Senior Acquisition Project and Portfolio Manager

Note: This is a Hybrid position with the ideal candidate residing near one of our office sites in El Segando, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Dayton, OH or Washington DC. MTSI is seeking a dynamic, results-driven Senior Acquisition Project and Portfolio Manager to support the SpaceWERX government program office. This role leads complex SpaceWERX programs by managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and deliverables while coordinating across government, industry, and academic stakeholders. It requires strong systems thinking, expertise in federal acquisition and PPBE, and exceptional data management and reporting skills to deliver decision-ready insights, support senior leaders, and drive process improvement and modernization across the portfolio. How you will contribute to our National Security and Defense mission: As a Senior Acquisition Project and Portfolio Manager with MTSI leading complex SpaceWERX programs that accelerate the development, evaluation, and transition of innovative technologies, this role directly strengthens the nation's security and defense posture. Through rigorous program management, federal acquisition expertise, and highquality data analysis, the manager ensures that critical capabilities are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with mission priorities. Their coordination across government, industry, and academia fosters collaboration that drives technological advancement, while their governance, risk analysis, and modernization efforts support informed decisionmaking for senior leaders. Ultimately, this role enables the Space Force to rapidly adopt cuttingedge solutions that enhance operational readiness and strategic advantage. You'll be a great fit for this role if: - You enjoy working at the forefront of change with military, industry, academia, and investment communities to shape the future of technology in the Space Force. - You excel at program management, data-driven decision-making, process improvement, and solving complex problems in a fast-paced environment. - You have strong attention to detail and are skilled in data management, data entry, data validation, data screening, and ensuring data quality and integrity. - You understand how people, processes, technology, policy, funding, and contracts interact and can apply strong systems-thinking skills to complex challenges. - You have experience with government contracting, federal acquisition, PPBE, budget planning and execution, and requirements development. - You are highly organized and experienced in project documentation, governance, reporting, and executive-level briefings. - You are passionate about continuous improvement, modernization, automation, and delivering measurable mission impact. Responsibilities: Lead and coordinate SpaceWERX program and portfolio activities, including scope, schedule, budget, requirements, resources, risks, and deliverables. Work with government clients, senior leaders, industry, and other stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, expectations, and outcomes. Develop and maintain project schedules, status reports, risk registers, governance materials, decision logs, and other key program documentation. Support budget planning and execution, resource requirements, forecasting, financial tracking, and PPBE activities. Apply knowledge of federal contracting and acquisition processes to support requirements development, acquisition planning, contractor oversight, deliverables, and program execution. Ensure program activitie