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Program Manager
nLIGHT
Longmont, USA
Full-time
Mid · 5+ years experience
Onsite
USD 120000-180000 yearly / year
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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- Serve as the primary point of contact with DoD customers, stakeholders, and subcontractors.
- Lead program planning, budgeting, scheduling, and performance tracking.
- Manage program teams across engineering, logistics, security, and support functions.
- Develop program documentation (e.g., Program Management Plans, risk registers, decision briefs).
- Monitor contract performance, deliverables, and earned value management (EVM) metrics as required.
- Prepare and present program status reports, milestones, and reviews (e.g., IPTs, PMRs).
- Identify, mitigate, and manage program risks, issues, and opportunities.
- Oversee subcontractor performance and contract modifications.
- Actively manage technical teams to ensure efficient and rapid execution of complex systems
- 5+ years of experience managing DoD programs
- Demonstrated experience working with DoD customers and acquisition processes.
- Proven ability to manage complex programs with cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage budgets, schedules, and performance metrics.
- Experience with risk management and issue resolution.
- Proficiency with program management tools (MS Project, Jira, EVM tools, etc.).
- Commitment to Excellence. Attention to Detail. Pride in Workmanship.
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and maintain composure and good working relationships under pressure.
- Superior problem-solving ability and ability to absorb information from multiple sources to reach a solution.
- Develop and maintain documentation in support of formal DoD acquisition design reviews (i.e. CoDR, SRR, PDR, IBR, CDR, TRR, etc.)
- Technical Presentation and Report Writing Skills (i.e. good technical writing skills are critical)
- Vendor management experience.
- Master’s degree (MBA, MS Systems Engineering, or related field).
- Experience in functional and performance requirements allocation and tracking.
- Experience in System Engineering tools: Model-based Systems Engineering tools.
- Experience with High Energy Laser systems.
- Experience with electro-optical systems including acquisition, pointing, and tracking and/or Adaptive Optical (AO) Systems.
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