Project Manager

About

This Project Manager is accountable for all on-site program activities of the post production integration efforts, including the following:

• Supporting the program to achieve cost/profitability, schedule, and technical performance objectives with a high level of customer satisfaction
• Establishing program direction and indirect management for the matrixed team executing the scope (Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Contracts, Finance and/or others)
• Effectively managing and integrating program complexities including multiple production elements
• Proactively planning for activities on the current contract.
• Actively and effectively managing risks and opportunities.
• Making timely and ethical decisions with sound judgment while complying with the contract, policies and procedures.
• Continuously improving project performance including capturing, evaluating, and applying lessons learned.
• Effectively presenting project status and proposals to the program team and Senior Management
• Developing program/project plans specifying goals, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources
• Leading and inspiring diverse teams in a high tempo environment spanning multiple sites including industry partners and suppliers.

The Project Manager will:

• Lead and utilize a team of indirect reports to work across functional lines to meet the program objectives and deliverables
• Work with peers to maintain a program schedule that consolidates multiple projects across contracts.
• Manage the flow of vehicles and hardware into the facility to support the on-time delivery of contract deliverables.
• Present project status at program and technical reviews with customers with various levels of the organization.
• Act as primary point of contact between team and the customer, suppliers, and key customer stakeholders; this includes working across time zones.
• Make decisions to deliver cost-effective solutions to the company and ensure assigned projects meet financial commitments for orders, sales, profit, and cash, while managing to an appropriate level of risk
• Identify and assess performance gaps to customer expectations or program objectives, develop and initiate improvement plans to close the gaps, and utilize metrics to verify performance to plan
• Responsible for completion of deliverables and on-time delivery

Experience Required

• Experience with project planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling processes
• Bachelor’s Degree and 6 years of experience

Skills Required

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to manage and report project schedules and budgets
• Ability to represent the team and deliver status reports to internal and external leadership
• Microsoft Office proficient
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• Excellent organizational and follow through skills
• Detail oriented
• Adapt to high volume workload

Skills Preferred

• Master Degree and 7 years of experience
• A certification in Project Management from an industry-recognized organization such as the Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP), and/or Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Earned Value Management experience