Ready to launch your career? RGNext operates, maintains, and sustains mission-critical systems to provide safe and effective launch, testing, and tracking of Department of Defense, civil, commercial and international space lift vehicles. We support ballistic missile, guided weapon and aeronautical tests and evaluations as well as support space situational awareness operations and experiments to defend the United States to ensure our nation's safety.
Our employees serve on the forefront of global defense and space operations. We offer our team of experienced, professional employees an environment of challenging, stimulating and personally and professionally rewarding career opportunities.
This position is located at the RTS Operations Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Essential Functions
- Prepares and defines the project scope of work, detailed schedules, budgets, objectives, and deliverables for projects involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Documents the baseline for projects, decomposes complex work activities into manageable components.
- Identifies project resource requirements and coordinates directly and indirectly with project staff to ensure successful completion of the project; organizes project team members to ensure communication and understanding of scope, timeliness, assignments, and objectives; participates in work as applicable.
- Manages costs, schedules, and quality by overseeing project deliverables.
- Performs on-going review of project status; identifies possible project risks; recommends and implements risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.
- Manages project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary; notifies management team early of potential technical, schedule, and budget overages or shortfalls.
- Interfaces with project staff and stakeholders to manage changes to the project, which may involve changes to technical requirements, scope, cost, and schedule.
- Assists with the detailed reviews of Request of Proposals (RFP); assists and/or leads a team to develop technical elements, scheduling and price estimates.
- Provides weekly, monthly, and quarterly status reporting on project performance using best practices both internally and externally.
- Assists with the development and support of local project management group processes, procedures, and best practices.
- Works with Quality Lead and other RETS Managers and Supervisors located in CONUS and/or Kwajalein to support quality audits and compliance.
- Assist the Configuration and Data Management Branch in Range Technical Baseline management.
- Mentors other project managers on best practices within the Project Operations Group (POG) and leads Community of Practice.
- Creates and leads new and/or modified POG processes and provides solutions to complex issues within the organizational.
- Challenges organizational processes that do not contribute to value delivery and illustrates better process alternatives.
- Actively participates in and contributes to the continuous improvement and evolution of processes, methodologies, and tools within the organization.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to motivate and deliver results.
- Self-starter I Team leader I Mentor I Coach.
- Flexible and adaptable to different environments.
- Ability to work collaboratively and influence key stakeholders.
- High Level of Proficiency of all Microsoft Office Applications.
- Interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with team members and customers.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and change.
- Capable of working in an engineering team environment, participating in technical activities throughout the development life cycle of the project.
Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in project or program management.
- Experience working with project management methodology including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, project management software and finance and accounting concepts and practices.
- Experience working with techniques and approaches related to architecture, development, integration, and deployment of project phases.
- Experience working with in a Department of Defense contract or with Federal Acquisition Regulations.
- Prior experience with the Reagan Test Site highly desired.
- Experience with quality auditing, quality management and executing ISO 9001 or AS9100 standards desired.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
- The flexibility to work occasional non-duty hours or on weekends to support specific mission or project requirements.
Benefits of Working at RGNext
RGNext offers our team of experienced, professional employees an environment of challenging, stimulating and personally and professionally rewarding career opportunities and growth. Employees enjoy a robust benefit package on day one, which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurances, generous Paid Time Off and holiday pay, a retirement savings plan with a company match and vesting on day one! We are committed to providing employees a quality work/life balance in a productive, evolving environment.
Note: This job description describes the general nature of the duties and requirements of the job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list or to limit the supervisor's ability to modify work assignments as appropriate. RGNext is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class.
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RGNext
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Jan 21, 2026