Principal Program Manager, Engineering Operations

2 hours ago

Westminster, CO, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$135k - $198k/yr

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cross-domain software systems.
Define system architecture, integration strategy, technical direction, system boundaries, interfaces, and dependency management across multiple engineering teams.
Translate ambiguous customer, mission, and business problems into scalable technical solutions.
Lead architecture reviews, trade studies, consequential design decisions, and integration planning.
Identify and mitigate architectural, integration, operational, and delivery risks.
Partner with Product and other leaders to validate customer needs and align delivered capabilities with mission outcomes.
Drive capabilities through concept, integration, validation, operational readiness, and customer adoption.
Apply AI-assisted development and agentic workflows to scale engineering standards, templates, playbooks, governance, and SDLC practices.
Influence engineering organizations through technical credibility and mentor senior technical leaders.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience solving complex software systems problems.
Significant experience architecting and delivering large-scale, software-intensive systems.
Demonstrated success leading major cross-functional or cross-domain technical initiatives.
Deep understanding of modern software architecture and distributed systems.
Experience leading architecture reviews, technical trade studies, and consequential design decisions.
Experience defining system boundaries, interfaces, integration strategies, and validation approaches.
Strong understanding of software development, integration, deployment, and operational readiness.
Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, product leaders, customers, senior leaders, and executives.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and create alignment across multiple teams.
Preferred experience with cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes, distributed data systems, event-driven architectures, AI-assisted software development, agentic engineering workflows, high-availability or mission-critical platforms, complex mission domains, systems-of-systems integration, developer platforms, platform engineering, internal engineering infrastructure, and sovereign, on-premises, disconnected, or hybrid environments.

Competitive total rewards package including a 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
The position is incentive eligible, with the target determined by role scope, contribution, company performance, and/or individual results.
The role is subject to U.S. Person eligibility requirements, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee, and may be subject to U.S. export control laws.
The application window is three days from posting or reposting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.

1,001-5,000 employees