Software Engineering Service Management Lead

Title: Software Engineering Service Management Lead Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking a Software Engineering Service Management Lead to lead our internal software engineering teams at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX. What You’ll Do: In this role you will provide technical leadership, organizational direction, and full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) oversight for HHPC’s software engineering team. Your mission is to drive software engineering excellence, strengthen delivery discipline, and ensure all software meets NASA’s quality, safety, and compliance standards. Financial and Deliverable Management Lead labor forecasting, planning, estimating, execution, and reporting to ensure accurate financial visibility and alignment with NASA and contract requirements. Manage successful execution of all contracted technical work within the authorized budget and schedule, ensuring compliance with cost, schedule, and performance commitments. Develop and manage work breakdown structures, proposals, pricing inputs, and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates to support task order planning and modifications. Drive requirements clarification, verify scope alignment, and ensure all deliverables meet NASA acceptance criteria. Oversee vendor management activities including non‑labor procurement, subcontract coordination, and ensuring timely, compliant support from external partners. Software Engineering Leadership Hire, mentor, coach, and develop software engineers Conduct regular 1‑on‑1s and collaborate with functional manager on performance reviews and workforce devel

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