Risk Manager (Journeyman)

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized "Great Place To Work," delivers engineering solutions across commercial space and national security missions-from innovative new entrants to established space systems organizations.
We bring talented, energetic, and immediately productive professionals to meet critical customer needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management, and strategic planning-helping teams deliver resilient capability to the mission with speed, quality, and focus.

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Risk Manager to drive disciplined risk, issue, and opportunity management across multiple projects. You will develop analyses and mitigation recommendations, monitor cost, schedule, and performance drivers, and facilitate cross-functional alignment to deliver programs on time and within budget.

You will maintain risk plans and roadmaps, track risks, issues, and opportunities to closure, coordinate resolution of baseline disconnects, and produce leadership-ready briefings and artifacts using digital tools and databases.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop, update, and execute risk management plans, roadmaps, and schedules.

• Identify, analyze, and handle risks, issues, and opportunities; communicate status to stakeholders.

• Monitor cost, schedule, and performance drivers; resolve baseline disconnects.

• Facilitate cross-functional discussions and outcome-oriented decisions.

• Leverage digital risk tools; produce briefings and artifacts.

Required Qualifications

• 5 or more years in the space industry (planning, management, contract management, or business operations).

• 5 or more years developing and updating risk plans, roadmaps, and schedules.

• 3 or more years of systems engineering experience.

• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Teams, SharePoint, OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Science, or Business (including Economics or Finance).

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with military space systems.

• DoD acquisitions and DoD 5000.02.

• Defense program risk planning and strong communication.

• PMP; Master's degree in STEM.

Clearance & Additional Requirements

• U.S. Citizen

• Secret Clearance

• On-site expectation: Colorado Springs, CO.

Compensation:

The typical annual salary range for this position is approximately, USD $125,000 - $150,000. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. In addition to salary, this position is also eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus, profit sharing / retirement plan and other benefits (all in addition to annual base salary).

Deliverables could be in the format of a report, software file, briefing, spreadsheet, or other document as directed by the Government, using government approved and/or mandated systems/software and processes governed by guidance/instructions/policy or direction. The nature of this work will, at times, require quick responses to stringent deadlines and always in a high quality, professional manner.