Program Manager

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🦀 Maryland, Virginia – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $120k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Fairwinds Technologies

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

🎖️ Defense

Consulting • Manufacturing • Defense

Fairwinds Technologies is a small, woman-owned defense-focused communications and systems-integration company based in Annapolis, Maryland. It designs, integrates, and delivers mission-ready communications, networking, and information-technology solutions — including satellite/NTN, radio, and networking products — for U. S. defense, government and commercial customers, combining professional services with proprietary products to keep users connected in harsh and contested environments.

📋 Description

• Lead all aspects of program execution throughout the full contract lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and closeout • Manage cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, and risk across multiple contract line items and deliverables • Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules, program roadmaps, milestones, and resource plans • Serve as the primary interface to Government Program Managers, Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer Representatives, Product Leads, and Army stakeholders • Ensure program execution aligns with contractual requirements, performance objectives, and customer priorities • Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams • Oversee system-of-systems design, integration, testing, and fielding activities • Implement technical baseline management and engineering change control processes • Manage development and delivery of program documentation compliant with Data Item Descriptions and CDRL requirements • Coordinate cybersecurity sustainment activities and support government cybersecurity reviews and investigations • Oversee test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting; coordinate laboratory, field, and operational test events • Lead engineering teams supporting Direction Finding characterization, calibration, and performance validation • Ensure completion of manufacturing readiness assessments and verification activities • Lead Technical Exchange Meetings, Integrated Product Team meetings, technical reviews, and executive briefings • Present program status, technical progress, risks, and mitigation plans to senior government stakeholders • Build relationships with Army acquisition, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, and operational organizations • Oversee New Equipment Training development and execution • Coordinate reach-back support and deployment of Field Service Representatives • Manage logistics planning, sustainment strategies, provisioning activities, and government property accountability requirements • Manage program budgets, forecasts, staffing plans, subcontractors, and contract performance metrics • Support contract modifications, option execution, and change management activities • Ensure accurate reporting of program health, earned value indicators, and contract status • Identify and mitigate programmatic, technical, and financial risks

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Physics, Mathematics, Business Management, or related field • Active Top Secret Security Clearance required at time of employment • Minimum 10+ years of program management experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or Federal Government programs • Minimum 5 years managing complex defense technology programs valued at $15M+ • Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting hardware, software, cybersecurity, and systems integration efforts • Experience managing programs involving Electronic Warfare (EW), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Software Defined Radios (SDRs), sensor systems, tactical communications, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and test and evaluation • Must be eligible to work in the US • Experience working directly with Army acquisition organizations preferred • Master's degree preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Additional incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package • Medical benefits • Financial benefits • Other benefits as part of the compensation package • Up to 35% domestic and international travel