Back to jobs
New

Program Director, Space Electromagnetic Warfare

Sterling, Virginia, United States

What Impact You’ll Have:

The Program Director owns end-to-end delivery of complex space electromagnetic warfare (EW) programs, from contract award through development, integration, test, deployment, and sustainment. This leader is accountable for cost, schedule, technical performance, and customer satisfaction across a multi-disciplinary portfolio. The portfolio consists of large, multi-year programs of record executed under formal acquisition governance. The program team numbers approximately 80-120 full-time staff. The position reports to the Business Unit General Manager and is primarily located in Dulles, VA. It will require roughly 25-35% travel to customer sites, supplier facilities, test ranges, and operational sites.

The role is the primary interface to government acquisition customers and the operational user community. It also aligns the supply chain and internal functions (engineering, contracts, finance, quality, security, and mission assurance) behind a single integrated plan, and builds and leads a high-performing program team.

What You’ll Own:

Program execution

  • Own program cost, schedule, and technical baselines; deliver against contract requirements and protect program margin.
  • Lead integrated program planning and control using the Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS), Estimates at Completion (EACs), variance analysis, and corrective action.
  • Drive the full lifecycle for terrestrial space EW systems and command & control (C2) systems: requirements, integration and test, environmental qualification, global deployment, delivery support, and operations.
  • Deliver and sustain a large number of terrestrial space EW edge units to multiple Areas of Responsibility (AORs) simultaneously.
  • Run disciplined risk, issue, and opportunity management; anticipate technical, schedule, and threat-driven changes.
  • Manage changes in scope, engineering change proposals (ECPs), baseline change requests, and contract modifications with Contracts and Finance.

Supply chain

  • Own the program supply chain strategy, including make/buy decisions, subcontract management, and critical-path procurement.
  • Manage long-lead parts, obsolescence, and single-source risk.
  • Hold suppliers accountable for cost, schedule, quality, and flow-down of security and mission assurance requirements.
  • Mitigate counterfeit part, export control (ITAR), and supply chain security risks.

Acquisition customers

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for government program offices.
  • Lead program management reviews (PMRs), baseline reviews, milestone and technical reviews, and executive-level briefings.
  • Build trust through transparent reporting, early escalation, and consistent delivery.
  • Identify follow-on, scope-growth, and recompete opportunities; support capture and proposal efforts.

User community

  • Lead teams engaging operational users (e.g., operator units, combatant commands, and support organizations) to understand mission needs and concepts of operation.
  • Translate operational feedback into requirements, upgrades, and sustainment priorities.
  • Support operational test, user training, fielding, and transition to operations.
  • Integrate program efforts for community engagement and reporting with the Business Unit Mission Support Officer (MSO) to ensure a cohesive, consistent, and accurate status is understood by all external stakeholders.

Internal stakeholders

  • Align engineering, manufacturing, contracts, finance, quality, mission assurance, security, and business development behind program priorities.
  • Report program health and financial performance to executive leadership; secure resources and resolve cross-functional conflicts.
  • Ensure compliance with company processes, security requirements (including classified data handling), and regulatory obligations.

Team leadership

  • Build, lead, and develop a multi-disciplinary team of program managers, technical leads, engineers, schedulers, and analysts.
  • Set clear goals, delegate ownership, and coach for performance; manage hiring, reviews, and succession.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, safety, and mission focus.

What You Must Have:

  • U.S. citizenship required, with the ability to obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, computer science, or a related technical field.
  • 12+ years in aerospace and defense, including 7+ years in program management leadership roles and 3+ years as program manager or deputy program manager for a large program of record.
  • Demonstrated delivery of large, complex space or electromagnetic warfare programs, ideally space EW, SIGINT, or RF payloads, from development through launch or fielding.
  • Experience leading large programs of record (ACAT I/II or equivalent) under DoD 5000-series or Intelligence Community (IC) acquisition governance (ICD 801), including milestone reviews and Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
  • Full profit-and-loss accountability for programs of significant value (e.g., $50M+), with a track record of meeting cost and schedule commitments.
  • Hands-on experience with earned value management (EIA-748), including EACs and variance analysis; IMS development; and FAR/DFARS contract types (cost-plus, fixed-price, and incentive).
  • Experience managing subcontractors and hardware supply chains.
  • Direct experience leading reviews and relationships with DoD or IC acquisition customers and operational users.
  • Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, including direct and matrixed staff.

What Would Be Nice to Have:

  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Master's degree in engineering, systems engineering, or business (MBA).
  • PMP certification and/or DAWIA Program Management (Advanced) or equivalent.
  • Background in EW techniques, RF systems, spectrum operations, or counterspace mission areas.
  • Experience on Special Access Programs (SAP); current polygraph or willingness to undergo one.
  • Experience leading a program through Milestone C, production, and transition to sustainment.
  • Experience on programs under a validated Earned Value Management System (EVMS), including IBRs, IPMDAR/CPR reporting, and DCMA surveillance.
  • Prior military service or government program office experience in a space or EW role.
  • Experience growing a program portfolio through capture and recompete wins.
  • Experience with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases and ITAR compliance.

Core competencies

  • Strategic and operational leadership: sets direction and keeps execution on track.
  • Stakeholder management: balances the needs of customers, users, suppliers, and executives.
  • Technical fluency: credible with engineers on RF/signal processing, mission-critical software development, and hardware integration trades.
  • Financial acumen: manages budgets, EACs, margins, and funding profiles.
  • Program discipline: runs the program to its baselines, governance, and reporting cadence, and holds the team to them.
  • Risk-based decision making: makes timely decisions with incomplete information, documents the rationale, and escalates early.
  • Communication: delivers clear, concise briefings, from team stand-ups to senior government leaders.
  • Talent development: builds strong teams and grows future program leaders.

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

  • The pay range for this position is: $280,000 - $325,000

 

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

 

Virginia Pay Range

$280,000 - $325,000 USD

Why Choose GRVTY

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

•    Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision  

•    Health Savings Account with company contribution  

•    Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays  

•    Paid Parental Leave   

•    401k with generous company match  

•    Training and Development Opportunities  

•    Award Programs  

•    Variety of Company Sponsored Events

 

EEO Statement

GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email recruiting@grvty.com or call 703-544-7930 with requested details.  A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. 

Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (eeoc.gov)  

Please review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. If you are not an immediate fit, we will also keep your resume in our database for future opportunities.

 

 

Create a Job Alert

Interested in building your career at GRVTY? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Education

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Are you authorized to work in the United States for any employer? *

Select...

Will you now or in the future require visa sponsorship?

Select...

U.S. citizenship is a basic security clearance eligibility requirement. As outlined in Executive Order 12968, Access to Classified Information, eligibility for access to classified information may only be granted to employees who are United States citizens.

We are unable to sponsor candidates for a U.S. Security Clearance. If you are applying for a position that requires a U.S. Security Clearance, please provide the level of U.S. Security Clearance that you have today.

I understand that GRVTY is an "at-will" employer, meaning that my employment has no specified term and that the employment relationship may be terminated any time at the will of either party on notice to the other. By signing above, I certify that all the information on this application is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and that I understand that intentional misrepresentation of any information may invalidate this application and may result in termination of subsequent employment with GRVTY. GRVTY reserves the right to conduct background investigations, contact references and verify information provided on the application and/or resume.

By typing my name above, I give my consent and authorization for GRVTY and its designated employees and consultants to collect and use the information I submit in considering me for job opportunities at GRVTY.

By typing my name above, I certify and affirm that the information provided by me during interviews, on this application and all other related documents to be true in all respects and I further understand that any misrepresentation or omission will be grounds for immediate termination from further consideration or possible employment. I understand that neither the completion of this application nor any other part of my consideration for employment establishes any obligation for GRVTY to hire me. If I am hired, I understand that either GRVTY or I can terminate my employment at any time and for any reason, with or without cause and without prior notice. I understand that no representative of GRVTY has the authority to make any assurance to the contrary. I understand and agree that that any and all claims or disputes that I may have with GRVTY, arising out of or related to my application for employment, any employment, or any separation from employment, will be resolved exclusively by final and binding arbitration. This provision shall be construed as broadly as possible and any claims which I may have against the company arising from the employment relationship, including discrimination claims under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, or any other federal, state or local law prohibiting discrimination, claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, claims based upon contract or tort, claims arising out of my employment which I may assert against individuals, and all questions of arbitrability, shall be conclusively decided by the arbitrator. Arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of the American Arbitration Association. I understand that my agreement to binding arbitration is an express condition precedent to my employment with GRVTY. Should I be extended an offer of employment, my acceptance of such an offer will reaffirm my agreement to final and binding arbitration for the resolution of any and all claims. This is a written agreement to arbitrate, binding upon me as well as GRVTY, and it shall be enforceable pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act, and the Virginia Uniform Arbitration Act. If this application leads to employment, I understand that false or misleading information in my application or interview may result in my release.

What is your desired salary range? Feel free to note if your expectations are flexible or negotiable.

Please provide your current mailing address. This information will be kept confidential and used for employment-related purposes only.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in GRVTY’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...