Program Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as primary customer contact.
• Establishes customer rapport to facilitate company objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Leads proposal development and negotiation for new business within established guidelines.
• Coordinates gathering and technical analysis of customer requirements.
• Provides general coordination, timelines, and objectives for Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing, QA, and Support organizations.
• Participates in or develops mechanisms for establishing, monitoring, and integrating project elements, product configuration, and communications concerning change management processes and decisions.
• Negotiates project changes and incorporates changes into project control systems to maintain work statements, cost, and schedule baselines.
• Transitions projects to production and to the Marketing administrator.
• Performs project close-out and documents lessons learned.
• Researches and identifies program forecasts, program and/or customer funding.

Requirements

• A technical bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar technical field.
• Experience with military, defense, and/or government business clients.
• Project Management experience (PMP Certification is nice to have).
• Experience working with multiple cross-functional groups within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Attention to details and accuracy.

Nice to Have

• PMP Certification.

Qualifications

• Experience with military, defense, and/or government business clients.
• Project Management experience (PMP Certification is nice to have).
• Experience working with multiple cross-functional groups within a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Attention to details and accuracy.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, and critical illness insurance with competitive premiums.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Participation in the Annual Cash Incentive Plan based on division performance.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership, and financial planning assistance.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and 14 Company-Paid Holidays.