Project Manager

The future of aerospace and defense starts here. 

Ursa Major was founded to revolutionize how America and its allies access and apply high-performance propulsion, from hypersonics to solid rocket motors, satellite maneuvering and launch. We design and deliver propulsion and defense systems that solve the most urgent and critical national security demands. 

The Senior Project Manager is an operational leader who drives internal project scope, schedules, resource allocation, and execution to ensure business and strategic success. The Senior Project Manager owns on-time delivery of key internal milestones, excels as an interdepartmental technical liaison, and brings together complex technical, operational, and cross-functional inputs to align team execution with organizational priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Drives internal project progress, from initiation, scope definition, and planning through execution, integration, and project closure
• Manages internal stakeholder relationships, ensuring alignment across engineering, operations, and leadership teams
• Defines project objectives, success metrics, and aligns necessary cross-functional resources required to execute successfully
• Responsible for project budget, timeline, and Key Results (KRs); regularly monitors and reports on project health, including preparing and presenting operational Project Reviews to internal leadership
• Owns the baseline project schedule, continuously coordinating cross-departmental inputs and managing change control as priorities evolve
• Identifies, tracks, and evaluates technical and operational risks and opportunities, driving mitigation plans and optimizing workflows
• Identifies process improvements, resource efficiencies, and technical opportunities to strengthen company capability and execution speed
• Drives technical and operational objectives while holding teams accountable to project milestones and deliverables
• Serves as the primary internal point of contact (POC) for cross-functional initiatives, coordinating team deliverables, action items, and regular syncs
• Collaborates with technical lead engineers and subject matter experts to write, review, and deliver internal technical documentation and reports
• Supports resource planning, capital expenditure requests, and trade studies with technical cost and schedule estimation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical field (e.g., Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering)
•  in technical project management, engineering project leadership, or internal initiative delivery