Program Manager 3

Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Reviews status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and facilitates integrated team resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction goals and objectives. Monitors project progress, assesses and mitigates risk, and solves problems. Integrates and communicates status with project team, management, and customers. Develop priorities for project team and expediters to meet program and organizational goals. Regularly mentor and coach lower level Program Managers to establish best practices within the Program Management department.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

• Lead regular project team meetings to discuss progress, identify and troubleshoot bottlenecks, collect status, communicate changes and urgent needs, and encourage cross-functional cooperation
• Develop, plan, coordinate, and implement program milestone and delivery schedules incorporating customer, supplier, and internal delivery dates
• Coordinate with Planning, Production Control, Procurement, Quality, and New Business / Estimating during program start-up to develop and communicate program first lot tracking plan
• Develop risk assessment and mitigation plans; Coordinate work-around and expediting plans internally and communicate progress with team members, customer, and management
• Manage and / or facilitate customer / program relationships from contract award through life cycle of a program
• Manage contractual commitments, identify cost issues to meet expected program margins, ensure assure alignment to contractual terms and provide strategic recommendations
• Manage customer interface, host visits, and travel occasionally
• Conduct "lessons learned" activities and provide process improvement feedback internally and to customer
• Review Program Metrics and align with departmental KPIs
• Make strategic business recommendations for your programs.
• May occasionally perform special projects; Perform other duties as assigned

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.