Senior Program Manager

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership including building relationships with internal and external customers
• Experience interfacing with company executives, customers, and external agencies and partners
• Demonstrated program, capture, business, and/or contract management experience of the following:
• Cost, technical, schedule management
• Experience managing multiple Task Orders/projects simultaneously
• Proposal Development and Execution
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• TS/SCI clearance
  
  

Job Description

TS/SCI clearance required.

This Program Manager role provides support to operational satellite ground systems, satellite operations centers (SOCs), and other support services program at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The organization’s goal is to accelerate mission design and ground integration, launch and on-orbit operations, ground system tests, and rapid fielding to provide reliable, low-cost access to space in support of the warfighter. The LM team provides this support to the United States Space Force (USSF) and other Department of War offices being supported at the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Support Complex (RSC) at Kirtland Air Force Base.

The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for the overall program including the Task Order technical execution and working with functional partners to staff, plan and execute existing and future efforts. They will provide the organizational vision as well as tactical direction to ensure all efforts meet cost, schedule, and technical baselines.

Additionally, the Senior Program Manager will be responsible for capturing emerging work in the form of Task Orders in support of the USSF Customer.

The successful candidate should have experience executing technical, cost and schedule effort along with leading proposal development for continued program growth. The PM will reside onsite at Kirtland Air Force Base with the Customer and is the primary interface with the Government. Therefore, the position requires a strong communicator who has experience with both internal and external customers and comfortable engaging executive leadership.

This position is contingent upon program award expected by Nov. 2026.

Desired Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree with at least 10 or more years of sustainment, program management, operations, supply chain or related experience
• Business case development experience
• Full understanding of Sustainment strategy and operations responsibilities
• Process Optimization & Delivery Assurance
• Resolution of Complex Business Issues
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with Lifecycle Management, Materials Management, Depot Operations, Simulation and Training, and Logistics IT Sustainment preferred
  
  

Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely

Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.