Senior Program Manager
Key details
- Salary
- $190K–$230K/yr
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Product / Program management
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3h ago
Skills
About the role
About the role
As our company grows, we have an emerging need within our Program Management Office for a highly organized and detail-oriented Senior Program Manager. This role will focus on the capture and execution of our external engagements across our global team - from crafting competitive responses, to driving milestone execution and everything in between - this role will help shape the future direction of our cutting-edge quantum technology work.
The Senior Program Manager role will be a key, cross-functional role under the global Program Management Office function within the Operations team. This operationally-driven team transcends administrivia and bureaucracy to “get stuff done.” We lean on automation, data, and innovation to meet our charge of scaling ahead of our growth.
What you'll be doing:
- Identify & shape opportunities: Proactively scout global quantum solicitations and agency roadmaps, assess capability fit, and identify strategic teaming partnerships with aerospace/defense primes and research consortia.
- Lead competitive R&D proposals: Drive end-to-end proposal capture for high-value solicitations and contract vehicles—translating technical concepts into compelling, compliant submissions.
- Deliver post-award milestones: Take operational ownership of active R&D contracts, steering cross-functional engineering and research teams to deliver technical milestones and reports on time.
- Steer program governance & finances: Partner with Finance, Operations, and technical teams to manage project budgets, monitor burn rates, and proactively mitigate delivery risks across the contract lifecycle.
- Drive internal and external stakeholder management: Act as the trusted operational bridge connecting our researchers, software/hardware engineers, finance, and leadership with program managers and contracting authorities across government agencies and prime contractors.
Ideally you'll have:
- A science-focused degree or equivalent industry experience
- Up to 5 years of direct project/program management experience, especially supporting engineering or product development work
- Direct experience responding to external funding opportunities such as grants, proposals, tenders, or other funding announcements
- Strong working knowledge of government procurement frameworks, contract vehicles, and compliance requirements
- Proven internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align multidisciplinary technical teams, executive sponsors, and agency or prime contractor counterparts
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities
- Ability to synthesize complex technical jargon into pithy, compelling proposals and post-award presentations
It would be fantastic if you have these skills/experience but not essential:
- International program management experience
- Formal project management credentials (e.g. PMP)
- Familiarity and interest in quantum technology
Salary
The targeted base salary range for this position is between $190,000 - $230,000 and will ultimately be determined by specific job-related skills, experience, level, location and other contributing factors. Depending on the position offered, this role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, equity and other forms of compensation outside of the targeted base salary range. For more information on benefits at Q-CTRL, please visit our careers page at https://q-ctrl.com/careers.
Should you have any questions related to the compensation package, please speak directly with the Talent Acquisition representative.
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