Director of Fleet Programs, Long Endurance UAS

Young Community Developers • Irvine, CA

5d • $190,000 - $223,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

DZYNE Technologies is seeking a Director of Fleet Programs to join their Long Endurance ISR business line team in Irvine, CA. This role is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing the long endurance unmanned aerial system (UAS) fleet to provide services to operational clients. The Director will lead and coordinate internal and external stakeholders to energize a growing market segment. The position involves managing the fleet of long endurance UAS, establishing and executing programs, and coordinating with various departments including leadership, engineering, flight operations, test, supply chain, and finance to meet financial, schedule, technical, and client relationship objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in full lifecycle operations and business discipline, with specific experience in managing Group 4-5 UAS fleets for contractor-owned contractor-operated (COCO) and ideally government-owned contractor-operated (GOCO) models within the Aerospace and Defense industry.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of industry experience as a Program Manager.
• Minimum of 5 years as a Senior Program Manager.
• Experience managing COCO operations to provide contracted ISR services to clients.
• Experience managing a fleet of internally owned Group 4-5 UAS.
• Experience building a COCO cost model for ISR Services.
• Ability to drive the timely delivery of multi-faceted, complex programs where speed to market is critical for commercial success.
• Ability to manage large teams working on multiple parallel efforts, including teams stationed outside of the United States.
• Ability to oversee critical subcontractors including evaluation, selection, scoping, and technical execution.
• Ability to own program execution plans, schedules, and budgets while participating in all phases of program work from conceptual design to manufacturing, delivery, and sustainment.
• Ability to travel as needed for customer meetings, demonstrations, and business development activities.
• Ability to provide critical project updates to clients, staff, and executive leadership.
• Ability to prepare the Master Phasing Schedules, Program Execution Schedule, Staffing Plan, Work Breakdown Structure and Financial Execution Plan.
• Ability to prepare and present monthly technical and financial program reports to senior and executive management, including Earned Value Metrics (EVM).
• Ability to lead proposal development, including technical volume and cost volume basis of estimates.
• Expert knowledge of the entire Microsoft Office Professional Suite, including Project.
• Positive, “can-do” attitude.
• Talent/experience leading people in a matrixed organization.
• Talent/experience cultivating a healthy customer relationship.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) or Business.
• Skilled in the use of IT tools, including ERP, MRP, and Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Experience in proposal generation and capture.
• Experience managing a range of concurrent engineering design projects is required.
• Experience in expanding programs beyond initial phase and customer.
• High-level of EVM competency.
• Ability to create a winning proposal.
• Proven ability, capacity, and aptitude with planning, organizing, supervising, coordinating technical work, and obtaining cooperation from others (must be able to build rapport with program staff).
• High level of scheduling skills.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of Critical Chain Project Management, Earned Value and other project controls methods as they pertain to the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Experience across the product lifecycle.
• Experience in enterprise resourcing and planning tools.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary engineering functions.
• Ability to interpret engineering technical drawings, work instructions, and test procedures.
• Aerospace or Defense Contractor industry experience.
• Experience establishing experimental airworthiness for a large UAS.
• Experience managing a flight test program for internally owned assets.
• Agile program management methodology a plus.
• Security Clearance strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and grow the long endurance unmanned aerial system (UAS) fleet to provide services to operational clients.
• Lead and assemble internal and external stakeholders to energize a growing market segment.
• Manage the Long Endurance ISR business unit’s fleet of long endurance UAS with the goal of establishing and executing programs with these assets.
• Coordinate between business unit leadership, engineering, flight operations, test, supply chain, and finance to establish the fleet, personnel, and process to achieve financial, schedule, technical and client relationship/growth objectives.
• Manage COCO operations to provide contracted ISR services to clients.
• Manage a fleet of internally owned Group 4-5 UAS.
• Build a COCO cost model for ISR Services.
• Drive the timely delivery of multi-faceted, complex programs where speed to market is critical for commercial success.
• Manage large teams working on multiple parallel efforts, including teams stationed outside of the United States.
• Oversee critical subcontractors including evaluation, selection, scoping, and technical execution.
• Own program execution plans, schedules, and budgets while participating in all phases of program work from conceptual design to manufacturing, delivery, and sustainment.
• Travel as needed for customer meetings, demonstrations, and business development activities.
• Provide critical project updates to clients, staff, and executive leadership.
• Prepare the Master Phasing Schedules, Program Execution Schedule, Staffing Plan, Work Breakdown Structure and Financial Execution Plan.
• Prepare and present monthly technical and financial program reports to senior and executive management, including Earned Value Metrics (EVM).
• Lead proposal development, including technical volume and cost volume basis of estimates.
• Lead people in a matrixed organization and cultivate healthy customer relationships.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits package.
• Base dental, vision, life, accident, disability, and other core benefits are fully covered by DZYNE.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• 401 (k) plan with an employer match and immediate vesting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director