Program Manager

Our client Ghost Robotics is the industry leader in legged robotic systems that help our customers solve complex operational national security and technical challenges to save lives reduce harm and improve outcomes.

The Program Manager reports to the VP Program Management Office (PMO) and works closely with Business Development Engineering Operations Finance and other teams across Ghost Robotics.

This is a highly cross-functional role spanning opportunity shaping capture and proposal development partner and customer engagement and program execution. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where requirements acquisition strategies contracting mechanisms and program structures may not yet be fully defined.

In the near term the role will focus heavily on supporting and leading major RFI/RFP/RFQ responses proposals white papers and strategic partner opportunities. As opportunities transition to contract award the Program Manager will assume increasing responsibility for program execution delivery customer/partner coordination risk management and cross-functional execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Capture & Proposal Development

• Partner with Business Development to develop and execute responses to RFIs RFPs RFQs tenders and other government and commercial opportunities.
• Lead or support development of proposals white papers management approaches statements of work schedules compliance matrices and other customer-facing materials.
• Translate customer requirements into executable program approaches including scope schedule milestones deliverables resources risks assumptions and dependencies.
• Coordinate inputs from Engineering Operations Finance Supply Chain and other functions.
• Work with technical teams to develop credible technical approaches estimates schedules and commitments.
• Support opportunity shaping through customer engagements requirements development solution development demonstrations and acquisition strategy discussions.
• Identify and communicate programmatic and execution risks associated with prospective opportunities.

Partner & Customer Engagement

• Serve as a key programmatic interface with government customers resellers prime contractors and strategic partners.
• Support domestic and international partners through capture proposal development contracting delivery planning and program execution.
• Establish clear roles responsibilities schedules deliverables and communication mechanisms across Ghost and external organizations.
• Coordinate Ghosts internal resources and commitments in support of partner-led programs.

Program Execution

• Lead assigned programs from contract award through delivery acceptance training fielding and sustainment as required.
• Manage program scope cost schedule resources risks dependencies and contractual/customer deliverables.
• Establish and maintain program schedules milestones action-item tracking risk and issue registers and other program-management artifacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution and drive accountability for commitments.
• Maintain regular communication with customers partners and leadership regarding program status risks issues and decisions.
• Identify potential delays or execution issues and develop mitigation and recovery plans.
• Support transition from capture and proposal through contract award and execution ensuring commitments made during the proposal process are understood and actionable by the execution team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of experience in government military defense national security aerospace robotics technology critical infrastructure or a related industry.
• Proven experience managing complex cross-functional programs projects proposals or customer engagements.
• Demonstrated experience developing or supporting government proposals RFIs RFPs RFQs tenders white papers or similar acquisition responses.
• Strong ability to translate complex requirements and diverse stakeholder inputs into clear executable plans and customer-facing deliverables.
• Experience working with government customers military organizations prime contractors resellers or strategic partners.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous rapidly changing environments and drive execution with limited direction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including strong proposal-writing and editing abilities.
• Strong organizational analytical planning and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships across technical business customer and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with defense acquisition government contracting or government program management strongly preferred.
• Experience with robotics autonomous systems unmanned systems defense technology or related technical domains strongly preferred.
• PMP or other recognized program/project management certification is preferred.

EDUCATION

Bachelors degree in business engineering project/program management national security a technical discipline or related field. Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

REQUIREMENTS

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Must be able to pass a standard employment background check.
• Ability to obtain security clearances based on customer and program requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365 and common program-management and collaboration tools.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required for customers partners proposals demonstrations testing delivery and program activities.
• Ability to travel on short notice and for periods ranging from a few days to more than a week.

LOCATION & TRAVEL

Philadelphia PA preferred. Remote or hybrid arrangements may be considered for an exceptional candidate with regular travel to Ghost facilities customers partners and other program locations as required.

Approximately 2540% travel depending on program and business requirements.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive base salary full benefits and a highly motivating equity incentive package. Flexible time-off policy and a collaborative mission-focused environment working at the forefront of autonomous robotic systems.