Lead, Program Manager
About The Position
The Lead, Program Management, manages onsite development, integration, and testing of an AEW platform mission system and supports management of an overseas subcontractor’s portion of that system. The role provides leadership and oversight across Integrated Product Teams covering material and supply chain, subcontracts, airframe, engineering, and operations. It is accountable for program cost, schedule, technical performance, objectives, and payment milestones, and interfaces weekly with the end-user, major subcontractors, and executive leadership. The position’s growth path includes a similar role supporting an ISR platform, focused on managing ground systems for the airborne platform. Both programs use a modified G550 aircraft. The role is based onsite in Greenville, Texas, and follows a 9/80 first-shift schedule, with every other Friday off.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Seven years of direct program management experience related to FAA military programs.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance and eventually a Top Secret (SCI) clearance.
- Experience in commercial, Department of Defense, and/or military aviation or aerospace product development and production.
- Experience preparing business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms and conditions of contracts.
- Strong project management, verbal and written communication, negotiation, organizational, time-management, and leadership skills.
- Ability to interface onsite and offsite with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and management personnel.
Nice To Haves
- Strong subcontractor management.
- Knowledge of FAA qualifications and certification.
- Experience managing aircraft and ground integration efforts.
- Knowledge of manpower planning, milestone scheduling, project management tools, and related financial management.
- Experience with Earned Value Management System.
- Experience with Microsoft Project and development of an Integrated Master Schedule.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Power BI dashboards.
- Ability to use metrics to identify trends and drive results.
- Ability to execute program results while maintaining compliance with policies, procedures, and processes.
- Commitment to continuous improvement throughout all phases of program execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Mission/Ground System and Subcontractor Integrated Product Team, providing direction to team leaders in alignment with program goals.
- Establish and monitor execution milestones to meet master schedules and payment timelines.
- Oversee material and supply chain, subcontracts, engineering, and operations to support integration, testing, and delivery.
- Manage program cost, schedule, and technical performance, using knowledge of EVMS to meet or exceed performance indicators.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for the end-user and executive leadership, facilitating communication and achievement of contract milestones.
- Identify program challenges, opportunities, and risks, and develop strategies to address them.
- Oversee and manage modification, integration, and test activities, including schedules, internal and external meetings, customer presentations, and departmental budgets.
- Review potential contract-scope changes and advise management and the customer of their impact.
- Direct functional employees’ work on assigned projects and establish and monitor performance against schedules, plans, and milestones.
- Respond to customer needs and quick-reaction requests, including coordination outside normal business hours as required.
- Brief the customer, end-user, and upper management on all facets of assigned projects.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
