Senior Program Manager
About The Position
Pratt Miller, an Oshkosh company, is a product development company serving motorsports, defense, and mobility industries. It provides product engineering and low-volume production solutions, including research and development, engineering, prototype manufacturing, test and validation, and low-rate production. The Senior Program Manager leads complex, cross-functional engineering programs from planning through integration, validation, and delivery. The role is accountable for customer satisfaction and disciplined execution across scope, schedule, financial performance, risk mitigation, and delivery. Programs may involve autonomous systems integration; deployable infrastructure for power, compute, communications, and energy management; or advanced vehicle technology integration, including electrification, power systems, suspension, controls, and specialized equipment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 7–10 years of experience in program management, project management, engineering, or product development involving complex systems integration, autonomous systems, advanced vehicle technologies, deployable infrastructure, or related electromechanical systems.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical programs, including responsibility for schedules, budgets, resources, risks, customer relationships, integration, testing, and delivery.
- Strong technical communication skills and ability to work effectively with customers and engineering teams to translate objectives and requirements into executable program plans.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with one or more relevant technology domains, including autonomous systems, drive-by-wire, electrification, power and energy systems, or advanced vehicle technologies.
- Working knowledge of systems engineering, requirements management, system architecture, interface management, verification and validation, and hardware/software integration.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex engineering programs and concurrent technical workstreams, establishing scope, milestones, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risks, deliverables, and customer commitments.
- Coordinate with technical leads and functional managers across systems, mechanical, electrical, software, controls, procurement, prototype build, integration, testing, validation, and deployment.
- Lead customer and internal program reviews, communicating technical progress, financial performance, decisions, risks, dependencies, and issues requiring action or leadership support.
- Drive cross-functional execution and resolve technical, integration, supply-chain, schedule, and resource issues while maintaining appropriate technical ownership within engineering.
- Manage scope and requirement changes, assess cost and schedule impacts, maintain contractual alignment, and track requirements, acceptance criteria, and deliverables through completion.
- Support new and follow-on business by helping define execution approaches, schedules, resource needs, risks, and cost estimates, and transition awarded work into disciplined program execution.
- Build effective relationships across engineering, operations, manufacturing, business development, customers, suppliers, and partners, exercising judgment and adaptability as requirements and priorities evolve.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package
- Opportunities to support team member growth and success
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
