Job Description
The Program Manager II possesses strong leadership skills and has responsibility for the company's
planning and performance of major business programs throughout all phases of the program lifecycle.
The Program Manager II is responsible for the cost, schedule, quality, customer satisfaction and technical
performance of company programs and for using that successful execution to drive future growth. The
Program Manager II understands the customer’s perspective, proactively responds to the customer, and
gains customer trust by continually meeting commitments and quality standards. Helps to develop and
communicate succinct competitive analysis during proposal activities. This position will be required to
forecast sales, new business, and gross profit on their programs, and to meet the strategic and
operational goals of the business unit. The Program Manager II will direct and influence to achieve
excellence in program execution through the use of Earned Value and other techniques to identify
program issues and monitor program performance. Manages programs that typically have combined
contract values of over $50M and will include an established development program for a major
component or small system and managing multiple programs (depending on size, impact and risk).
Programs are based on established technologies that require the application of critical thinking and
advanced principals/concepts.
Responsibilities and Tasks in order of priority to be successful:
• Leads Integrated Product Teams to achieve successful program execution. Understands and
communicates program requirements to the team. Relates how the program accomplishes the
strategic plans of the Company and Business Unit, and fosters and recognizes strategic thinking
and collaboration.
• Develops prioritized plans and executes the program to that plan. Holds self and team
accountable for high performance standards and coaches the team to effectively manage
changing priorities.
• Creates staffing plans and assesses available resources and new hiring needs. Selects, mentors,
and develops subordinates and assigns work for most efficient utilization of personnel, reviewing
their activities to assure quality performance. Makes appropriate promotional,
compensation/rewards and staffing decisions.
• Assures customer satisfaction in terms of product performance, delivery, cost and contracted
scope as the primary point of contact for the customer. Provides sufficient details of program
performance, risk assessments, and identification of opportunities for improvement.
• Builds, develops, and maintains close customer relationships, anticipates customer needs,
creatively addresses customer issues, and continually pursues open communications to
strategically expand the business. Implements continuous improvement efforts to meet customer
requirements by fostering an entrepreneurial and collaborative workforce.
• Coordinates with marketing personnel and assists in the preparation and implementation of
marketing plans. Helps in leading the capture of new business, by coordination of proposal
philosophy and preparation, robust estimation of material, labor, and other direct costs, and
developing sub-tier statements of work and specifications.
• Conducts periodic internal and external program reviews to monitor program execution, keep
management informed, and collect program performance feedback, risk assessment inputs, and
identification of opportunities for improvement.
• Plans and executes programs per contractual obligations, directly and/or indirectly managing the
performance of multiple suppliers, affiliates, or peer organizations.
• Coordinates design for manufacturability efforts, and ensures smooth transition to production for
development programs.
• Leads high level technical discussions, both internally and externally, to ensure all technical
requirements are met.
• Implements a zero defect philosophy into all integrated product teams. Acts as a steward for all
company policies and best practices to achieve program quality goals. Incorporates the ESA
Quality Policy into the development and delivery of all products. Continually benchmarks
processes to best practices. Assists teams in exploring new concepts that will deliver innovative
solutions and significant advancements.
• Assists in the development of contract negotiation strategies with customers, suppliers, and
affiliates to achieve financial objectives. Understands contractual obligations, communicates
contractual requirements to affected functional groups, affiliates, and suppliers and ensure these
obligations are met by proactively identifying and mitigating risks, facilitating the resolution and
coordination of efforts to ensure preventive measures are taken or, when needed, to correct
deficiencies or obstacles to performance.
• Prepares and interprets risk analyses and earned value management reports to anticipate
problems and take corrective action to prevent/mitigate problems, and plan for management
reserves. Establishes budgets and holds Cost Account Managers responsible for adherence.
• Prepares forecasts of new business, sales, and gross profit for annual operating plans for
assigned programs and statuses those plans at regular intervals.
• Reviews and approves all contract changes with special attention paid to cost, schedule and risk
elements.
Qualifications
_ Education, Experience & License or Certification:_
• Bachelor's degree is required. 5-10 years functional experience may substitute
• 3-5 years of functional (using skill set) experience is required
• 3-5 years of industry experience is required
• Training Pre-requisites (Within One Year of Taking Position):
• ESD
• Safety Training, as dictated by Safety Department
• Other: ITAR, Export Compliance, TINA, Risk Mgmt, DAR, EMD Verification, EVM, PLM, PBL,
RT3, Project Site, PRIMES
Skills and Abilities:
• 1 + years of Program Management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing programs over some of the various phases of the product life
cycle (pursuit through support and closure).
• Capable of managing cross functional teams (manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, etc.).
Demonstrated experience working in these functions or successfully leading a cross functional
team.
• Capable of creating and maintaining constructive customer relationships.
• Understanding of industry trends and our customers and competitors’ strategies, strengths and
weaknesses.
• Strong experience in the applicable technical area or product line.
• Ability to complete programs within scope, on time, within budget and delivering a quality product
to the customer with a high level of satisfaction.
• Working knowledge of the defense acquisition process and an understanding of Defense
Acquisition Regulations (DFARS).
• Ability to manage disciplined internal processes by knowledge of industry standard tools and
holding others accountable for the following: Earned value management, Program Planning, Risk
Management, Requirements Management
• Working knowledge and understanding of financial data such as P&L statements, ROI analysis,
and cash flow. High degree of business acumen.
• Strong knowledge of Integrated Logistics Support.
• Exposure and working knowledge in negotiation, collaborative problem solving, conflict
management, meeting facilitation skills, and applying tact and diplomacy with internal/external
customers and foreign personnel.
• Understanding of program documentation, requirements, expectations, and deliverables, i.e., the
RFP, proposal, contract, SOW, assumptions, constraints, CDRLs, etc.
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas verbally and in writing.
• Ability to influence without authority.
Additional Information
Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:
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EEO STATEMENT:
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ACCESSIBILITY:
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