
• Customer deliverables
• Customer presentations
• Tools & processes
• Product strategy
• Spares planning
• Capital expenditure planning

Must-haves:

• Program Management experience, Integrated Product Team lead experience, or other technical leadership experience
• Bachelor's degree in business or technical related discipline
• Related experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Ability to work in a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Hands-on manager, as a program manager you will lead some of the most passionate and capable and passionate engineers on the planet. You will make an impact on humanity's destination for living and working in space.
• Mastery of the ability to manage complex situations, delegate authority, lead and inspire your team, drive innovative thinking, instill collaboration, drive for success, challenge status quo, and demonstrate the ability to adapt to dynamic situations.
• Proven experience and skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, presentation, strategic thinking, and literacy in the program or technical management disciplines.

Preferred:

• Aerospace industry program management experience.
• Working knowledge of Program Management Institute Program Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Program Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Managing projects requiring Earned Value Management
• Understanding with application tools and data architectures
• Ability to lead PM process & tool improvement for the Enterprise.
• Ability to keep program management informed of function & process changes within project controls.
• Ability to enhance program management expertise in the staff
• Ability to establish new & further refining existing templates, tools, & guidelines for program documentation & execution.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance may be required. Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.
With 30+ years of proven spaceflight heritage, Sierra Space has provided more than 4,000 space systems, subsystems and components to customers worldwide, and participated in more than 500 missions to space, including to Mars. The company has technology in production and in development to enable space habitats for short- and long-duration space travel, a fleet of Dream Chaser spaceplanes, and the first free-flying commercial space station. Please visit www.sierraspace.com to learn more about Sierra Space, its business areas, capabilities, programs, products and services.
Estimated Starting Salary Range: $138,634.92 - $190,623.01
Sierra Space offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
Sierra Space offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
As COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities, we are taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID-19 and associated variants pose in the workplace. SNC is committed to supporting our employees while ensuring we continue to meet essential national security needs of our country.
With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, SNC will continue to require COVID-19 vaccination status for all employees including new hires. In accordance with applicable requirements, all current and newly hired employees who are unvaccinated may be required to adhere to enhanced onsite safety protocols including weekly COVID-19 testing, face coverings, and social distancing.
The status of applicable COVID-19 vaccination requirements are subject to change depending on applicable court orders and the course of ongoing litigation. Candidates may later be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or have an approved exemption.
At Sierra Space, our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. Sierra Space is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Contributions to Sierra Space come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.