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Program Manager – Autonomous Shipbuilding Programs
Saronic Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Washington, DC • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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About the role
- Lead an industry shipbuilding program with the potential scale and rigor of an Acquisition Category (ACAT) I effort, from design through lifecycle sustainment
- Translate Navy and DoD customer objectives into executable program plans, aligning cost, schedule, and performance with mission priorities
- Guide multidisciplinary industry teams through complex integration efforts while collaborating with Navy program offices and partners
- Develop and manage integrated schedules, program baselines, budgets, and risk frameworks
- Apply systems engineering and acquisition processes across hull, HM&E, combat systems, autonomy, and sustainment
- Oversee integration of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Contractor Furnished Equipment (CFE), ensuring timely and interoperable incorporation of subsystem and weapons technologies
- Drive producibility, scalability, and shipyard readiness to support rapid deployment and sustainment
- Ensure compliance with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) standards, Navy requirements, and DoD regulations/CDRLs
- Maintain requirements traceability (RVTM) and support technical demonstrations, shipyard trials, lab and field testing, and integration activities
- Serve as a key industry interface with NAVSEA, PEOs, program offices, fleet stakeholders, subcontractors, suppliers, and subsystem primes
- Represent the company in Navy-led working groups, milestone reviews, and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
- Provide programmatic reporting, cost and schedule variance analysis, milestone reports, and readiness assessments to Navy stakeholders and senior company leadership
- Support business development and capture activities by shaping technical proposals and providing programmatic input
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive risk management framework, including formal risk registers to mitigate technical, schedule, financial, and industrial base risks
- Ensure company compliance with government security requirements, classified material handling, cybersecurity, and OPSEC standards
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, naval architecture, or related technical field (Master’s preferred)
- 12+ years of DoD program management experience
- At least 8+ years in shipbuilding or major defense acquisition programs of comparable scale
- Demonstrated expertise in lifecycle management, acquisition processes, and integration of GFE and CFE across ship platforms
- Proven success managing large, multi-billion-dollar budgets and multi-year program baselines
- Experience coordinating with subsystem and weapons primes for complex system-of-systems integration
- Strong leadership and communication skills, including presenting to Navy customers and senior company executives
- Active DoD Secret clearance (Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility preferred)
- DAWIA Level III (or equivalent) in Program Management (preferred)
- Prior experience with NAVSEA, PEO Ships, PEO USC, or other major Navy acquisition organizations (preferred)
- Experience overseeing shipyard readiness, full rate production throughput, and industrial base management (preferred)
- Familiarity with congressional budget processes and Navy PPBE (preferred)
- PMP certification or equivalent (preferred)
- Experience executing programs under FAR-based contracts, OTAs, and rapid prototyping authorities (preferred)
- Direct Service Branch experience in program management, acquisitions, or related Executive Branch experience (preferred)
- Proficiency in Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, or Arabic (preferred)
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or certain protected asylees/refugees) due to export-controlled information access
- Ability to perform prolonged periods of sitting and occasional lifting/carrying up to 20 pounds
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance plans covering a range of services
- Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
- Dental and vision insurance covering routine dental check-ups, orthodontics, and vision care
- Saronic pays 99% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents
- Generous PTO and Holidays
- Paid maternity and paternity parental leave
- Competitive salary with opportunities for performance-based bonuses
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Stock options / equity
- Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
- Free lunch and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
program managementlifecycle managementacquisition processessystems engineeringrisk managementbudget managementintegration of GFEintegration of CFEshipbuildingsystem-of-systems integration
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationpresentation skillsstakeholder engagementrisk mitigationreportinganalysisteam guidancebusiness development
Certifications
DAWIA Level III in Program ManagementPMP certificationDoD Secret clearanceTop Secret w/ SCI eligibility
