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Senior Program/Product Manager, Space Force

McLean, VA ; Colorado Springs, CO · Senior · Contract

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About the role

This is not a steady-state program management role.
This role carries meaningful portfolio-level responsibility.
You will serve as a senior presence within Raft's broader Space Force practice, contributing to opportunity identification, customer engagement, and strategic initiatives that span the portfolio.

Responsibilities

Serve as Raft's primary relationship owner with program stakeholders, building the customer intimacy and trust that sustains the program and opens the door to expanded scope and follow-on work.
Drive program growth actively, identifying opportunities to expand the platform's reach to additional mission partners and tenants, and working with Raft's executive and leadership teams to shape and close that work.
Lead and coordinate a cross-functional delivery team operating in an Agile/DevOps model, ensuring the team is executing with quality and velocity against customer requirements and contractual commitments.
Translate mission requirements into actionable product and delivery direction for engineering teams, applying your understanding of the operational context to keep the team building the right things.
Develop and maintain program artifacts and executive communications for both internal Raft leadership and government customer audiences, including status reports, roadmaps, risk registers, and briefings.
Maintain an active understanding of the technology and acquisition landscape, including funding cycles, key program offices, and emerging mission requirements that create opportunity for Raft's products.
You are walking into an active program with significant growth potential and the expectation that you will drive it, expanding both the scope of work and the number of mission partners on the platform.
Your ability to build trusted relationships within the Space Force community, understand the acquisition environment, and position Raft's capabilities compellingly will be as important as your program execution skills.
If you have lived and breathed Space Force programs, know how DevOps delivery works inside DoW environments, and want to build something rather than just manage it, this role was designed for you.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in program, project, or product management with a demonstrated track record of delivering complex software programs in DoD or national security environments.
Strong working knowledge of DevOps principles and practices in a DoD software delivery context.
You are not just managing what exists
you are actively identifying and pursuing expansion opportunities within and beyond the current contract.
Experience navigating Space Force or broader DoD acquisition pathways, including OTA, GWAC/IDIQ vehicles, and the transition from prototype to production.
STEM degree or equivalent technical acumen.
All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Nice to have

Prior service as a Space Force Guardian or in a Space-coded Air Force billet with direct exposure to Space Force acquisition programs and program offices.
Hands-on familiarity with Space Force program offices, SpaceWERX, Space Systems Command (SSC), or Space Operations Command (SpOC), and the credibility to walk into those environments and be taken seriously.
Experience with [R]AP or equivalent DoW application platform and DevSecOps environment, including Kubernetes-based infrastructure, container deployment, and platform-as-a-service delivery models.
Track record of driving contract renewals, scope expansions, or follow-on awards through a combination of delivery excellence and proactive customer engagement.

Benefits

delivery health, customer relationships, contract performance, and growth.
Own the full health of the program: delivery execution, customer satisfaction, risk management, contract performance, and milestone accountability from day one.

Company info

Raft ( https://TeamRaft.com ) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions.
We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development.
With headquarters in McLean, VA, our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem.
We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.
What we are looking for:
Experience navigating Space Force or broader DoD acquisition pathways, including OTA, GWAC/IDIQ vehicles, and the transition from prototype to production. You know how customers find a path to award and how to help them get there.

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