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Salary: USD 160,000 - 210,000 / annual
Red 6 is an AR technology startup developing synthetic air combat training systems for military pilots. The company's ATARS product enables pilots to experience fully immersive 3D synthetic worlds overlaid on real aircraft in real flight, replacing costly legacy training methods with scalable, realistic alternatives.
As Senior Program Manager, you will own end-to-end program delivery from requirements definition through development, test, qualification, and fielding. You will serve as the single point of accountability for cost, schedule, performance, and risk across one or more defense contracts. Your responsibilities include:
- Establishing and maintaining cost and schedule baselines, managing risk and opportunity, and keeping revenue and cash models current for leadership visibility
- Serving as the primary customer contact for Red 6 defense contracts, providing status updates and ensuring delivery commitments are met
- Leading cross-functional teams including engineering, test, quality, manufacturing, finance, and subcontractors toward shared program goals
- Partnering with business development on proposals, new contracts, and revenue projections
- Tracking deployed systems and supporting software deployment in government DevSecOps environments
- Ensuring program compliance with ITAR, CMMC, and AS9100 quality standards
- Creating and maintaining programmatic products including Integrated Master Schedules, Statements of Work, Technical Specifications, Risk/Opportunity databases, and resource projections
This role offers real ownership at a startup where programs are central to company success. You will deliver breakthrough technology that has never existed before, directly impacting warfighter training and readiness. The position combines startup speed with defense-grade discipline and offers visibility to leadership and growth opportunities as Red 6 scales.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of program leadership experience
- BS or higher degree in science or engineering discipline (strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated experience managing programs within government acquisition processes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to create and deliver presentations and technical/programmatic reports to leadership and customers
- Proficiency creating, maintaining, and statusing programmatic products (IMS, SOW, Technical Specs, Risk/Opportunity databases, Cost/Cash/Revenue models, Resource projections)
- Comfort managing in both Agile and Waterfall execution frameworks
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)
- EVMS experience preferred
- PMP certification preferred
