Senior Program Manager

Role Overview

• Manage day-to-day responsibilities of various workstream teams by creating complete capital and project execution plans, with defined scope, success criteria, schedule, financial, risk, and plant readiness plans.
• Develop tactical plans to achieve business results and provide feedback and input on the strategy to the Portfolio Manager and Business Unit Lead.
• Monitor processes and provide reports on progress and achievement of business/program objectives using Integrated Master Schedules to identify and manage the critical paths (capacity, capability, etc.) for all project requirements.
• Track and communicate key program metrics and milestones to all team members and stakeholders.
• Conduct proactive and comprehensive risk management to ensure risks are identified, impacts are known and communicated, and mitigations are planned into the project schedules.
• Travel requirements could be up to 20% at times depending on business needs.

Requirements

• 8-10 years of relevant work experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or manufacturing discipline
• Five to ten years of demonstrated experience as a project manager, leading efforts with million-dollar budgets using cross-functional teams from several different groups
• Experience in managing manufacturing process equipment and/or facilities capital projects
• Able to develop and execute programs of medium–high complexity and uncertainty from concept through deployment with minimal supervision and in accordance with company’s phase gate process
• Success in development and adherence to project financial targets & schedule
• Demonstrated experience in leading technical, design, and manufacturing teams, including contract resources
• Strong communication and presentation skills to all stakeholders at all levels of organization
• Ability to lead and collaborate across business functions to solve problems and maintain team alignment of goals
• Strong customer focus (both internal and external) to ensure program objectives meet the customer’s needs
• Ability to create multi year project/program roadmaps to achieve long term business objectives while effectively managing resources
• Experience in the aerospace/defense industry and/or government contracts (Preferred)
• PMP® certification (Preferred)
• Strong financial acumen (Preferred)
• Experience utilizing disciplined, structured, and repetitive processes to manage project teams (Preferred)
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams, Project Management Software (e.g., Microsoft Project), and demonstrated ability to learn other business software (Preferred)
• Ability to create, present and communicate successful business cases from feasibility to through execution (Preferred)
• Understanding of manufacturing processes (Preferred)
• Lean or continuous improvement experience (Preferred)

Tech Stack

• PMP