Program News and Announcements

25 January 2024

Job Ad: Program Manager, Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP)

Be the Program Manager for the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program Office (ExEP) (7300) and report institutionally to the Director for Astronomy and Physics (7000) and programmatically to the NASA Astrophysics Division Director.

Among other responsibilities, the ExEP Program Manager will:

• Have specific responsibility for ExEP oversight, including the Program Chief Technologist, Program Scientist, Supporting Research and Technology Development, Program Engineering Office, the NN-EXPLORE Project, the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, Extreme Precision Radial Velocity Program, the High-Resolution Imaging Project and Communications and Public Engagement.
• Conduct reviews such as the annual State of the Program, Quarterly Reviews, scientific, technical and programmatic, and create and present reports as required.
• Develop an annual Planning, Programming, Budget & Execution (PPBE) funding submission, along with the Program Business Manager, and present it to the NASA Astrophysics Division Executives. Approve PPBE submissions from all Program tasks/activities, and integrate the planning and execution of individual projects/activities into a coherent approach at the Program level.
• Plan, monitor, and control authorized Program resources; allocate budget to projects/activities and control Program changes within the scope of the Program Plan.
• Provide management, direction and oversight to multifunctional organization(s) through managers and/or high-level staff positions that have budget, planning and/or staffing accountability. Will have overall responsibility for developing and administering budgets, schedules and performance standards.

For further details on job duties and required and preferred qualifications, see the job ad website, or the associated LinkedIn post.