Senior Program Manager

BS degree with minimum of 12 years of experience, or an advanced degree and minimum of 10 years in Engineering, Math or Physics
10 years of project management / program management experience
US citizenship required as only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Active Top Secret clearance
Interest in and understanding of sensor physics and technologies, and related signal processing approaches and hardware/software implementations
Strong experience as a people leader, organizer, and motivator
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Expertise in creating and delivering technical documents and presentations using Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to senior management, partner organizations, and sponsors
Demonstrated success with task planning, staffing, and tracking of multiple projects with multiple personnel simultaneously

Drive cutting edge technical work and innovative research through program execution, new pursuits, and technology transition
Be the main point-of-contact for administrative issues on multiple research and development (R&D) programs, for both internal and external participants
Coordinate activities, needs, risks, issues, and deliverables with stakeholders internal and external to the company
Proactively communicate, manage, and mitigate technical and programmatic risks. Lead the creation and implementation of strategies to reduce technical and programmatic risk in program execution
Manage the program team when executing program tasking, responding to customer needs, and meeting contractual responsibilities
Report to internal and external management on program status, progress, successes, and problems
Be responsible for monitoring spending, staffing, contract schedule, subcontracts, material purchases, and deliverables, as well as all internal supporting staff
Lead business development and capture efforts, from initial customer interactions to tailored opportunities, through marketing and sales efforts focused on specific targets, to execution of RFI/whitepaper/abstract, as well as full proposal, submissions
Ensure that the team stays on task and on budget while meeting all customer needs and submitting all program deliverables
Work with a motivated, engaged, and exciting group of peers
Position may require some amount of overnight travel

Experience in design, development, manufacture and testing of prototype systems in the laboratory or in the field
Experience with software development and integration with novel hardware
Experience in managing Government-funded contracts, including classified contracts
Experience writing proposals to secure funding for executing technical programs for various branches/offices on the US Government.
Experience with managing subcontractors, vendors, and consultants
Experience managing technical teams of scientists and engineers working on R&D projects
Experience managing multiple, simultaneous multi-million-dollar programs and delivering successful results on time and on budget
Experience with acoustic, fiber optic, or geophysical sensing
Experience with imaging systems