Modernization Program Manager

Job Description The Advanced Electronic Warfare Solutions (AEWS) Product Line is seeking a customer-focused Senior Program Manager. This individual will assume leadership of an established, high performing, strategically important team that is heading into a period of growth. The ideal candidate brings strong program management fundamentals, sound business judgment, and the leadership maturity to listen first, influence effectively, and lead through building partnerships.

The Senior Program Manager will work closely with an existing Program Manager who has successfully led the program to date. This individual is a high-performing, high-potential leader with strong program knowledge and customer relationships. The two Program Managers will operate as a team, with the Senior Program Manager providing experience, mentorship, strategic perspective, and leadership while leveraging the existing PM’s program knowledge and relationships.

This is therefore an opportunity for a leader who is confident enough to share leadership, develop talent, and make the team stronger rather than simply taking control.

Key Responsibilities –
- Provide leadership and accountability to a strategically important, complex and large modernization program.
- Establish and maintain a disciplined program management operating rhythm, including integrated planning, risk and opportunity management, performance measurement, financial management, and executive communication.
- Balance competing priorities and make fact-based decisions that protect the program, customer mission, and business objectives.
- Communicate program status, issues, decisions, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership and customers.
- Develop and maintain a high-performing program team built on accountability, trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Mentor and develop the existing Program Manager, providing coaching, perspective, and opportunities to expand their leadership responsibilities.
- Establish a complementary working relationship with the existing PM, leveraging their deep program knowledge and customer relationships while providing additional leadership and strategic depth.
- Create an environment where both Program Managers operate as a unified leadership team with clear roles, mutual respect, and a common objective.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Ability to work fully onsite in a classified program environment and obtain and maintain the required SAP/SAR clearance level.
- Track record of success in planning and executing large, complex programs.
- Ability to understand and communicate with senior management regarding program performance status (cost/schedule/resources/risk) as well as performance to annual financial objectives.
- Demonstrate visible leadership across the program leading by example and driving program performance excellence.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Electronic warfare familiarity

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems, Inc. BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support.

Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.