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$130k – $190k per year
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In office (Beavercreek)
Seniority
Senior · 12+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 3, 2026.

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Riverside Research is an independent not-for-profit national security research organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that performs research, prototyping and technical advisory work for US defense and intelligence agencies. Founded in 1967, it works across machine learning, trusted and secure systems, optics and photonics, electromagnetics, plasma physics, radar and radio frequency systems and biomedical engineering, with sites in Dayton and Beavercreek, Ohio, Lexington, Massachusetts, Fairfax, Virginia and Champaign, Illinois. It hires cyber security scientists, cryptography and formal methods researchers, remote sensing and RF engineers, software engineers and program managers.

Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

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

Global Comp

$130,000 - $190,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees. Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
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