Program Manager

Bascom Hunter Technologies • Baton Rouge, LA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Bascom Hunter is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead complex Aerospace & Defense development and production programs. The Program Manager is responsible for execution across scope, schedule, cost, quality, technical performance, customer commitments, qualification, and production transition. This role leads cross-functional teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, Supply Chain, Configuration Management, Finance, and Contracts and serves as a primary interface with customers and key suppliers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, Operations, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant Aerospace & Defense, government contracting, engineering, or technical program-management experience.
• Experience managing complex technical or hardware-development programs through multiple phases of the product lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management / EVMS.
• Experience developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures and Integrated Master Schedules.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-881 or equivalent product-oriented WBS methodologies.
• Experience with critical-path scheduling, variance analysis, recovery planning, program budgets, forecasts, and EACs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, supply-chain, quality, and test teams.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and concurrent program activities.
• Strong understanding of government contracting and customer-facing program execution.
• Strong written, verbal, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling software.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of Aerospace & Defense program-management, engineering, manufacturing, or technical-leadership experience.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar Aerospace & Defense development or production programs.
• Experience working with the Department of Defense, defense prime contractors, or aerospace OEMs.
• Working knowledge of EIA-748 EVMS principles and DoD acquisition processes.
• Experience with Firm-Fixed-Price and cost-type contracts.
• Familiarity with applicable military and aerospace qualification standards and formal customer design reviews.
• Familiarity with FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR, AS9100, configuration management, CDRLs/SDRLs, and government contracting requirements.
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint, ERP/MRP, PLM/PDM, or similar enterprise systems.
• Advanced degree or PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned programs from contract award through development, qualification, delivery, production transition, and closeout.
• Translate Statements of Work, specifications, contractual requirements, and customer deliverables into executable program plans.
• Develop and maintain product-oriented Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) consistent with MIL-STD-881 principles.
• Develop, baseline, and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), including schedule logic, critical path, major dependencies, customer milestones, procurement, test, qualification, and production activities.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to measure cost and schedule performance and identify adverse trends.
• Develop and maintain program budgets, labor and material forecasts, Estimates at Completion (EACs), and recovery plans for cost or schedule variances.
• Maintain traceability of customer requirements, verification activities, and contractual deliverables through program completion and customer acceptance.
• Coordinate resource and capacity planning with functional leaders to ensure engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and test support aligns with the program schedule.
• Plan and support major program and technical reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and PRR, as applicable.
• Establish and maintain program risk and opportunity management, including accountable mitigation actions.
• Maintain disciplined scope, schedule, cost, and technical baseline control and evaluate customer-requested changes before commitment.
• Monitor critical suppliers, subcontractors, long-lead items, and external dependencies that may affect program performance.
• Serve as a primary customer interface for program status, schedule, risks, deliverables, contractual commitments, and programmatic issues.
• Ensure contractual and program execution activities comply with applicable FAR/DFARS requirements, ITAR/EAR export controls, customer requirements, and internal quality systems.
• Support proposal development, cost estimating, Basis of Estimate preparation, and contract negotiations for new and follow-on opportunities.
• Support strategic planning, resource allocation, and long-term customer relationship development for assigned programs and business areas.
• Provide clear direction to cross-functional teams and escalate issues requiring functional or executive action.

Benefits

• Work on technically challenging Aerospace & Defense programs supporting mission-critical applications.
• Operate in a hands-on environment with direct interaction across engineering, manufacturing, customers, and suppliers.
• Have meaningful responsibility for program execution, customer relationships, and the continued growth of the organization.

What This Job Offers

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