NSMS Program Operations Manager

This position serves as the operations liaison between program leadership, Strategic Make Centers, and manufacturing sites supporting a technically complex defense system. The manager establishes production priorities, resolves cross-program conflicts, supports proposals and gate reviews, and ensures factory activities align with program commitments. Responsibilities include ownership of operations budgets and estimates, cost and schedule performance, security planning, and preparation of management status reviews. The role is highly collaborative and requires frequent engagement with factory teams, program managers, senior leaders, and customers in an onsite Tucson environment. It suits an experienced manufacturing or defense-program leader who can influence matrixed organizations, manage complex production challenges, and work with classified programs.