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ARKA Group L.P. is an advanced technologies company serving the U.S. military, intelligence community, and commercial space industry delivering next-generation solutions to support the national security space domain. ARKA has a 60-year legacy reaching back to the very beginning of our country's space endeavors. We're a legacy of mission excellence built on ground-breaking technologies. Join the ARKA mission and discover your next career opportunity now!

Position Overview:

The Senior Program Manager's role is to successfully capture and lead new space-based product development programs from initial concept to production. This PM will be responsible for a growing program portfolio of space based SDR's (software defined radios) and other products serving military, intelligence, civil and commercial customers. The PM is empowered to drive execution to deliver the programs on-time, on-budget and meeting 100% technical requirements. Additionally, the PM responsibility is to maintain positive customer relationships that yield future business after current programs are completed. This is a leadership position within a quickly growing company that is excited about our mission of connecting the universe.

Responsibilities: Lead development projects. The ultimate objective for this position is to successfully lead a technical team in a fast-paced environment from inception to production. The Senior Program Manager will utilize effective communication, problem resolution, technical decision making, and other project management skills to accomplish the objectives. Success criteria for this position will be development of a collaborative working relationship with the technical team and successful completion of the assigned product development and production projects by meeting all customer expectations, product technical performance, deliverable milestones on schedule and budget. Manage external customer expectations, communications, negotiations, and scope creep. The primary goal of the Senior Program Manager will be to successfully build and manage external customer relationships, communications, and expectations to reduce risk to the company utilizing effective communication and contract negotiation skills. A key skill for the program manager will be their ability to identify scope creep and raise engineering change requests to eliminate NRE cost overruns and/or schedule dela Resolve problems both internal and with the customer for both technical and commercial issues. The successful Senior Program Manager will leverage their problem resolution skills, communication skills, project management skills, and experience to resolve both technical and commercial issues with both internal and external customers in a timely and calm manner. Success criteria for this position will be resolving problems in a timely manner with positive concurrence from both sides. Lead product development technical, production, and commercial proposal activities. The successful Senior Program Manager will lead proposal efforts as capture manager. Proposal generation includes NRE and recurring cost analyses, schedule estimation, contract review/negotiations, and compliance matrix generation. Success criteria for this position will be submitting the completed thorough proposal on schedule meeting all customer RFP expectations. Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with engineering, operations, upper management and external stakeholders. The Program Manager will effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders providing clear direction, planning, clarification, guidance, decisions, status, and issue resolution. PM Performance metrics include (1)On-Time Delivery (2)Meeting the Profit Target and (3) Customer Satisfaction Surveys. Proficient in utilizing Standard PMP tools/docs such Risk registers, Gantt Charts, Resourc & Responsibility matrices, SOW's, Requirements, Charters, Budget/Spend Management, and Materials Management.

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline (ME, EE, AE or CS) 8 years of demonstrated experience as a Program Manager (Managing multiple external customer projects) 3 years of experience as a practicing engineer in industry Experience working with hardware (mechanical & electrical) and software

Preferred Qualifications: Scrum or agile hardware development PMP or PGPM certification MBA Space or Aerospace background is a plus Experience using Microsoft Project Experience using Jira and Confluence Top Secret Security Clearance Experience in small company, start-up, or growth transition environments

Pay Range: $150,000 - $190,000

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

The application window will close in 40 days for this position.

Location:

This position is based out of ARKA's Colorado Springs, CO campus. If you like city life, but also enjoy the great outdoors, Colorado Springs is the place for you. The city rests at the base of Pikes Peak. The 14,115-foot summit is just one of dozens of area attractions, including scenic trains, museums, parks, a zoo and more. With a mild climate and plenty of sunshine, the Springs boasts some of the state's best recreation opportunities. The city is also known for its robust high-tech and sports