Saronic
Senior Program Manager, Shipbuilding
$154K–$192K
Arlington, VA +2 · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
New Orleans, LA
Austin, TX - Experience
- 9+ years of experience in program management of large-scale production, shipbuilding, or complex defense development programs.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Naval Architecture, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- If based in the United States, the role requires U.S. Person status to access export-controlled information or items.
About the job
Owns end-to-end delivery of large-scale shipbuilding programs, balancing production throughput with mission-package flexibility and customer requirements.
What you'll do
- Manage program cost, schedule, scope, quality, risks, contracts, and delivery through sustainment.
- Coordinate rate production, configuration, and integration of mission kits and payloads across production teams.
- Lead customer engagement and synchronize cross-functional teams across production, engineering, software, and mission services.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Naval Architecture, or a related technical field.
- Demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, and scope on programs of significant size and complexity.
- Proven ability to manage government or defense customers, contracts, and deliverables.
- Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time; Secret security clearance eligibility required.
Nice to have
- Program Management experience of Unmanned Surface Vessels highly desirable.
- Experience managing production at rate, including supply chain, build sequencing, and delivery of large or complex hardware systems highly desirable; active clearance preferred.
Pay
$154K – $192.5K USD base salary
Tools
CDRLs, commercial-off-the-shelf
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