Business Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in engineering, business or program management including supervision of personnel and strategic decision making.
• The successful candidate will have an acute sense of ownership to provide oversight and management for multiple activities and the ability to support evolving leadership priorities.
• Ability to work closely with specified personnel to facilitate effective planning and accomplishment of critical objectives in a timely manner and ensure adherence to specified plans and schedules.
• Prior experience implementing overall business process improvements and project management best practices.
• Strong ability to identify problems, determine accuracy and relevance of information, and use of sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written) including experience in preparing and presenting oral and written briefings to all levels of management.
• College Degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience and knowledge of multiple business management departments, including finance, subcontracting, contracting, and purchasing
• Prior experience in managing a research and engineering workforce is desirable.
• Due to sensitive content of the work, applicants must be a US citizens or permanent US residents.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of program activities as a regular, integral part of contract operations, which may include tracking and coordinating activities on many fronts, assessing situations/issues that may arise and effectively discussing recommended course of action with the PM and Sr. Business Operations Manager.
• Prepare and update project plans and status reports and implement lessons learned.
• Build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors, and corporate operations.
• Coordinate with corporate infrastructure to clearly define roles, work sharing, and effective workflow.
• Manage, maintain, and archive operations data and records, including site performance metrics, contact DRDs and all forms of contract reporting and operations information.
• Work with AMA Contracts/Procurements to track procurements and subcontracting to ensure appropriate documentation is maintained, agreements are in place and spending tasks are aligned with the plan.
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with technical and administrative staff members to address operational efficiency or emerging issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned when necessary.

Benefits

• paid personal and federally recognized holiday leave
• salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting
• tuition reimbursement
• short/long term disability plans
• a variety of medical, dental, and vision insurance options