Principal Program Manager - TESAT (Contract)

This position offers FULLY REMOTE opportunities for candidates across the United States. Preferred locations: Arlington VA, Denver CO, Houston, TX or Merritt Island, FL

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc offers advanced solutions to meet the most complex U.S. defense, security, space, and intelligence requirements. Celebrating over 50 years in the US, we remain a trusted government partner, leveraging world-class satellite, laser communication, rotor and fixed wing solutions to help our national security, defense and space focused customers meet their missions.

Airbus U.S. looks to employ a commitment driven team, dedicated to enabling our customer's mission success. We are committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and a welcoming and engaging staff. With competitive compensation and superior employee benefits, as well as a commitment to fostering individual career growth, Airbus U.S. is the place where top talent wants to work.

Position Summary:

TESAT Government, an Airbus U.S. Space & Defense division, is looking for a Contract Principal Program Manager to be responsible for program management of one or more of the Optical Communications programs within the TESAT Government. TESAT Government, along with its parent, Airbus U.S., is a leading supplier of spacecraft equipment, technology and solutions to U.S. customers focusing on optical (i.e., laser) communications. This role consists of program management, planning, budgeting, scheduling, coordination, and reporting to ensure that programs and tasks are executed to meet cost, schedule and performance commitments. Works closely with the engineering team to coordinate technical expectations and deliver results for assigned programs. Works with functional areas of Airbus U.S. ensure that supply chain, contractual, finance, export, compliance, and legal requirements are satisfied. Provides support to the strategy and new business development team for customer requests, capture and proposal efforts, to win business and increase revenues on new and existing programs. This role reports to the Senior Director - TESAT Government.

Position Responsibilities:

Program Management: (60%)

• Serve as program manager and/or Deputy program manager for identified space equipment program(s).
• Responsible for program management including technical, cost, schedule and risk management for medium dollar amount/medium complexity/medium team size programs.
• Manage project planning, costing, scheduling and provide regular updates to the Line of Business and Airbus U.S. executive management.
• Provide daily project direction and support. Coordinate with team members (engineering, support functions) to plan, update, and execute program plans against cost and schedule, with risks and risk mitigation, and within budget.
• Develop detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and track and manage project costs against the program spend rate baseline.
• Work with master scheduler to develop schedules that identify major milestones, internal and external task dependencies, critical paths, and resources allocation requirements.
• Create and submit status reports, briefings, summaries, technical reviews, revenue/budget reports, cost/benefit analysis, risk management and other documents as necessary. Provide current project and program updates to senior management and team members to report status on cost, performance and schedule.
• Proactively track leading indicators, identify issues or delays and recommend corrective actions as needed. Provide leadership with recommendations and implementation strategies to ensure project and program costs remain within the budget and schedule.
• Manage and update project risks through a risk management plan that identifies, assess, documents, and mitigates program risks.
• Coordinate and manage projects and ensure Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) are completed. Manage internal, external, and international organizations to ensure strict adherence to timelines.
• Manage milestone progress and invoice for work accomplished

Stakeholder Management: (20%)

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, other external stakeholders, and internal stakeholders, working in a collaborative partnership to ensure successful program execution and business growth. This includes working with internal support functions across the company - finance, contracts, compliance, security, export, configuration management, etc.