Manager Strategy & Operations Jobs in Denver, CO

Location: We prioritize candidates who reside in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, and Brooklyn, NY areas, (hybrid as needed)but we are open to exceptional remote talent.

Department: Strategy

Simplesense keeps military installations mission-ready. The infrastructure their operations depend on - power, water, fuel, facilities, security, and communications - runs continuously, often under strain. When it fails without warning, mission readiness is at risk, and the people who run these installations need to see what's happening in time to act. That's the foundation of Continuous Mission Assurance.

We securely integrate Operational Technology and Control Systems (OT/CS) from the building edge to the cloud, applying Zero Trust principles to protect critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats. By unlocking previously siloed data, we put timely awareness in front of the decision-makers who need it. As prime on the Air Force's Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control (IROC) program, we hold a continuous Authority to Operate (ATO) and have proven the capability at scale at Tyndall Air Force Base. That work is now expanding across the Air Force, Space Force, and Army.

Our team pairs over a century of boots-on-the-ground mission experience with deep technical expertise across DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. We engineer resilient infrastructure - the software, integration, and operational backbone behind it - for the operators who depend on it in the field. Persistent resilience, built for the mission.

As the Technical Program Manager: Strategy you will play a critical role in executing both sides of our Installation Resilience Platform strategy: go-to-market and internal clarity on complex platform initiatives. You will establish and track to completion cross-functional opportunities, funded proposals and R&D; matrixed within the Strategy Team (including Product and Sales) and partnering with the Engineering, Security, and User Success Teams you will ensure our company is poised to deliver a platform that remains resilient, secure, and ready for the mission.

Work Model: We prioritize candidates who reside in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, and Brooklyn, NY areas, (hybrid as needed) but we are open to exceptional remote talent.

• Locals: Onsite as needed for collaborative workspace time.
• Remote: Quarterly travel to hub locations for team syncs and alignment.

We measure performance across two key dimensions: How you perform your role (Our Core Values) and What your role entails (Your Execution).

At Simplesense, we value high-trust autonomy. We look for builders who can comfortably navigate ambiguity and are deeply driven by our shared national security mission.

• People Always - Win as One Team: We foster a culture of psychological safety and mutual support. We operate as an integrated team where we assume noble intent as our default setting, ensuring that even the toughest feedback is rooted in trust. We trade our silos for a shared mission because collective impact always outweighs individual achievement.
• Empathize - Obsess Over the Customer: We don't just solve technical problems; we empathize and advocate for the operators using our products. We look beyond the surface to build what our customers-both internal and external-actually need to succeed, not just what they asked for.
• Focus - Ruthlessly Prioritize with Urgency: We focus on the highest-impact work and ruthlessly say no to distractions. We build resilient systems so that our solutions can repeat and scale under pressure.
• Let's Go - Catalyze the Change You Seek: We don't wait for the industry to change; we drive it. We seek to understand why things are the way they are, but we never use "the way it's always been" as an excuse. We aren't afraid to change course when the data or our mission demands it.

• Clearly distill strategic requirements into actionable initiatives and plans 
• Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define scope
• Draft initiatives and proposals given a technical outline
• Support execution of any sales motion
• Track underway projects to completion 
• Identify and manage risk for projects and initiatives across a portfolio
• Work with the Staff Technical Program Manager on continuous improvement
• Orchestrate program-level ceremonies for cross-team dependency resolution
• Provide weekly sales pipeline forecast and customer relationship tracking updates
• Represent the company, as required, to customers, partners, and contractors

• Experience: 5+ years with demonstrated success in managing project and proposal delivery
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Agile methodologies and demonstrated use of
• Project Management Tools: Jira, Asana, MS Project, etc.
• Project Communications Tools: Slack, MS TEAMS, etc.
• Project Documentation Tools: Confluence, Google Workspace, etc.  
• Domain Knowledge: Extensive experience managing multiple concurrent interrelated projects, preferably within a scaling go-to-market environment.
• Travel: You will be required to travel up to 8 times per year for site visits, current or future customer engagements and/or company meetings.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance.

• Strongly prefer candidates residing in the Denver, CO
• Demonstrated translation between traditional waterfall and agile models
• T-shaped person (experience in many things, depth in a handful) with depth in one or more of the following is important:
• Project Management of
• Strategic development
• Proposal and quote writing processes
• Solution architecture development
• Cybersecurity, outage monitoring, and incident response
• Network Operations, NOC/SOC day-to-day support and operations
• DevSecOps
• Continuous improvement to optimize processes and procedures
• Set up, configuration and operation of project management and pipeline tooling
• Familiarity with small business and startup culture 
• Department of Defense project experience is a bonus

• 30 Days: Onboard the company and begin to understand our processes
• 60 Days: Understand strategic scope, workflow, and make suggestions
• 90 Days: Assume responsibility for delivering your strategic program

Pay Range: $130K-$160K  per year. Compensation is determined based on experience, skill level, and location. We review ranges regularly to ensure market competitiveness.