Technical Project Manager

What you'll do

• Own the project schedule, deliverables, and risk picture across all program components.
• Coordinate engineers, analysts, and data specialists to ensure timely delivery of space and science missions.
• Identify and communicate project risks and potential slips to senior leadership before they occur.
• Coach engineering staff through technical challenges and clear operational blockers to maintain momentum.
• Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and coordinate delivery across competing priorities.
• Develop and deliver recurring reports on program status, risk indicators, and milestone progress.
• Execute and track project progress using Agile frameworks, including Sprint or Scrum approaches.
• Support compliance, audit preparation, and documentation management activities in a regulated environment.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience managing programs or projects in an enterprise or government-facing environment.
• Experience leading teams, coaching staff, coordinating workload, and serving as an escalation point for operational issues.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, deliverables, and communicating risks to senior leadership.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional planning sessions and coordinating delivery across competing priorities.
• Experience developing and delivering recurring reporting to senior leadership on program status and milestone progress.
• Experience using the Agile framework and the Sprint or Scrum approach to scope, execute, and track progress.
• Experience supporting compliance, audit preparation, or documentation management in a regulated environment.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Experience supporting a NASA, civil space, or federal science agency program (preferred).
• Experience directly supervising employees, including performance support and professional development (preferred).
• Experience using Microsoft Project to build and manage project delivery (preferred).
• Experience driving process improvement initiatives that measurably reduce operational friction (preferred).
• Experience supporting a technical program in cybersecurity, data engineering, or IT operations (preferred).
• Experience managing delivery to a contract, including coordination with stakeholders (preferred).
• Master's degree (preferred).
• Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (preferred).