Senior Program Manager (TS/SCI w CI poly)

Maxar seeks a Senior Manager to lead technology innovation and collaboration efforts in support of national security. This role is critical to advancing peace and security while shaping a smarter, more resilient future.  The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in the national security community, a strong work ethic, sharp analytical skills, and attention to detail. You should have a proven track record in program, project, and technical management—particularly in design, development, and operations & maintenance within the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD). We’re looking for a servant leader who inspires high-performing teams and drives mission success. 

Maxar is committed to delivering innovative solutions that enhance national security. We value leaders who are passionate about making a difference and can inspire teams to reach their full potential. 

Mandatory: US citizenship | Active TS/SCI clearance | Willingness to take CI Poly. 

Location:  Northern Virginia (Herndon) 

Principal Responsibilities:  

• Successfully manage technical program by adhering to schedule, cost, and compliance to contract obligations and adhere to quality control for all relevant requirements.  
• Manage day-to-day program operations, develop long-term strategic objectives. 
• Adapt the SAFe Agile processes to project requirements and collaboratively plan and execute our Sprint and Program Increments as Release Train Engineer.
• Provide functional oversight of staff to guide personnel on career development and business objectives 
• Perform horizontal integration planning and collaborate with other functional areas to implement business solutions promptly.  This includes but is not limited to: EAC, forecasting, billing, and scheduling. 
• Oversee geographically dispersed prime and sub-contract staff through the entire software project lifecycle, including SAFe agile principles, design, development, integration, deployment, and operations support. 
• Maintain strong servant leadership relationships with clients, staff, and cross functional teams to foster a collaborative and effective working environment. 
• Develop strategies to forecast and manage program risks and identify growth opportunities. 
• Drive contract growth and client satisfaction. 
• Participate in bid and proposal activities. 

Skills Required 

• Leadership, management, and interpersonal communications skills necessary to inspire, lead, direct, and manage a team to support of a diverse group of government customers.   
• Proficiency in Agile Program Management, including resource estimation using point-based systems, tracking progress with team velocity and burn-down charts, and adjusting plans based on team velocity and evolving priorities. 
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex customer issues and environments. 
• Effective in contract, finance, schedule, personnel, and risk management. 
• Ability to identify scope creep and issue engineering change requests to prevent cost overruns and schedule delays. 
• Skilled at building effective and trusting relationships with customers, management, teammates, peers and subordinates. 
• Flexible, organized and able to understand the big picture while focusing on mission-critical details. 
• Willingness to work onsite 80% in a SCIF environment; travel locally ~10% and occasionally, out of state. 

Required Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline plus 10 years of professional experience (or Master's degree plus five years of experience) in program and technical oversight for technology, schedule/cost management and team leadership. 
• Demonstrated success with delivering functional capabilities to the government's satisfaction utilizing agile management principles.  
• Managing as prime contractor for government clients.  
• Active TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship. 

Desired Attributes: 

• Track record, passion and empathy for operational IC/DoD mission success.   Deep knowledge of ISR, TCPED and GEOINT lifecycles is a plus! 
• Competency with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Generally Accepted Principles (GAP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), and Scaled Agile for the Enterprise (SAFe).  
• Experience in managing or implementation of building, deploying, and maintaining modern software and hardware systems architectures for national security customers.  
• Familiarity with foundational principles of Engineering, DevSecOps, Secure Government Accreditation, Analytic tra