
Senior Program Manager - R155
Required skills
- TS/SCI clearance
- physics
- mathematics
- technical discipline
- complex technical programs
- multidisciplinary teams
- cost
- schedule
- staffing
- technical performance
Nice to have
- technical
- scientific
- business discipline
- budgeting
- forecasting
- workforce planning
Role summary
Expedition Technology (EXP) is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead complex technical programs for national security customers. This role involves program execution, customer leadership, team development, operational improvement, business growth, and organizational impact. Responsibilities include owning program outcomes, serving as a primary customer interface, leading multidisciplinary teams, and strengthening operational effectiveness through financial management and continuous improvement. The role also involves coaching and developing people and leaders, supporting recruiting, and contributing to growth and strategy through customer engagement and proposal support. A Bachelor's degree in a technical field, an active TS/SCI clearance, and demonstrated success in leading technical programs are required.
What You'll Do
Lead Programs and Customer Delivery
- Lead one or more technical programs involving computer vision, signal processing, AI/ML, software systems, sensing technologies, or related mission capabilities.
- Own program outcomes across customer commitments, technical performance, schedule, staffing, budget, and risk.
- Serve as a primary customer interface and build trusted relationships with mission stakeholders.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering capabilities that transition from development into operational use.
- Drive transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making across program teams.
Strengthen Operational Effectiveness
- Partner with Operations Leads to strengthen delivery, workforce planning, staffing visibility, onboarding, and organizational health across the portfolio.
- Support program financial management activities, including forecasting, staffing plans, resource allocation, and performance reviews.
- Contribute to operational metrics, continuous-improvement initiatives, and organizational problem-solving efforts.
- Help connect program-level insights to broader organizational decisions.
Develop People and Leaders
- Coach engineers, technical leads, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and emerging program leaders through meaningful feedback and career-development support.
- Contribute to building healthy teams and a positive organizational culture.
- Support recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding activities.
- Help identify and develop future leaders across the organization.
Contribute to Growth and Strategy
- Support customer engagement, opportunity development, capture, proposals, and transition planning for new programs.
- Help identify mission needs, emerging customer priorities, and opportunities for EXP capabilities.
- Contribute operational insight to discussions regarding staffing, growth, and organizational strategy.
- Work with Mission Leads, Operations Leads, and technical leaders to ensure execution realities inform future plans.
What We're Looking For
Required
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, or another relevant technical discipline.
- Demonstrated success leading complex technical programs and multidisciplinary teams, including responsibility for cost, schedule, staffing, technical performance, risk, and customer satisfaction.
- Experience supporting Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or other national security customers.
- Strong customer engagement and relationship-management skills.
- Ability to balance program execution with broader organizational priorities.
- Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.
Preferred
- Advanced degree in a technical, scientific, or business discipline.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, staffing, workforce planning, recruiting, hiring, or developing technical talent.
- Experience supporting proposal development, capture efforts, or business development activities.
- Experience leading Agile teams and organizations.
- Experience transitioning advanced technologies into operational environments.
- Deep customer relationships or mission experience within defense, intelligence, or national security domains.
Compensation
Salary Ranges by Career Level:Mid-career: $130,300 - $209,900Late-career: $154,600 - $242,900We recognize that every candidate brings a unique combination of experience and expertise. This position may be filled at multiple career levels, and compensation within the posted range will be determined based on relevant experience, education, technical expertise, specialized skills, the level at which the position is filled, and other job-related considerations.
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