Castelion is bringing a new approach to defense development and production: one that focuses on short, iterative design cycles, rapid testing in development, and modern commercial manufacturing strategies for production at scale. We're designing, building, and testing next generation long range strike weapons systems to give America and its Allies a definitive edge and deter future conflicts.
Director of Government Programs
Castelion is seeking a resourceful, flexible, and relentless program management leader to serve as the company's primary customer interface for current and future Castelion customer programs. This person will drive the company's management of and execution against contract deliverables, partnering closely with engineering to ensure hardware deliverables meet and exceed customer expectations. A successful candidate will have demonstrated significant experience working with internal engineering teams and DoD customers and making necessary program and technical trades to ensure mission success.
Responsibilities
Customer Program Management. Serve as primary customer point of contact for existing and future contracted program efforts, with responsibility for the successful execution of such efforts. Responsibilities include building and managing internal and external program schedules and deliverables, with buy in from both customer and Castelion engineering management, and marshaling internal engineering resources to ensure successful execution of contracted efforts.
Operational Regulatory. Work with Company leadership to establish relationships with key regulators and drive positive outcomes on long-lead regulatory hurdles including FAA, FCC, and environmental permitting for future flight test activities.
Product Development. With Sales, advise Castelion product development teams on future customer requirements to ensure future offerings meet the desired future capabilities of existing and future customers.
Qualifications
Technical Program Management Experience. 5+ years of technical program management experience, preferably the in aerospace and defense sector. Extremely diligent and detail oriented with a demonstrated ability to interface with internal and external stakeholders to achieve a mutually desired outcome.
Communication Skills. Candidate must have demonstrated conflict resolution and negotiation skills and direct experience negotiating technical deliverables. Candidate must demonstrate an ability to manage the independent preparation for Customer reviews and other key program meetings.
Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving. Proven track record of taking initiative, anticipating problems, and rapidly developing solutions when issues arrive.
High Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion for Castelion's mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to the company's technical goals and prevent hardware blockers.
Security Clearance. Ability to obtain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance is preferred and may be required to work on future sensitive Castelion programs.
All employees are granted long-term stock incentives as part of their employment as Castelion. All employees receive access to comprehensive medial, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers three weeks of paid time off per year.
ITAR Requirements:
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Employment with Castelion is governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.