Technical Program Manager - Cyber/EW

Date Posted:

2025-05-29

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MD720: 9861 Broken Land Pkwy Columbia 9861 Broken Land Parkway Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Top Secret

For over 70 years, RTX BBN Technologies has solved real-world problems through research, exploration, development, and prototyping. We collaborate with top technical talent to pioneer transformative solutions. BBN’s Network & Cyber Technologies (NCT) team leverages math, engineering, and physics to tackle customer challenges in communications, RF, and cyber domains. We specialize in information exchange, protection, and exploitation.

This is a position for candidates with research and development (R&D) program management experience. In this role, you will provide key program management support enabling NCT technical staff to deliver innovative solutions to customers in the Cyber and Electronic Warfare domains. You will help coordinate resources, track progress, facilitate collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery within budget. Your leadership and organizational skills will empower our engineers and scientists to push boundaries and meet critical customer needs.

What you will do:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate extensively across technical and functional support staff to enable on-time, on-budget delivery
• Translate customer needs and advise technical experts on optimal solutions
• Monitor spending, staffing, schedules, contracts, purchases, and deliverables
• Manage schedules, resources, and budgets to ensure execution within cost targets
• Identify, track, and escalate program risks and issues for mitigation
• Facilitate collaboration through clear communication and information sharing
• Employ PM best practices and tools to maintain alignment across complex projects
• Deliver regular project updates and insights to stakeholders and leadership
• Lead review meetings, inform decision making, and coordinate across project interdependencies
• Drive achievement of milestones through resource planning and progress tracking

What you will gain:

• Exposure to cutting-edge technical work and innovative research
• Collaborate with a motivated, engaged team of experts pushing boundaries
• Develop hands-on experience managing complex defense projects
• Build program management skills through resource coordination and planning, scheduling, and budget oversight
• Visibility into the end-to-end program lifecycle from concept to delivery
• Interact closely with customers to understand emerging capability needs
• Contribute to developing solutions that give warfighters a decisive technology edge
• Strengthen communication, organization, and leadership skills
• Advance your career as a program management professional working with pioneering technologies

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Active Top Secret with eligibility to obtain SCI
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8 years of experience, or an advanced degree with 5 years experience
• Experience executing program management practices on Government-funded R&D contracts.
• Experience planning, staffing, and tracking multi-person projects
• Position may require some amount of overnight travel

Qualifications We Prefer - Familiar with all, Expert in some:

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Initiates, prioritizes, and manages multiple tasks and programs effectively
• Prior experience managing subcontractors
• Eager learner focused on continuous PM skills development
• Skilled at project scheduling, reporting, and stakeholder management
• Experience in research and development of Cyber, EW, RF or Networking capabilities
• Interest in the pursuit and capture process for competitive proposals for Government funding
• Analytical thinker able to synthesize data
• Resourceful problem-solver able to spot issues, communicate risks, and take action to solve problems
• Collaborative team player passionate about technology
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and financial tracking in Excel
• Proficiency with collaboration tools such as Confluence and Teams
• Strong written a