Senior Project Manager

Auria Space is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their outstanding team. This role involves overseeing contract deliverables, schedule, personnel actions, and finance requirements, while assisting the Program Manager in leading overall program execution.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the back-up point of contact for the Prime Contractor, assisting with leading overall program execution, communication, and delivery across all program phases
• Own and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) where applicable, including technical development, maintenance, and execution of schedule baselines; ensure alignment across technical teams, subcontractors, and customer milestones
• Develop, maintain, and control the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and associated program baselines, ensuring traceability between scope, schedule, cost, and deliverables
• Manage contract deliverables, technical schedule, and personnel actions to include on- and off-boarding
• Act in role of Scrum Master, overseeing the Agile planning, including disciplined sprint planning, backlog prioritization, increment planning, and integration with IMS-driven milestones
• Identify, assess, and manage technical, schedule, and programmatic risks, providing data-driven recommendations and early warning indicators to leadership and the customer
• Foster strong collaboration between customer stakeholders, facilitating regular demonstrations, planning sessions, and reviews
• Oversee staffing, resource allocation, risk management, and performance tracking across functional workstreams
• Regularly provide clear, concise progress reporting, including status briefings, milestone documentation, and deliverable submissions

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship and Active Top Secret (TS) clearance, with Special Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program (SAP) eligibility
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business management, or related field
• 7+ years of experience managing complex, multi-year DoD/federal projects, including software development, solution delivery, or system integration projects
• Expertise managing programs under Agile methodologies with responsibility for cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Experience developing, reviewing and coordinating Integrated Master Schedules
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement and management skills
• Mission-Driven Professional: Collaborative contributor motivated by the opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions that protect and serve both the nation and the world
• Experience supporting DoD, US Space Force, NOAA, NASA, or similar civilian space focused agencies
• Familiarity with space missions, space weather data products, or satellite ground systems, and modeling and forecasting workflows
• Scrum Master certification
• PMP or other relevant certification