Deputy Program Manager, Air Defense - Middle EastPosted today$154K
The opportunity
Air Defense is a high-octane, rapidly scaling business line that develops, integrates, and fields an expanding mix of mature and novel capabilities to detect and defeat UAS threats. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense team provides…
What you'll do
Manage the day-to-day execution of Air Defense programs across all active: workstreams including production tracking, shipping and logistics, site installation sequencing, and sustainment standup.
Run recurring internal syncs: weekly business line coordination, contracting syncs, logistics syncs, training updates, and staffing reviews — and drive action items to closure.
Manage the program's Jira project, maintaining the WBS, ensuring epics and: tasks reflect current status, and using Jira Plan to provide schedule visibility to the broader team.
Monitor program financials including burn rates, invoicing status, and budget: alignment across CLINs, coordinating with Finance to flag variances early.
Partner with the program’s engineering leadership to oversee configuration: management processes, including asset tracking across all fielded and in-transit equipment, maintenance scheduling, sustainment rate monitoring, and uptime reporting to ensure operational readiness metrics are current and visible to program leadership.
Track scope alignment to contractual line items and funded CLINs, flagging: any potential unauthorized work or scope creep to the Senior PM.
What they're looking for
- Experience with CUAS, integrated air defense, or advanced distributed defense systems
- Prior OCONUS experience supporting operational deployments and/or program: delivery particularly in the Middle East
- PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.
