Program Manager, Sr. Specialist 1

About the role

Primary responsibilities

• Lead planning and implementation of complex projects; define scope, goals, deliverables, resources, dependencies, critical paths, schedules, and milestones.
• Manage budgets, gross margin, revenue, cash, project quality, and contractual scope and schedule commitments.
• Communicate expectations and progress to customers, project teams, stakeholders, and management through reports and presentations.
• Coordinate proposals, business plans, statements of work, specifications, operating budgets, and contract terms; review purchase orders and subcontracts.
• Engage customers, define service levels, negotiate scope changes, represent customer needs, and identify follow-on opportunities.
• Establish product design concepts and coordinate research, development, integration, and testing efforts.
• Monitor project progress, manage risk, resolve conflicts and problems, allocate resources, and implement changes.
• Direct, mentor, and develop program team members and junior project managers.
• Manage project close-out and perform lessons learned when required.
• Travel approximately 25% to support proposal activity and project execution.

Required capabilities and experience

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of related experience, graduate degree with 4 years, or at least 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong project management skills, including earned value management, and strong job knowledge.
• Solid understanding of electromechanical systems, optics, aerospace products, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of contract terms and conditions and subcontract management.
• Ability to coordinate across company functions and departments.
• Strong organizational, time-management, communication, and interpersonal skills; resilience and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships, work collaboratively, and take ownership and accountability.
• PMP certification or working toward certification is desired.
• Must be eligible for Controlled Goods Program registration and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment; some positions may require Reliability status or Secret clearance.

Compensation

• The stated Ontario pay range is $102,000 to $152,000; no pay cadence is specified.