Senior Project Manager

Voyager Space Exploration is seeking a Senior Project Manager. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for planning and executing projects from concept to completion, ensuring all phases are managed effectively. They will develop and maintain customer relationships during the project, coordinate with technical teams, and prepare comprehensive project proposals. Additionally, the role involves assessing team performance, managing budgets and schedules, and providing regular status reports to stakeholders. This position requires a candidate with a solid track record of project management experience and the ability to lead projects in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties

Project Management

1. Develop, maintain, and oversee project scope, schedule, and budget, ensuring projects remain on track, within budget, and that they meet all requirements.
2. Provide regular, detailed reporting on project status to the project team, key stakeholders, and executive leadership, ensuring complete transparency and accountability.
3. Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate scope creep, ensuring project boundaries are clearly defined and adhered to, while effectively managing change requests.
4. Capture and document lessons learned throughout the project life cycle, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within the project management function.
5. Actively and collaboratively manages projects, working with both internal and external team members and stakeholders to drive desired outcomes.
6. Follows company-defined project management processes and best practices.
7. Establish and maintain strong, long-term relationships with customers, ensuring their requirements are consistently met and their expectations exceeded.
8. Support comprehensive, high-impact project proposals with detailed input from technical and financial stakeholders, ensuring documentation is thorough, compelling, and strategically aligned.
9. Oversee relationships with external suppliers, working with Contracts to create statements of work, negotiate contractual requirements, and ensure supplier performance aligns with project goals.
10. As needed, support leadership with the operation of the PMO and with maintaining a company project management methodology.

People Leadership

1. Lead cross-functional teams, including technical and project staff, to define tasks, schedules, levels of effort, and technical direction, ensuring seamless alignment with overarching project goals.
2. Train, coach, and mentor project management staff, fostering professional growth and ensuring the development of a high-performing project team.
3. Continuously evaluate and enhance the performance of the project team, addressing resource constraints and needs with senior management to ensure timely resolution and optimal team function.

Additional Responsibilities

• At all times exemplify the core Values of Integrity, Respect, and Humility
• A self-starter with a roll-up-the-sleeves mentality; desire to innovate and work in a hands-on and fast-paced environment
• Excellent time management and people leadership skills
• Travel of up to 30%
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team by fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, ensuring effective communication and coordination within the organization.

Competencies

Education:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, chemical engineering, physics, materials science, computer science / engineering, mathematics, or business required.
• Master's degree or equivalent preferred.

Experience:

• Required
• 5-10 years' experience in program/project management, project engineering, systems engineering, and/or product development required
• Experience with common project management frameworks, tools, and software
• Experience working with government and commercial aerospace customers and a familiarity with launch vehicles and/or payload development.
• Experience working with CubeSats, Small Satellites, or any other platforms or payloads designed for operation in space (design, build, test, analysis, launch, operation, etc.).

• Preferred
• Experience or familiarity with biological or chemical processes, in basic laboratory principles and techniques, or the ability to quickly gain knowledge with biological or chemical processes preferred.

Certifications & Licenses:

• PMP credential required.
• Lean Six Sigma certification at green belt or higher preferred.

Voyager Space offers a comprehensive, total compensation package, which includes competitive salary, a discretionary annual bonus plan, paid time off (PTO), a comprehensive health benefit package, retirement savings, wellness program, and various other benefits. When you join our team, you’re not just an employee; you become part of a dynamic community dedicated to innovation and excellence.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Voyager Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran

The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.