Senior Program Manager

Mission-Driven. Honor-Bound. Fairbanks Morse Defense. What’s your calling? For the men and women of Fairbanks Morse Defense it’s the rapid and effective support of the fleets that entrust us to design, develop, and deliver the best naval power technology on the planet. We’re one of the nation’s leading marine defense contractors because of the highly trained and dedicated teams that provide reliable power systems, parts, and aftermarket services to the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and Canadian Coast Guard. When you join Fairbanks Morse Defense, you join a legacy of commitment that spans 150 years. Fairbanks Morse Defense offers competitive benefits with a wide range of training and development opportunities. Our world-class teams are dedicated to helping every individual achieve their full potential. Discover what it’s like to be a part of the Fairbanks Morse Defense team here: https://www.fairbanksmorsedefense.com/careers


Summary

The Sr. Program Manager is responsible for rapid, consistent, and efficient program management through planning, managing, executing, organizing, directing, and controlling all program and/or project deliverables in accordance with program/project objectives, segment goals, initiatives, and strategy. Coordinate efforts of the service and engineering teams to ensure customer goals and timelines are met. Coordinates customer interface support and assures compliance to contract and product specifications from receipt of contract through termination of the program.

This position requires technical and administrative control of the portfolio of projects in accordance with the agreed/authorized objectives, schedule, commercial target, internal/external requirements as well as regulatory body and class society requirements. The Sr. Program Manager may have supervisory responsibility, and as such will supervise, develop, and mentor assigned personnel.


The Sr. Program Manager acts as the “General Contractor" for the duration of each project. The focus is on technical and administrative control. Acts as the point of contact from contract kickoff through the warranty period for the customer, internal organizational disciplines, and organizational leadership.
The Sr. Program Manager is responsible for leading a core execution team to ensure each project’s technical and business objectives are achieved. When tasks are delegated either internally or externally, responsibility remains with the Sr. Program Manager. The Sr. Program Manager is responsible for defining contractual requirements, quality, schedules, and financials as well as holding the core execution team members accountable for performance.
Success is measured in terms of meeting or exceeding project financial performance (revenue, cost, and profit margin), customer satisfaction metrics, and contract deliverables.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall program direction. Accountable for achieving well-defined programs/projects, ensuring they meet schedule, specification, cost, and business case requirements expressed as objectives agreed with the Customer. This includes the application of key program management techniques including integrated planning, work breakdown structure application, the management of customer/contract scope, quality, requirements and deliverables, risk management and financial/schedule management and reporting.
• Coordinates with Sales / Bids & Proposal groups to understand and implement proposal plans/contract budgets, deliverables, schedules to establish accurate scope of contract work to meet contractual requirements. In conjunction with Sales and Bids & Proposals, manages the transition from the proposal phase to the contract phase, effectively communicating the requirements and objectives to all organizational disciplines.
• Coordinates with all functional areas in the establishment and implementation of a project plan. “Negotiates” with all functional disciplines for accomplishment of necessary work within schedule, cost, and performance requirements.
• Proactively monitors risks, opportunities, and program/project performance to ensure project is achieving all business objectives and coordinates development of recovery plans in areas of deficient performance.
• Serves as a leader within the Fairbanks Morse Engines team. Assures the multi-disciplined team collaborates effectively to develop detailed plans to achieve the contract objectives.
• Manages all communications with the customer. Serves as the customer advocate for all matters pertaining to the program. As the customer advocate, participates in all areas requiring resolution, whether with other departments/functions, organizations, or suppliers.
• Assures adequate cost collection occurs to verify budget accuracy.
• Evaluates all phases of the assigned programs and/or pr