
Program Area Director, Space Electronics
Manassas, VAFull-time$173–294K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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BAE Systems seeks a Program Area Director to lead its Space Electronics product and customer portfolio in Manassas, Virginia. Reporting to the Space Systems product line director, the role oversees the program area across capture and program lifecycles, with profit and loss accountability. The director develops growth strategy, addresses program performance, and works with executives and customers to achieve business and program objectives.
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Job Description
For over 20 years, BAE Systems space products have enabled nearly every commercial, civil and national security space missions. Missions such as GPS, weather monitoring, satellite TV and radio, and deep space exploration - including all recent Mars rovers - rely on BAE Systems radiation-hardened electronics. From silicon to systems, our space products are ubiquitous throughout Earth s orbit and beyond.
In support of this mission, our Space Systems product line is seeking a program area director to lead our Space Electronics product and customer portfolio. Based in Manassas, Virginia and reporting to the Space Systems product line director, this leadership opportunity is critical to our success.
Responsibilities of this position include and are not limited to:
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Leading the Space Electronic program area through all phases of the capture and program lifecycle with profit & loss accountability.
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Diagnosing program performance concerns and developing solutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction objectives.
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Developing and executing a strategy to deliver a Space Electronics integrated business and technology growth plan.
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Applying the use of earned value management techniques and other analytical industry best practices to achieve programmatic aims.
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Communicating effectively and working cross-functionally in a matrixed organization to achieve results. As a component, interact frequently with senior-level executives and customers concerning projects, operational decisions, contracts, and strategies.
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Modeling and demonstrating strong leadership in ethics, safety, and security.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
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A bachelor s degree in a business or technical field of study with 12 years of general business or project/program management experience
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Previous leadership and management of cross-functional teams
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A demonstrated history of developing creative solutions to highly complex project/program management challenges
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Financial management experience and expertise and a history of executing to revenue and profit targets
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Direct customer relationship management experience with U.S. Department of War customers
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
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Master's degree in a business or technical field of study
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Direct engineering or program management experience within the space domain to include exposure to radiation-hardened single board computers
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Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or DAWIA Level 11/111
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Hands-on experience leading production programs as program manager/director
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $173023 - $294137
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
Program Area Director, Space Electronics
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,042 open Program Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$173–294K/yr
- Virginia median$161–242K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$135–185K/yr651 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $234K, is 12% above the Virginia median midpoint ($209K) — in the top quarter of Program Director salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 31 open Program Director jobs in Virginia and 1,042 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Program Director postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 733 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 513 of the 1,042 open Program Director jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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