{"id":3227554,"url":"https://alion.io/job/firefly-aerospace-senior-program-manager-eclipse","title":"Senior Program Manager, Eclipse","company":{"id":63753,"name":"Firefly Aerospace","domain":"fireflyspace.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/firefly-aerospace-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Briggs, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":94000,"max_usd":177000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":4830},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Power BI","optional":false},{"name":"Smartsheet","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-23","last_verified_at":"2026-10-28T19:21:26Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE\nFirefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.\n\nJob Description\nSUMMARY\nEclipse is the medium-lift launch vehicle Firefly is developing with Northrop Grumman. The first flight vehicle is in build today, followed by rate production, and then a path to reusability. Taking a new launch vehicle from first article into rate production is a rare opportunity in this industry, and this role sits at the center of it.\nFirefly is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead execution on Eclipse. This person owns the integrated master schedule, the daily and weekly cadence, and the program's blocker list, serving as the Senior Director's execution partner and the program's most reliable source of ground truth. The work carries real visibility, reaching the CTO and the customer. The role is built to grow, with responsibility expanding as the program does.\nFirefly also expects this Program Manager to build the tooling the program runs on: schedule and status dashboards, trackers, and automated reporting, with AI applied to the manual work of status consolidation and schedule analysis so that time goes to clearing blockers rather than producing reports.\nThe role is based at Firefly's Briggs, TX test and production site, where the hardware is built and tested. Relocation support is available. Candidates who meet most of the qualifications below are encouraged to apply.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nOwn the Eclipse integrated master schedule and the critical path to first stage delivery.\nRun the execution cadence: daily standups, weekly sprints with must-win deliverables, and task-level tracking down to the manufacturing order.\nClear blockers the day they are raised, and keep the team supplied, informed, and focused.\nSet milestone gate criteria and run the gates.\nManage inter-team and customer dependencies so hand-offs do not fail.\nOwn the tactical risk register and the issues list, and drive both to closure.\nConsolidate Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Test, and Quality into one program status, including spend and burn tracked with Finance.\nReport weekly on progress, velocity, and forecast confidence, and prepare executive and customer status material for the Senior Director.\nGive the Senior Director an honest assessment of readiness, progress, and morale.\nBuild the program's dashboards, trackers, and reporting, applying AI to status consolidation and schedule analysis.\nSupport planning for the production ramp as the program scales.\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent experience\n8+ years in aerospace program management, technical project leadership, or production program roles\n3+ years as a scrum master, agile program manager, or equivalent execution role\nTrack record of delivering complex technical programs on schedule\nAdvanced proficiency with MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar, including critical path method, resource loading, and schedule risk analysis\nCommand of plan mechanics: how schedule and cost move together, baseline change impacts, where float sits, burn against physical progress\nExperience building program tooling, such as dashboards, trackers, or automated reporting\nApplied AI in a program execution context, with sound judgment about its limits\nStrong facilitation and clear communication with technicians, engineers, and executives\nWillingness to provide an honest assessment of program health, including when the news is unwelcome.\nDESIRED\nLaunch vehicle, spacecraft, or comparable complex aerospace development, integration, or test experience\nProduction ramp or rate scaling experience\nEngine or large structures development, qualification, or production\nAgile methods applied to hardware development\nScripting, Power BI, or Smartsheet and Jira automation applied to program reporting\nMentoring or developing program management and scheduling talent\nFirefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.\nTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\nFirefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; 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