Job DescriptionThe Program Manager will be responsible for managing and delivering scope on our international Mk45 Naval Gun System & Ammunition Handling System (AHS) programs on time and within cost.
Location/Schedule/Travel:
- This role is in Louisville, KY or Maple Grove, MN
- The workday will begin around 7:00AM
- The role works a 9/80 schedule where you will have every other Friday off
- There may be up to 20% travel including international travel
The program manager is accountable for the following:
- Managing scope to achieve cost/profitability, schedule, and technical performance objectives
- Performing as a Control Account Manager (CAM)
- Establishing program direction for the matrixed team delivering the scope (operations including supply chain and manufacturing, engineering, field service, and/or others)
- Proactively planning for activities on current and future contracts
- Monitoring and controlling activities on current contracts including disciplined, effective change management
- Actively and effectively managing risks and opportunities
- Indirectly managing, leading, and developing program team members across several functions
- Making timely decisions with sound judgment while complying with policies and procedures
- Continuously improving program performance including capturing, evaluating, and sharing good practice
- Meeting financial commitments for orders, sales, profit, and cash flow
- Pursuing and capturing new business in the naval guns product area
Responsibilities and day-to-day activities within this role include the following:
- Responsible for completion of deliverables and on-time delivery
- With respect to production, manages material for and manufacturing of hardware including final processing, shipment and delivery planning and coordination, and quality and export reviews
- Manages operations, quality, engineering, field service, and supporting functional resources to deliver program scope
- Partners with project controls to develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and manages program team's performance to the IMS
- Develops, creates, and reports on key program metrics including on-time delivery, material forecasts, hardware production and delivery forecasts, resource allocation, and performance to labor and material budgets
- Identifies and assesses performance gaps to customer expectations or program objectives, develops and initiates improvement plans to close the gaps, and utilizes metrics to verify performance to plan
- Supports recurring status meetings with the program team and customer and program review meetings with business and customer leadership
- Hosts customer meetings at the Louisville factory and our Minneapolis location including coordinating visits with export and security functions
- Facilitates and attends source inspections and other supplier/subcontractor meetings and/or visits
- Flexes schedule due to time zone differences when supporting customer meetings
- Successfully navigates through cultural differences to understand unique customer customs, expectations, values, and priorities
- Manages manufacturing license agreements with international partners
- Presents new business opportunities to leadership and leads capture activities including proposal development
Required Skills and Education- Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of work experience or equivalent experience
- Customer focus and relationship building skills
- Interest in deepening international culture awareness, understanding, and experience
- Experience in Program/Project Management
- Experience in Scope Management
- Experience in Team/Cross-functional Leadership
- Experience in Manufacturing/Production
- Experience in Stakeholder Management/Influencing
- Knowledge of project management methodologies, toolsets, process, and governance
- Knowledge of program scope management and cost estimating including estimate to complete/estimate at completion (ETC/EAC) processes
- Ability to develop and implement effective program/project plans specifying goals, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources
- Ability to initiate, prioritize, and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to achieve program objectives using a team-based approach that demonstrates the value of each team member
- Ability to effectively managing program complexities and structuring activities in times of ambiguity
- Ability to operate independently and proactively
Preferred Skills and Education- International business knowledge
- International culture awareness, understanding, and experience
- Graduate Degree
- Professional Certifications (PMP)
- Experience in Defense (DoD)/Government Contracting
- Experience in a Firm Fixed Price Environment
- Experience in Engineering/Technology
- Experience in Operational Excellence (OE)
- Experience in Control Account Management (CAM)
- Experience in Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
- Experience in Lifecycle Management (LCM)
- Experience in Oracle or ERP
- Advanced Excel skills
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
