The posting, in Saronic's own words
archived Oct 26, 2026Saronic Technologies is a leader in revolutionizing autonomy at sea, dedicated to developing state-of-the-art solutions that enhance maritime operations through autonomous and intelligent platforms.
Job Overview
Saronic Technologies is seeking a Deputy Program Manager (DPM) to own the execution and delivery of Marauder, our 180-foot Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) produced at our Franklin, LA shipyard. This is a flagship large-scale production program, and the Program Manager is accountable for its cost, schedule, scope, and customer outcomes from contract award through delivery and sustainment. Marauder is built at production scale and fielded across a wide and evolving range of complex missions. The DPM must pair deep expertise in large-scale shipbuilding and rate production with an instinct for modular kits, payloads, and mission-package integration—understanding how a common hull is configured, re-configured, and sustained to meet diverse customer needs. This role owns the balance between production throughput and mission flexibility. The DPM serves as a customer-facing stakeholder of the program, partnering closely with the internal Saronic growth, engineering, production and quality teams. The right candidate brings the customer fluency to manage government stakeholders and contracts, the technical acumen to make technical decisions aligned to the customer needs and contract requirements, and the programmatic discipline to deliver a large, complex platform at scale.
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Responsibilities
Program Ownership & Delivery Support daily drumbeat and execution of a commercial and/or Government Shipbuilding program, holding responsibility for cost, schedule, scope, and quality from award through delivery and sustainment. Serve as a driver and steward of the customer contract, deliverables, milestones, CDRLs, and contractual obligations. Execute the integrated program plan, aligning productions scheduled, engineering milestones, and integration timelines to customer commitments. Drive risk and opportunity management across the program, escalating and resolving issues that threaten cost, schedule, or performance. Support reporting and internal briefing of program health, forecasts, and decisions to Saronic leadership and customer stakeholders. Large-Scale Production Interface Partner with the Franklin and/or Port Alpha production team to plan and execute rate production large Ships (autonomous or manned), from long-lead procurement through hull construction, outfitting, and delivery. Monitor build sequencing, work breakdown, and production milestones to protect throughput while meeting quality and acceptance criteria. Monitor and mitigate production risks—supply chain, labor, tooling, and facility constraints—unique to large-vessel shipbuilding. Coordinate with Quality and Production to ensure build configurations and acceptance events meet customer and contractual standards. Kit & Mission Package Integration Execute the configuration strategy for the ship class across a variety of mission packages, kits, and payloads on a common production hull. Partner with Mission Package Integration Managers to plan integration of bespoke and commercial-off-the-shelf kits into the production and delivery flow. Balance production standardization against mission-driven variance, protecting throughput while enabling flexibility. Ensure integration timelines, dependencies, and configuration baselines are reflected in the master program plan. Capture mission-package lessons learned and feed them back into production and product roadmaps. Customer & Stakeholder Engagement Serve as a point of contact for customers, managing expectations, requirements, and relationships across the program lifecycle. Elicit and clarify evolving mission needs, translating them into actionable program and technical direction. Lead program reviews, delivery events, and technical exchanges with government stakeholders, operators, and evaluators. Deliver clear, concise program updates and after-action reporting to leadership and customer audiences. Cross-Functional Leadership Support and synchronize a cross-functional program team spanning Production, Engineering, Software, Mission Services, and Forward Deployed Engineering. Partner with cross functional and technical partners to align technical execution with programmatic commitments. Synthesize tradeoff decisions across capability, schedule, cost, and risk. Execute disciplined configuration management across vessels, kits, payloads, and software versions