Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Manager

As a Senior Technical Program Manager / Technical Program Manager, you will lead cross-functional execution for U.S DoD, IC, and Civil programs for space and aerospace customers - from proposal through deployment. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and business development teams, as well as external government stakeholders, to ensure the successful delivery of complex mission operations and ground software solutions. You will bridge the worlds of Agile software development and formal program delivery, balancing customer needs, technical execution, and business outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and can blend the structure and rigor of program management with the flexibility and creativity of a startup. This role requires someone who can work autonomously, highlighting gaps and driving solutions with leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Execution: Own delivery of U.S government funded initiatives (SBIRs, Work Programs, TACFIs, STRATFIs) including scope, schedule, risk, and stakeholder management

• U.S Government Program Management: Track and report against CDRLs, CLINs, SLINs, SOWs, IMP/IMS, and other contractual artifacts; support compliance with DFARS/NIST 800-171/NIST800-53

• Cross-functional Leadership: Drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams. Facilitate internal stand-ups, milestone reviews, and retrospectives to maintain momentum and resolve blockers quickly.

• Customer Engagement: Act as the day-to-day liaison with customer program and technical leads. Lead regular syncs, technical deep dives, and program reviews to ensure customer satisfaction and identify opportunities for expansion.

• Documentation: Develop and manage deliverables such as program plans, performance reports, integration documentation, and customer-facing briefings. Maintain clear records of scope, decisions, and change requests.

• Risk Management: Identify, maintain, and drive mitigation of technical, cost, and schedule risks impacting programs. Partner with leadership to drive closure of risks identified per program.

• Support Business Growth: Collaborate with Sales and Business Development to scope new opportunities, shape proposals, and refine delivery models. Partner with engineering and product to define technical approaches and execution strategies for new and existing customers.

Basic Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance

• 5+ years managing complex software, aerospace, or cloud-based programs for commercial customers (IPT Lead, Technical PM, or equivalent).

• Experience in space systems, ground software, or mission operations

• Comfortable working with engineering and product teams to translate objectives and requirements into technical delivery plans.

• Fluency in Agile and Waterfall frameworks; capable of adapting to hybrid execution environments.

• Strong relationship management and communication skills for internal and external stakeholders; proven success engaging directly with technical and business stakeholders.

• Highly inquisitive and detail-oriented; able to identify risks, gaps, and dependencies early and drive them to closure.

• Excited to work in a fast-moving, dual-use technology environment with both commercial and government-adjacent customers.

• High-level of autonomy to identify gaps and drive solutions to identified areas. Emphasis with driving organization enhancements for government program alignment

• Excellent verbal and written communication, comfortable presenting to senior DoD stakeholders

• Experience with EVMS, Cost reporting, and schedule management processes and tooling

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Clearance / SCI Eligibility, with experience in SAP environments

• Experience executing SAP or IC programs

• Experience establishing new processes in minimally defined programs executing across Development, I&T, and Sustainment phases

• Technical expertise in C2, Mission Management, Cybersecurity, and/or Satellite Operations

• Ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, while translating broad objectives to technical and product teams for technical execution

• Experience with COTS/Government Prime solutions for C2, Mission Management, or Platform solutions

• 7+ years managing complex software, aerospace, or cloud-based programs for commercial customers

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Why You'll Love Working at Quindar

• We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers' space missions!

• We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.

• Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.

• We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.

• Each year we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.

• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!