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# Senior Technical Program Manager

- **Company:** Ionq, Inc.
- **Location:** Louisville, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,887.0 - $181,949.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Confluence, JIRA, Collaborative Software, Project Management Software, Microsoft Project, Scrum Methodology, Smartsheet
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=119b9bca597d517b

## About the Role

* Experience leading technology projects through full program lifecycle including planning, execution, project closure, stakeholder management and issue/dependency management
 * Experience developing and maintaining a comprehensive project portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology projects, and tracking and maintaining schedules and status across multiple development projects
 * Ability to prioritize projects and programs based on strategic importance, resource availability and business impact
 * Experience managing complex budgets including labor forecasts, actuals, material, and subcontractors
 * Mentor and knowledge share with project resources ensuring accountability for project deliverables
 * Strong, clear and concise documentation and communication skills with broad range of technical/non-technical resources, internal/external audiences, and all levels of the organization
 * Ability to translate technical requirements into work delivery plans.
 * Strong Problem-solving and proven data driving-decision making abilities, proactively identifying critical-path actions, risks, and opportunities to accelerate progress
 * Experience with varying project management methodologies (ie. Waterfall, agile, scrum)
 * Proven self-starter with experience in a fast-paced, nimble environment, * 5+ years of program or project management experience
 * Bachelor's degree or higher education in engineering, science, or a related technical field. Business degree acceptable with aerospace experience
 * Proficiency in project management software tools and collaboration platforms such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, and Confluence
 * Proven ability to manage technical development and/or R&D scope
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 * To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Capella Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.

## Description

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to help manage, plan, and deliver on exciting projects. You will oversee cross-functional teams, create and manage project schedules, budgets, risks/opportunities, and ensure alignment with technical and strategic goals. Ongoing efforts span from component level upgrades to component design and integration with NextGen into Capella's current and next generation spacecraft design. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated, collaborative, and supportive team to achieve novel on-orbit capabilities. This role will directly contribute to large scale and high impact efforts within the company.


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