Program Manager (New Product Development)

Since 2018, Elevate Aircraft Seating has been enhancing the passenger experience through innovative aircraft seat design and manufacturing. With locations in California, Washington, and Germany we are guided by creativity, collaboration, and a shared commitment to quality.

We are looking for a skilled Program Manager to join our team in Huntington Beach, CA. This is an on-site position based in Huntington Beach, CA. We value teamwork, inclusivity, and continuous professional development, and we offer competitive benefits along with opportunities for growth.

JOB SUMMARY

The Program Manager is responsible for cost, schedule, and quality of a customer or internally funded project or program. This role acts as the customer primary point of contact and must have excellent technical management and communications skills. They have matrixed resources that indirectly report and have functional responsibilities that include but may not be limited to engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality. The Program Manager identifies potential risks and implements plans with actions to ensure successful program completion.

SUMMARY OF JOB DUTIES - Essential Functions (Other duties and projects may be assigned or requested.)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Manage/guide technical issues and make decisions that reduce overall technical risk.
• Develop Project Charter & Program Plan
• Manage and control changes
• Actual costs tracking overall cost management
• Estimate to complete and estimates at completion
• Communication plan with communications distribution and feedback
• Project I Program scope management and performance reporting
• Create work breakdown structures
• Control out-of-scope activities through change management
• Performance to and management of requirements
• Project I Program risk identification and management
• Quantitative I qualitative analysis, abatement and tracking of risk reduction
• Create and manage Project I Program schedule with defined activities and milestones
• Project I Program Resource Management
• Identify project/ program team responsibilities and accountabilities
• Monitoring and management of team performance to plan
• Project I Program Procurement and Manufacturing Management
• Monitor progress of manufacturing, engineering and testing processes to plan
• Monitor of procurement progress to plan
• Manage procurement and manufacturing costs