chaosindustries · El Segundo, California, United States · Los Angeles, California, United States
<p>CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. </p> <p>CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. For more information, please visit <a href="https://www.chaosinc.com">www.chaosinc.com</a>.</p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Role Overview:</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">CHAOS is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Program Manager to lead the successful delivery of our long range missile program. This role is critical to aligning cross-functional teams, meeting customer requirements, and ensuring on-time delivery within budget, from development through flight test and production transition. The Program Manager will collaborate closely with Business Development (BD), Growth, Engineering, Manufacturing and Mission Delivery teams to oversee program execution, manage budgets, and ensure all technical and contractual objectives are met.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Responsibilities:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":160,"335559739":80}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Program Lifecycle Ownership</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead the full program lifecycle to ensure that cost, schedule, and performance goals are met</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Provide oversight of all technical and operational functions, planning, organization, and control of resources to complete all contract deliverables and services</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Plan and direct execution of the contractual, technical, multi-disciplinary engineering, test, and administrative support effort</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Plan and track program milestones, including design reviews, test events, and flight test campaigns, and report progress through regularly scheduled briefings to leadership</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Working with technical delivery leads, manage acquisition and employment of program resources</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Ensure sufficient qualified staffing to achieve timely and successful completion of the efforts described in the contract statement of work (SOW)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Cross-Functional Collaboration</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate efforts across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, test, operations, and Growth for integrated execution of the program</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead and coordinate efforts to resolve program-related challenges and blockers</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Customer Engagement</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Serve as the primary POC to the customer's COTR/Tech POC for contract, cost, schedule, and performance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate all program management reviews with the customer to discuss contract performance, special topics of interest, and issue resolutions</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate with the technical delivery team on drafting and finalization of status reports, final reports, and other contract deliverable documentation as required by contract</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Budget & Resource Management</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Manage program budget and resource allocation to meet program requirements efficiently</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Support financial controls and administrative aspects of the program</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Change Management</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":60}"> </span> <ul> <li>