Deputy Program Manager - Aerospace & Engineering Services
Metis Technology Solutions, Inc
Moffett Field, CAFull-time$170–240K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Metis Technology Solutions seeks a Deputy Program Manager to support complex technical and engineering services programs for aerospace and government customers. The role assists the Program Manager with daily operations, contract performance, personnel and resource management, and customer relationships. The Deputy Program Manager helps achieve cost, schedule, quality, and performance objectives while supporting continuous improvement, workforce development, and customer satisfaction.
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Full Time
Professional
Moffett Field, CA, US
Requisition ID: 1587
Salary Range: $170,000.00 To $240,000.00 Annually
Position Summary
Metis Technology Solutions, Inc. is seeking a qualified Deputy Program Manager to support the planning, coordination, and execution of complex technical and engineering services programs supporting aerospace and government customers. The successful candidate will assist the Program Manager in overseeing day-to-day program operations, ensuring contract performance, managing personnel, subcontractors, vendors, and resources, and maintaining strong customer relationships.
This individual will help ensure program objectives are achieved within established cost, schedule, quality, and performance requirements while supporting continuous improvement, workforce development, and customer satisfaction.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
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At least 8 years of relevant professional experience supporting aerospace, engineering, research and development, or systems engineering contracts.
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At least 3 years of experience in program management, deputy program management, project management, or a comparable leadership role.
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Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary technical teams and managing competing priorities.
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Experience supporting government contracts, including an understanding of contract requirements, deliverables, schedules, and performance expectations.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing program documentation and briefing senior stakeholders.
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Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve operational issues, manage risk, and support effective decision-making.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience supporting NASA, other civil space agencies, or Department of Defense customers.
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Experience managing engineering, technical, scientific, modeling and simulation, or research and development support services.
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Experience managing multiple IDIQ task orders.
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Familiarity with federal contracting, including cost-reimbursement, fixed-price, and hybrid contract vehicles.
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Experience with staffing forecasts, program financial reporting, subcontractor coordination, and performance metrics.
Core Competencies
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Program leadership and operational execution
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Customer relationship management
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Workforce planning and team coordination
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Financial and schedule awareness; experience with Costpoint preferred, but not required
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Risk identification and mitigation
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Written and verbal communication
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Problem-solving and decision-making
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Accountability, adaptability, and attention to detail
Position Expectations
The Deputy Program Manager will work closely with the Program Manager and company leadership to ensure effective program execution, consistent customer engagement, and compliance with contractual requirements. The individual must be comfortable operating in a dynamic technical environment, balancing customer priorities with workforce and business needs, and providing responsive leadership across program functions.
Position is contingent upon customer funding. Remote work is not authorized.
Must be a U.S. Citizen
EEOE including vets and disability
How this job compares
Set against the 11,238 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$170–240K/yr
- California median$146–220K/yr1,116 salary ranges
- US median$126–204K/yr8,284 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $205K, is 10% above the California median midpoint ($187K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,388 open Program Management jobs in California and 11,238 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (9,676 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,391 of the 11,238 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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