Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing Operations
About The Position
Hadrian is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for key programs and products. The role serves as the central integrator across program, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and operations timelines, aligning engineering schedules, supply chain lead times, and delivery commitments in a dynamic, high-mix new product introduction (NPI) manufacturing environment. The position develops and maintains schedules for products, programs, capabilities, and production sites, coordinating development, procurement, construction, equipment installation, and qualification activities across concurrent NPI and factory buildout workstreams. It tracks performance against baselines, identifies and quantifies schedule risks and change impacts, facilitates cross-functional reviews, and drives accountability for milestones and delivery commitments. The role also supports scheduling standards and automation to help scale scheduling practices.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in integrated scheduling, project management, or engineering or manufacturing planning.
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing an Integrated Master Schedule.
- Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies and principles, including estimating durations and qualifying risk.
- Experience using scheduling tools such as MS Project, Primavera P6, or Smartsheets, and building automations and connectors.
- Ability to partner with stakeholders and drive accountability.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in development and scaling phases of aerospace, defense, automotive, robotics, or other complex hardware manufacturing industries.
- Ability to work through ambiguity and a record of delivering meaningful outcomes.
- Ability to bring structure and process to fast-paced environments while maintaining velocity.
- Experience supporting multi-site or multi-program production environments.
Responsibilities
- Develop Integrated Master Schedules for products, programs, capabilities, and production sites.
- Sequence development, procurement, construction, equipment installation, and qualification activities across concurrent NPI and factory-buildout workstreams to create feasible schedules.
- Maintain schedule updates and ensure the schedule is a trusted decision-making tool and reliable source of valid data.
- Track schedule performance against baselines, identify risks, quantify the impacts of changes, and surface key insights.
- Drive solutions to achieve milestones and maintain delivery commitments.
- Facilitate cross-functional schedule reviews and align stakeholders on milestone dates, deliverables, and resource trade-offs.
- Drive accountability for on-time delivery.
- Support the definition of scheduling philosophy, standards, and patterns.
- Systematize and automate scheduling to support efficient scaling.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees.
- 401k.
- Relocation support may be provided in certain situations based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
