Technical Program Manager

Thomas Global•Irvine, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Program Manager leads the overall planning and execution of complex aerospace and defense programs from contract award through delivery. The role is accountable for achieving technical, cost, schedule, and contractual objectives by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and working directly with customers. It evaluates program performance and risks, drives informed decisions, and keeps programs on track. The position is fully onsite in Irvine, California.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a similar field.
At least 8 years of technical program management experience in aerospace or defense.
Proven track record of government program management.
Experience with earned value management and cost-plus-type programs.
Strong understanding of engineering practices and ability to communicate technical problems and solutions between technical teams and upper management or customers.
Strong understanding of Integrated Master Scheduling, Critical Path Method (CPM), EVM/EVMS, schedule risk analysis, and program risk management.
Ability to interpret schedule, cost, risk, and contractual information and translate it into effective program decisions.
Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and coordinating across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, contracts, and customers.
Strong analytical, communication, leadership, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with Microsoft Project and familiarity with schedule-risk or program-control tools.
U.S. person status required due to applicable export control requirements.

Nice To Haves

10 or more years of technical program management experience in aerospace or defense.
Working knowledge of EIA-748, DCMA schedule assessment practices, and NDIA PASEG.

Responsibilities

Lead overall program execution, including scope, schedule, cost, technical performance, risk, and customer commitments.
Direct development and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), ensuring it reflects the execution strategy, dependencies, milestones, and contractual commitments.
Review schedule health, critical and driving paths, schedule margin, and emerging schedule risks; lead corrective and recovery action development.
Oversee Schedule Risk Assessments (SRA) and evaluate confidence-level, sensitivity, and risk-driver results to inform program decisions and mitigation planning.
Monitor Earned Value Management (EVM) and other performance indicators, identify significant variances and trends, and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Integrate program information into a coherent execution plan with scheduling, risk management, contracts, finance, engineering, and other functional specialists.
Own the program risk and opportunity posture and ensure significant risks have mitigation plans and assessed schedule and cost impacts.
Ensure program execution complies with contractual requirements, Statements of Work, SDRLs, and customer reporting requirements.
Lead customer and management reviews, including PMRs, SMRs, earned value reviews, schedule reviews, and risk reviews.
Manage customer expectations, contractual commitments, priorities, and changes in coordination with the Contracts function.
Identify resource, supplier, technical, and cross-functional issues affecting program performance and drive timely resolution.
Provide executive management and customers with clear program status, forecasts, risks, and recommended actions.