Program Manager

Bring teams together around a shared mission. As a Program Manager at Varada Defense, you'll guide related software, infrastructure, and systems integration projects toward a common customer goal. You'll work with customers and project leads to set priorities, plan how the work fits together, and agree on what successful delivery looks like.

When a software release depends on an infrastructure upgrade, you'll bring the teams together to work out the timing. When priorities change, you'll help the customer weigh the options and give each team clear direction on what comes next.

Apply to be considered for future Program Manager opportunities with our team.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer objectives into a program roadmap with shared milestones and measures of success.
• Coordinate schedules and dependencies across projects so teams can plan integration, testing, and delivery together.
• Forecast spending and staffing needs with project leads and resolve competing demands for resources.
• Track risks across the program and recommend adjustments when changes to one project affect another.
• Lead customer and leadership reviews to discuss progress, resolve issues, and agree on next steps.
• Coordinate customer acceptance and the handoff to the teams that will operate and sustain the delivered systems.

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading technical programs or coordinating multiple related software, infrastructure, or systems integration projects.
• Experience building integrated schedules and managing dependencies across project teams.
• Experience forecasting budgets and staffing needs and setting priorities across projects.
• Ability to assess program risks, explain tradeoffs, and recommend a course of action when scope, cost, or schedules change.
• Experience leading customer reviews and briefing leadership on program performance and decisions that need attention.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing federal or defense programs, including tracking contract deliverables and coordinating customer acceptance.
• Experience coordinating delivery across government customers, internal teams, and subcontractors or other partners.
• Familiarity with scheduling and reporting tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, or comparable tools.
• Experience working with teams that use Agile or hybrid delivery methods.
• Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or an equivalent credential.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid employee premiums for base health plans.
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 4% of salary and full vesting from day one.
• 160+ hours of annual PTO and 11 paid holidays.
• Company-paid LinkedIn Learning and up to $1,500 annually for training and certification reimbursement.

About Varada Defense

Varada Defense delivers mission platforms that make existing systems interoperable, automate infrastructure deployment, continuously modernize software, and turn operational data into decision advantage. Our team brings together veterans, operators, engineers, and strategists to advance U.S. and allied missions from enterprise to tactical edge.

Additional Information

Location, work arrangement, travel, and security clearance requirements will vary by opportunity and will be communicated when a specific position is discussed.

Submit your resume to be considered for future Program Manager opportunities.

Varada Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.