Sr. Program Manager - Rochester, NH

Job Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of program managers, providing technical and project management guidance and coordination across sites. Additionally, responsible for flowing down annual objectives and managing the objective tracking and periodic reviews of performance for the team.
• Key participant in pre-award strategy development and proposal activities. Supports preparation of proposals, program business plans, and statements of work. Translates customer requirements into product and service specifications and budgets.
• Primary program interface with the customer and manages that customer expectations are consistently matched with contractual obligations throughout the program. Manages all program activities, including coordination and direction of program review sessions with customer and internal functional groups.
• Directs all phases of customer programs from inception through (life of program) completion. Responsible to deliver assigned programs on schedule and within budget. Coordinates with functional managers to secure the resources required meet program objectives. Assumes lead accountability for developing and maintaining the master project plan / roadmap and for achieving project milestones and schedule. Influences various line functions and customers to deliver required outputs to meet project milestones on time.
• Lead assembly of monthly financial close reporting tools for development programs and remaining costs and contractual compliance to internal audit standards, and customer budgets if they exist.

Qualifications/Characteristics

• Strong skills in successful program management principles with emphasis on quality, cost, and schedule. Ability to strategically manage big picture aspects and details.
• Financial skills and knowledge to fully understand what drives our customer in this program and what we need to put in place internally to meet those needs. This includes contractual and non-contractual issues covering the incidence of cost, revenue generation and recognition, capital requirements, project accounting for development and NRC and lean accounting within the facilities.
• Ability to develop and maintain strategic customer relationships and have skills to manage difficult customer situations while projecting company competence and confidence to the customer.
• Ability to successfully communicate (internally and externally) complex issues surrounding a project with a solid grasp of the business / commercial details and the technical details, including the interpersonal skills required to create and confidently deliver a cohesive and structured presentation.
• 10 + years of program management experience, including new product introduction experience, operational leadership or 10+ years project engineering/management experience in the aerospace industry or within an engineered products environment that requires significant product development and engineering input prior to transition to production.
• Demonstrated communications experience with customers including reducing complex issues to straightforward approaches while facilitating multiple levels and functions towards program objectives - internally and externally.
• Bachelor's of Engineering or other appropriate degree from an accredited college, or equivalent combination of education and experience. MBA preferred.
• Technical background/ experience/ knowledge in complex aerospace deliverables. Direct composites or advanced textiles technical experience preferred.
• Ability to gain a secret clearance to support assigned programs

Working Conditions

Office environment, duties performed indoors, moderate to quiet noise and comfortable temperatures. Not substantially exposed to adverse environmental condition levels.

Physical requirements

Occasionally positions self to move an office item >10 lbs.

Frequently move about the production floor and office area to attend meetings or trainings

Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 75% of the time

Frequently operates a computer, enters data into systems, verifies information, etc...