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🥝 Senior Program Manager

Actalent | Poway, United States | Posted June 24, 2026

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Job Description
The Senior Program Manager leads complex aerospace and defense programs from proposal through successful execution. This role serves as a key interface between customers, program teams, engineering, and operations, ensuring that schedules, budgets, deliverables, and customer communications are consistently aligned. The position is highly visible and hands-on, requiring regular engagement in both production and engineering environments. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, small-company setting where employees wear multiple hats and no two days are the same.
Responsibilities

+ Manage 1–2 aerospace and defense programs from proposal through execution, ensuring all contractual and technical requirements are met.

+ Lead customer communications, including organizing and conducting weekly status meetings and providing clear, timely updates on program progress.

+ Coordinate detailed project schedules...

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