Manager Programs 1
Rocket Center, WVJob$115–172K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Program Managers lead company programs or subsystems through all phases of the program life cycle, from proposal development and startup through execution and contract closeout. They manage cost, schedule, and technical performance. The role requires a bachelor's degree and five years of related experience, or a master's degree and three years of related experience, along with five years leading task performance. U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must be able to obtain a DoD security clearance.
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Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems Basic Qualifications: Bachelors degree and 5 years of related experience OR a Masters degree and 3 years of related experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries 5 years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either a project lead, integrated program team lead or cost account manager Basic competency in Project Management skills and toolsets Competent in Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook) Must be able to obtain a DoD security clearance. (US Citizenship is a requirement) Preferred Qualifications: A degree in a science, engineering, or a business program Experience in the aerospace/defense industry or within the Department of Defense or NASA PMP certification Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, Agile methodologies Active Security Clearance Primary Level Salary Range: $114,900.00 - $172,300.00
How this job compares
Set against the 11,038 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–172K/yr
- West Virginia median$115–210K/yr61 salary ranges
- US median$120–201K/yr8,664 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $144K, is 8% below the West Virginia median midpoint ($156K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in West Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 67 open Program Manager jobs in West Virginia and 11,038 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (9,519 postings).
- Education
- 4,361 of the 11,038 open Program Manager jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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