Senior Manager of Enterprise Technology and Solution Development

Title: Senior Manager of Enterprise Technology and Solution Development

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin‑off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.

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Position Summary

KBR's Advanced Engineering and Operations division seeks a senior manager to lead the Development Division supporting the Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. This business and technology leader manages people, financial performance, and customer commitments across Landsat and related mission systems. Working with program leadership and technical specialists, the manager exercises sound business judgment and partners with business development, capture, and proposal teams to translate TSSC expertise and demonstrated results into differentiated, executable solutions, personally contributing substantive technical and management content to requests for proposals (RFPs).

Responsibilities

Enterprise Technology and TSSC Delivery

Direct delivery with program management, managers, and senior technical staff; align priorities, staffing, schedules, and commitments with mission objectives. Monitor quality, schedule, cost, and risk; resolve cross-team issues and lead corrective actions. Represent development with USGS, NASA, and mission partners.

Guide development and modernization across AWS, on-premises, and hybrid environments, including satellite ground systems, cloud services, automation, software engineering, scalable data processing, data management, long-term archive preservation, and global data distribution.

Evaluate alternatives and feasibility with technical specialists. Apply systems engineering, requirements management, testing, configuration management, and appropriate Agile or waterfall practices; coordinate resilience, observability, compliance, and operational readiness with security and operations teams.

Business Strategy and Financial Management

Align technology roadmaps and investments with mission outcomes, affordability, contract performance, and sustainable growth; identify opportunities to apply TSSC experience across programs and customers.

Develop business cases comparing build, buy, reuse, and partner options using total cost of ownership, benefits, staffing, implementation risk, and long-term support needs.

Manage assigned budgets and resource plans with program, finance, and contract leaders; report schedule and financial performance using program controls, including earned value where required. Apply cloud financial management and FinOps to forecasting, cost allocation, resource efficiency, and optimization; explain business and cost-performance implications of delivery decisions.

RFP Solutions and Proposal Development

Partner with business development, capture, and proposal leaders to analyze solicitations and evaluation criteria, clarify customer priorities, and identify capability gaps, dependencies, and risks.

Lead assigned proposal workstreams; personally author or substantively review technical and management narratives, implementation approaches, and transition plans with subject matter experts. Align content with requirements, evaluation criteria, staffing, schedules, and costs.

Work with TSSC managers and experts to turn reusable capabilities and documented results into approved case studies, demonstrations, past-performance inputs, and proposals showing measurable customer benefits.

Tailor approaches to mission, environment, scale, security, and budget; distinguish proven capabilities from proposed innovations.

Develop staffing models, skill mixes, work breakdown structures, schedules, and bases of estimate with delivery and pricing teams; validate labor, cloud, software, licensing, and other solution cost assumptions.

Participate in reviews, demonstrations, and oral presentations; explain differentiators and tradeoffs, address feedback, and ensure technically sound, affordable, achievable commitments. Coordinate proposal priorities and staff participation with TSSC leadership.

Transfer solution decisions, estimates, assumptions, and risks to delivery teams after award.

People Leadership and Innovation

Recruit, develop, and retain managers, architects, engineers, and software professionals; set expectations, manage performance, address development needs, and plan succession for critical roles.

Mentor managers, technical leaders, and early-career professionals in leadership, delivery discipline, customer engagement, financial judgment, and proposal communication. Support university relationships and workforce-aligned talent development.

Build trusted customer relationships and collaborate across engineering, operations, program management, finance, and business development; communicate recommendations to executive and technical audiences.

Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted engineering, machine learning, and intelligent automation, through practical pilots and business cases; advance approaches with demonstrated mission value, manageable risk, and sustainable operations.

Minimum Requirements

U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain required federal background investigation, facility access, and system credentials.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related technical field; equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered consistent with position and contract requirements.

At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in technology management, software or systems engineering, IT services, or related delivery, including at least five years managing technical teams with responsibility for staffing, performance, customer delivery, and budgets.

Experience overseeing teams or programs using cloud services; strong working knowledge of cloud platforms, software and systems engineering, data-intensive systems, and technology operations. Ability to assess feasibility, risks, and resource needs with senior technical staff.

Demonstrated business acumen in budget management, resource planning, financial analysis, or business cases, balancing technical ambition, customer needs, cost, and execution risk.

Substantive competitive proposal or RFP experience, including direct authorship or leadership of technical solution content and contributions to staffing, estimates, or implementation plans.

Experience leading complex development using systems engineering and Agile or waterfall practices; working knowledge of schedule controls, financial reporting, and earned value concepts.

Proven multidisciplinary leadership, leader development, and cross-organizational collaboration; excellent writing, executive presentation, customer relationship, and organizational skills that connect technical decisions to mission outcomes and business value.

Areas of Desired Experience & Skills

Senior leadership across commercial technology products or services and federal delivery, with responsibility for organizational performance, investment decisions, or business growth.

Federal civilian proposal, capture, review, oral presentation, and transition-planning experience, with contributions to successful bids; experience turning delivery results into reusable solutions, service offerings, demonstrations, and persuasive customer value propositions.

Experience with Earth observation, remote sensing, satellite ground systems, scientific computing, or large-scale geospatial data processing and archives.

Experience overseeing AWS delivery and teams using FinOps, DevSecOps, cloud automation, and modern software delivery; familiarity with applicable federal security and cloud authorization requirements.

Relevant advanced degree, including an MBA, or management and technical credentials such as PMP, Agile, FinOps, or AWS certifications.

Special Requirements

• Must be a U.S. permanent resident and eligible to obtain the government security credential required for this position.
• Onsite at the USGS EROS Center near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, supporting TSSC delivery and proposal activities in coordination with program and business development leadership.
• Employees must communicate effectively, collaborate with colleagues and customers, and follow safety, quality, and company requirements. KBR values its people and Zero Harm culture, fosters an inclusive workplace, and supports career advancement through professional training and development. Benefits may include a 401(k) plan with company match; medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; paid time off; or a flexible work schedule.

KBR partners with several other companies to fulfill its requirements as a government contractor. The selected subcontracting companies align their benefits as closely as possible to those of KBR.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.

We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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