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Program Manager & Operations Lead

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At a Glance

Location
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Experience
7+ years
Compensation
ation Full-Time Salary Range: $140,000 - $193,000 The salary range listed is ba
Posted
2026-04-07T10:25:18-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Marketing

Requirements

Managing / coordinating projects where software is a key component

Government reporting requirements and contract management

Budget management, financial tracking and forecasting, risk management

Proposal leadership and development and contributing to marketing efforts

Compensation & Benefits

Full-Time Salary Range: $140,000 - $193,000

The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors, such as but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills/critical skills, security clearances, and prevailing market and business conditions.

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at

www.str.us

Responsibilities

As a Program Manager you will coordinate the execution of software development efforts across multiple teams where you will be responsible for planning, scheduling, budgeting, and reporting for complex software development projects targeting real-time RF sensor systems.

You will work closely with Principal Investigators, Chief Engineers, and technical staff to ensure successful delivery of capabilities to sponsors.

As the Operations Lead you will coordinate, organize, and oversee execution of support activities across the full portfolio on programs within the RAID Group.  This will include assisting with financial planning and metrics tracking, staff allocation, security and IT support coordination and other cross-organization collaboration.

Coordinate software development projects across multiple programs within the RAID portfolio

Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules and track program execution

Prepare technical reports, status briefings, and deliverables for sponsors and internal reviews

Team

The Real-time Architectures, Integration, and Demonstration (RAID) Group focuses on transition of algorithms from concept to real-time software, providing open architecture expertise, and facilitating integration of capabilities for experimentation, test, and deployment.