Jackie C.
Technical Project Manager at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Role
- Common Environmental Control and Life Support System Sensor Flight Software Project Manager at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jackie C.
Technical Project Manager at NASA.Results-driven project manager with 7+ years experience leading multimillion-dollar NASA projects and delivering complex software solutions on aggressive timelines. Managed cross-functional teams of 15+ engineers in Agile, collaborated with 30+ stakeholders and commercial partners, authored 300+ software requirements and designs, and owned all technical delivery plans for SDLC with 100% milestone compliance. Thrives on solving complex challenges with architectural insight, engineering precision, and a continuous drive to learn.
Experience
Common Environmental Control and Life Support System Sensor Flight Software Project Manager
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jan 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Led end-to-end lifecycles (SDLC) for three concurrent projects under aggressive 1-year timelines to deliver software for space station, lunar lander, and spacesuit programs by applying core Agile and PMBOK practices- Supervised cross-functional team of 15 members in a hybrid Waterfall-Agile environment, accelerating feature delivery by 25% by introducing Scrum framework, Jira, and Atlassian toolset for streamlined collaboration- Managed product specs and project plans across requirement, design, implementation, testing, and verification; translated into Jira tickets and planned sprints by prioritizing high-value features in backlog- Directed weekly engagement sessions with 50+ engineers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients to collaborate on and define requirements, roadmaps, and priorities, improving alignment and stakeholder satisfaction by 20%- Achieved $1M fiscal savings by optimizing contracts, budgets, resources, and procurement; managed Task Orders (TOs) worth up to $2M, and presented KPIs and risk mitigation plans in quarterly Project Status Reports- Spearheaded a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Confluence template adopted division-wide to streamline scalable documentation, maximize reusability, and reduce review cycles by 30% across software products- Mentored three Scrum teams in best practices for Agile methodology, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, integration, and QA constrained to NASA NPR 7150.2D standards for Class A, safety-critical flight software- Recruited mid-project to rescue a $5M program, assuming 2-FTE workload and learning all skills in 2 months.
Education
New York University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science
2016 — 2021
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