Sr. Program Manager
Riverside Research Institute
Summary
Riverside Research is seeking an experienced Sr Program Manager to lead materials characterization and modeling R&D programs. This individual will manage a large technically diverse team, fostering customer relationships, while overseeing financials, cost, and schedule for a variety of projects and contracts. This position requires a leader with a proven track record of providing their staff growth opportunities by identifying, capturing, and winning new contract work in addition to on-contract growth to expand their portfolio and diversify our customer base.
Job description
Position Overview
Riverside Research is seeking an experienced Sr Program Manager to lead materials characterization and modeling R&D programs. This individual will manage a large technically diverse team, fostering customer relationships, while overseeing financials, cost, and schedule for a variety of projects and contracts. This position requires a leader with a proven track record of providing their staff growth opportunities by identifying, capturing, and winning new contract work in addition to on-contract growth to expand their portfolio and diversify our customer base.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain effective customer relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Supervise and mentor a large, technically diverse team
- Execute independently program management duties that include, but are not limited to, managing day-to-day operations, maintaining work plans and timelines, tracking and projecting program spending, preparing status reports/briefs, and ensuring program status is communicated to all stakeholders
- Work closely with the customer, cross-functional teams, and assigned engineers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, resources, work plan, budget, and schedule
- Collaborate with government customers, contractor partners, and technical leads to develop long-term strategies and prioritize near-term tasking
- Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships with government and contract mission partners across the Department of War (DoW) and Intelligence Communities (IC)
- Manage subcontracting, consulting, and procurement activities for assigned programs
- Assess program issues and develop resolutions to meet schedule, quality, and customer goals
- Identify and capture new growth opportunities to expand business portfolio
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI/SAP
- 12+ years of experience and a Bachelor’s, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Engineering, Business/Management/Entrepreneurship, or related fields
- Active Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Prior program management experience with a DoW or IC contractor
- Must have recent experience managing R&D programs
- Proven track record of identifying, capturing, and solidifying new work along with on-contract growth opportunities
- Experience managing financials across a variety of projects and contracts
- Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, and procurement activities
- Experience in proposal development
- Demonstrated experience creating and presenting reports, briefings, and program related information to a variety of government and internal stakeholders
Requirements
- Active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI/SAP
- 12+ years of experience and a Bachelor’s, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Engineering, Business/Management/Entrepreneurship, or related fields
- Active Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Prior program management experience with a DoW or IC contractor
- Must have recent experience managing R&D programs
- Proven track record of identifying, capturing, and solidifying new work along with on-contract growth opportunities
- Experience managing financials across a variety of projects and contracts
- Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, and procurement activities
- Experience in proposal development
- Demonstrated experience creating and presenting reports, briefings, and program related information to a variety of government and internal stakeholders
Benefits
- Comprehensive compensation and benefit packages
Company overview
Riverside Research Institute is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1967 and chartered to advance scientific research for the benefit of the U.S. government and public interest. Operating as a national security nonprofit, the institute specializes in delivering innovative solutions for the defense and intelligence communities' most challenging problems. Through its open innovation concept, Riverside Research conducts multidisciplinary research and development across diverse technological domains including artificial intelligence, machine learning, optics and photonics, electromagnetics, plasma physics, radio frequency systems, and biomedical engineering. The organization focuses on moving science from the laboratory to the field by building teams of recognized experts who deliver high-value solutions and services to government customers. With a strong emphasis on national security, Riverside Research provides technical, engineering, and advisory support to agencies such as the Department of Defense, Air Force Research Laboratory, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and other federal organizations. The institute's work spans critical areas including cybersecurity, sensor technologies, trusted systems, modeling and simulation, and advanced radar development, positioning it as a key partner in advancing U.S. technological capabilities for defense and intelligence applications.