Head of Programs

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Head of Programs. You will lead the team of mission managers who own our customer missions end-to-end, and you are accountable for delivering our satellite programs on cost, schedule, and scope. The mission TPMs run day-to-day delivery and report to the mission managers; the professional scheduling and configuration-management functions (the PMO, including the Master Scheduler) report to you. You lead the managers, set the standard, and own the portfolio as a whole. You will build the Programs function into a coherent function with strong mission managers, standard work, a portfolio cadence, and real program controls - the connective tissue between customer commitments, the engineering Centers of Excellence that supply talent, and the factory that builds the hardware

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Skills and Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a technical field, or equivalent experience

12+ years in program or project management for complex hardware programs - spacecraft, satellite, or comparable aerospace/defense - including a track record of delivering programs on cost and schedule

Experience leading and developing managers, not just individual contributors

Experience standing up or maturing a program-management function, PMO, or program-controls discipline

Strong command of program controls - work breakdown structures, scheduling, earned value or equivalent cost/schedule management, and risk management

Demonstrated success operating in a matrix or integrated-product-team organization Satellite or spacecraft program leadership, ideally across the full lifecycle (design, build, commission, operate) and scaling toward constellation (rate) production.

Experience in high-mix, low-volume production environments scaling with a growing factory.

Both government and commercial program delivery experience.

Track record building a PMO, scheduling function, or portfolio-management cadence from the ground up

PMP or equivalent certification