Program Manager
Posted 9 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Program Manager Aircraft Integrations”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsProject Management Professional
Field of studyAviation Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, Project Management (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
Company Overview
Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Position Summary
In this role, you will lead and integrate ISR aircraft modification and capability delivery programs across multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders. You will provide program-level leadership to Integration Project Managers, ensuring aligned execution across cost, schedule, and technical performance while maintaining a clear focus on operational effect. You will be successful if you can translate ISR mission needs into executable programs, drive disciplined delivery across a portfolio of aircraft integrations, and consistently deliver capability to customers on time, quality, and budget.
What You'll Do
- Lead and manage ISR aircraft modification and integration programs across multiple concurrent projects.
- Directly oversee and mentor Integration Project Managers, ensuring consistent standards and delivery outcomes.
- Own program-level cost, schedule, and performance, including forecasting, reporting, and risk management.
- Translate customer ISR mission requirements into executable program plans.
- Coordinate across engineering, production, certification, and operations.