Sr Director, Program Management (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day execution of task orders, ensuring safe, reliable, secure, and uninterrupted communications and navigation services across the Network.

Manage KBR, subcontractor, and partner personnel across geographically distributed operations, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, mission interface, and modernization teams.

Serve as the senior customer-facing program leader for NASA, mission-user communities, and other Government stakeholders, building trusted relationships and maintaining strong customer intimacy.

Drive the transition from legacy network operations to an integrated Network operating model through disciplined management.

Oversee integrated network management functions, and continuous improvement across Government-owned and commercial network assets.

Ensure operational performance with transparent reporting to NASA and KBR leadership.

Chair or oversee program governance forums, including risk and opportunity management, configuration control, performance reviews, corrective action boards, modernization decision gates, and subcontractor accountability reviews.

Lead cost, schedule, technical, staffing, and financial performance for fixed-price and cost-type task orders, applying sound business judgment when making KBR-binding program decisions.

Lead functional managers onboarding commercial service providers, new missions, new capabilities, and modernization initiatives into operational baselines while preserving operator authority, mission assurance, and NASA decision visibility.

Ensure contract deliverables, integrated master schedules, financial reports, performance metrics, program management reviews, staffing plans, risk registers, and customer briefings are accurate, timely, and decision-useful.

Recruit, coach, certify, and retain a mission-focused workforce capable of supporting 24x7 operations, critical mission events, geographically distributed activities, and evolving NASA requirements.

Requirements

The ability to define, document, analyze, trace, prioritize, and confirm requirements throughout the entire program life cycle.

Risk & Opportunity: The ability to address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 15 years of related experience, OR a master’s degree and 12 years of related experience
• Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers, aerospace manufacturing, project management, or program management
• 10+ years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as a program manager
• 10+ years of demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
• NASA MSFC or HQ work and leadership experience, past SES leaders preferred
• NASA contractor work and leadership experience
• Knowledge of NASA’s strategic agency directives, mission directorate initiatives and agency-wide communications systems

Skills

• Strong Engineering Skills
• Working knowledge of core engineering disciplines
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to lead and operate in a high value Firm-type Task Order environment
• Self-motivated, self-starter
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to function in a dynamic environment with changing requirements and priorities

Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K 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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