Director of Program Management

Every lunar lander, defense system, and commercial spacecraft that maneuvers in space needs propulsion it can trust. That's what we build at Agile Space Industries and it's growing fast. Headquarters in Durango, Colorado, with operations expanding into Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Seattle, Washington, Agile has posted more than 40% year-over-year growth for three years running, with no signs of slowing down. We're looking for bold, hands-on leaders who want to help write the next chapter of space history.

About the role

Agile Space Industries designs, manufactures, tests, and delivers advanced rocket propulsion systems. We are seeking a solutions-oriented leader of execution that delivers complex hardware programs from initial concept through qualification and production, and customer satisfaction. This role reports directly to the COO and offers real scope, impact, and visibility. You will lead the team responsible for turning ambitious propulsion programs into flight-ready hardware while balancing product maturation and delivery.

The role blends senior leadership with hands-on problem-solving, collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Test, Finance, Contracts, and Business Development to solve customer problems. The product portfolio includes:

• New Product Development: Driving solutions across design, manufacturing, and testing.
• Production Delivery: Ensuring predictable cost, quality, throughput, and on-time delivery.

The Director of Program Delivery owns balancing product maturity with Engineering while driving program schedule, customer commitments, and financial outcomes. This role is onsite in Durango, CO, where over 85% of the Agile team is located. Relocation benefits are available.

Responsibilities

Delivery Office Team Leadership

• Navigate ambiguity and changing priorities in a rapidly growing small business, translating them into clear direction for the team.
• Lead and develop a team of 10+ project management professionals, fostering adherence to company values and building communication tools to streamline information flow.
• Establish consistent methods, metrics, review cadences, and escalation processes with a bias toward driving outcomes, not just reporting.
• Balance priorities and resources across development and production programs.
• Create systems for informative portfolio updates covering schedule, cost, maturity, production readiness, risk, and financial performance.

New Product Development and Delivery

• Lead project managers responsible for driving product development based on internal and customer requirements through design, qualification, production, acceptance, and delivery.
• Ensure accountability for customer satisfaction, schedule, cost, engineering, quality, and contractual milestones.
• Drive clarity in a high-paced development environment to meet schedules while resolving product development challenges.
• Establish and maintain plans harmonizing engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, inspection, testing, and delivery.

Production Delivery

• Lead delivery on production programs with responsibility for cost, schedule, quality, throughput, and delivery.
• Collaborate with factory management to establish delivery plans based on demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity, testing capacity, and labor.

Customer and Commercial Management

• Serve as a senior customer-facing leader during the delivery stage, providing proactive communication on milestones, hardware status, risks, decisions, and recovery plans.
• Partner with Business Development, Contracts, Finance, Engineering, and Operations to create executable proposals and program baselines.

Risk, Quality, and Compliance

• Actively drive delivery risk burndown across technical, schedule, cost, supply-chain, production, test, and customer risk and opportunity management.
• Support compliance with AS9100, NASA, Department of Defense, commercial space, and customer-specific requirements.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business Administration, Program Management, or a related field.
• Fifteen or more years of experience in complex hardware development, manufacturing, or program management, including proven success delivering multi-million-dollar programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing new product development programs and transitioning products into full-rate production.
• Strong understanding of the hardware lifecycle, including requirements, design, procurement, manufacturing, inspection, testing, qualification, and delivery.
• Experience managing integrated schedules, budgets, risks, forecasts, and customer commitments.
• Proven leadership across cross-functional engineering and operations teams (Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Test, Finance, Contracts, Business Development) with strong executive and customer-facing communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Delivery of highly technical, mission-critical hardware related to the space industry.
• Strong understanding of project forecasting and finance.
• AS9100-certified quality systems.
• ITAR, EAR, and controlled government information environments.
• PMP or similar certification (nice to have).

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Pay

The expected salary range for this role is $180,000 – $220,000 annually. The base pay range is a guideline; individual total compensation will vary based on qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.

Benefits

• Generous health coverage, including dental and vision plans.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Parental leave.
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to 4%.
• Stock option plan (eligibility subject to executive review and approval under the Company's equity plan).
• Relocation stipend.