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About the Role

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Program Manager to own the execution and delivery of major shipbuilding programs. The PM will manage large-scale production and is accountable for cost, schedule, scope, and customer outcomes from contract award through delivery and sustainment. This role owns the balance between production throughput and mission flexibility.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end execution of a commercial and/or Government Shipbuilding program, holding accountability for cost, schedule, scope, and quality from award through delivery and sustainment.
Serve as a leader and owner of the customer contract, deliverables, milestones, CDRLs, and contractual obligations.
Build and maintain the integrated program plan, aligning productions scheduled, engineering milestones, and integration timelines to customer commitments.
Drive risk and opportunity management across the program, escalating and resolving issues that threaten cost, schedule, or performance.
Report program health, forecasts, and decisions to Saronic leadership and customer stakeholders.
Partner with the Franklin and/or Port Alpha production team to plan and execute rate production large Ships (autonomous or manned), from long-lead procurement through hull construction, outfitting, and delivery.
Monitor build sequencing, work breakdown, and production milestones to protect throughput while meeting quality and acceptance criteria.
Monitor and mitigate production risks—supply chain, labor, tooling, and facility constraints—unique to large-vessel shipbuilding.
Coordinate with Quality and Production to ensure build configurations and acceptance events meet customer and contractual standards.
Own the configuration strategy for the ship class across a variety of mission packages, kits, and payloads on a common production hull.
Partner with Mission Package Integration Managers to plan integration of bespoke and commercial-off-the-shelf kits into the production and delivery flow.
Balance production standardization against mission-driven variance, protecting throughput while enabling flexibility.
Ensure integration timelines, dependencies, and configuration baselines are reflected in the master program plan.
Capture mission-package lessons learned and feed them back into production and product roadmaps.
Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, managing expectations, requirements, and relationships across the program lifecycle.
Elicit and clarify evolving mission needs, translating them into actionable program and technical direction.
Lead program reviews, delivery events, and technical exchanges with government stakeholders, operators, and evaluators.
Deliver clear, concise program updates and after-action reporting to leadership and customer audiences.
Direct and synchronize a cross-functional program team spanning Production, Engineering, Software, Mission Services, and Forward Deployed Engineering.
Partner with Technical Program Managers to align technical execution with programmatic commitments.
Make and defend tradeoff decisions across capability, schedule, cost, and risk.
Drive disciplined configuration management across vessels, kits, payloads, and software versions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Naval Architecture, or a related technical field.
9+ years of experience in program management of large-scale production, shipbuilding, or complex defense development programs.
Program Management experience of Unmanned Surface Vessels highly desirable.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interface confidently with technical and non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated ownership of cost, schedule, and scope on programs of significant size and complexity.
Experience managing production at rate, including supply chain, build sequencing, and delivery of large or complex hardware systems highly desirable.
Proven ability to manage government or defense customers, contracts, and deliverables.
Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
Secret security clearance eligibility required, active preferred.
Requires access to export-controlled information or items that require “U.S. Person” status.

Skills

Large-scale shipbuilding
Rate production
Modular kits
Payloads
Mission-package integration
Customer fluency
Technical decision-making
Programmatic discipline
Risk and opportunity management
Configuration management

Location

Franklin, LA
Port Alpha in Brownsville, TX

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

9+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree

Benefits

Medical Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance plans covering a range of services (Saronic pays 100% of the premium for employees and 80% for dependents)
Dental and Vision Insurance: Coverage for routine dental check-ups, orthodontics, and vision care (Saronic pays 100% of the premium under the basic plan for employees and 80% for dependents)
Time Off: Generous PTO and Holidays
Parental Leave: Paid maternity and paternity leave
Competitive Salary: Industry-standard salaries with opportunities for performance-based bonuses
Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with company match
Stock Options: Equity options
Life and Disability Insurance: Basic life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
Pet Insurance: Discounted pet insurance options including 24/7 Telehealth helpline
Additional Perks: Free lunch benefit and unlimited free drinks and snacks in the office

About the Company

Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.

Equal Opportunity

Saronic does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.