Senior Program Manager USN/USMC

Redwire Defense Tech

7d•$159,700 - $209,000•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Program Manager is a critical professional position that supports prime contracts with the United States Navy and Marine Corps (USN/USMC). The Senior Program Manager leads a portfolio that is complex in nature. The Senior Program Manager is responsible for the timing, cost and budget performance of assigned engineering projects that may vary in size from very large to multiple smaller programs. The Senior Program Manager leads the customer relationship and acts is the primary point of contact for our customers, briefing them regularly on project schedule/delivery status, aftermarket repairs status and actions, training, and all technical notifications such as Customer Change Notifications, Air Worthiness Directives, and Service Bulletins. The Senior Program Manager role requires strong leadership, communication, influence, relationship building, and management skills, coupled with Technical Project Management expertise. The Senior Program Manager role is remote; however, the selected candidate must reside in Maryland due to the need for regular travel to the customer site.

Requirements

8+ years of Program or Project Management experience or similar (e.g. Lead IPT (Integrated Product Team), or APM (Assistant Program Manager).
Experience working with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) program offices, ideally with the Aircraft Program Management Office (AIR PMO) formerly known as the Navy and Marine Corps Small Technical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office (PMA-263).
Experience with full life-cycle Program Management, from design for manufacturing to transition to production programs.
Experience with Department of Defense Acquisition Life-Cycle policies and processes.
Experience in Defense, Government contracting and Aerospace, preferably in the UAV market.
Earned Value Management experience.
Demonstrated strong customer support experience.
Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Ability to lead in a matrixed organization including getting things done through influence and collaboration.
Proven analytical, technical, strategic and problem-solving skills.
Strong sense for self-direction with the ability to work under limited supervision.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

BS or MS degree in engineering or technical discipline.
Gated design development experience (PDR, CDR, MS-A, MS-B, etc.).
FAR Part 12 acquisition experience.
Private industry experience.
Navy or Marine Corps experience.
PMP or similar Project Management/Continuous Process Improvement certification.

Responsibilities

Serves as the Redwire face to the customer for all post-award activites.
Serves as point of contact for customer field issues and coordinates engineering responses including Air Worthiness Directives, Service Bulletins, field repairs, and troubleshooting.
Provides critical input to cross-functional engineering teams during proposal, design, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases.
Anticipates and stays ahead of stakeholder expectations; including internal and external customer suppliers, and ensures leadership is up to date on progress of work assigned.
Tracks and reports on program performance metrics including schedule and performance.
Leads failure root cause analysis and corrective actions as needed.
Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules.
Tracks and manages issues/risks by working with internal and external team members and stakeholders to determine appropriate mitigation and containment actions.
Participates in CCB and ECB activities across engineering and manufacturing groups.
Proactively manages budget; holding teams responsible to program P&Ls.
Manages timing and scope through proactively leading internal processes working closely with Program Engineering teams.
Performs as the primary point of contact with the immediate customer and program office leadership.
Coordinates training requests and activities.
Travels to support assigned programs and teams as required.