Sr. Program Manager - Seating (onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HNC32: US096-Winston-Salem (Oak Plaza 190 Oak Plaza Boulevard , Winston-Salem, NC, 27105 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Join Collins Aerospace’s Seating Division in Winston-Salem, NC, as a Sr. Program Manager driving the success of innovative aerospace seating programs. This individual contributor onsite role involves leading medium-sized programs from inception through completion, managing contracts, vendors, and customer relationships while ensuring operational excellence. If you’re a strategic leader with deep program management expertise, this is your chance to impact high-profile aerospace projects.

This role may be eligible for relocation support.

What You Will Do:

• Lead program planning, scheduling, budgeting, and milestone development for medium-sized seating programs.

• Manage key vendors and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure program success.

• Serve as primary liaison with customers, consolidating and presenting program plans, progress reports, and value-stream strategies.

• Oversee contract lifecycle activities including negotiations, proposals, budgets, and compliance.

• Identify program issues, allocate resources, and adjust contractual specifications to resolve challenges.

• Support annual strategic planning and new business growth initiatives for the Seating Division.

• Guide continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, quality, and operational performance.

• Coach and mentor junior team members, delegating work and fostering professional development.

• Influence organizational policies and procedures to optimize program outcomes.

• Coordinate timely responses to customer action items and ensure stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Program management experience leading cross functional teams

• Manages important vendors and develops milestones, program plans, schedules and budgets for programs

• Consolidates and presents plans and progress reports

• Prepares and presents value-stream strategy, progress, and results

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

• Tuition reimbursement program

• Student Loan Repayment Program

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

• Adoption Assistance         

• Autism Benefit

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

•  And more! 

At Collins Aerospace, our Interiors team is focused on innovation, safety and cost efficiency. But we don’t just get people from point A to point B. We’re committed to making air travel more comfortable, connected and secure. As a leader in aviation interior products and services, we’re helping airlines and original equipment manufacturers create a positive experience for their customers. With offices and manufacturing facilities in more than 1