Staff Program Manager

Company Description

Join SEAKR Engineering, a leading-edge provider of advanced electronics for space applications. Pushing the boundaries of technology on a mission to change the world for the better from space.

Job Description

A Staff Program Manager is responsible for defining, implementing and leading program plans and activities to ensure customer requirements are met along with internal financial goals.  This is a full-time exempt position in which the work is performed under limited supervision by either a Program Director or Vice President and is evaluated on results obtained.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Create, communicate and maintain program execution plans for programs ranging from $20M to $300M with program team head count in the range of 75 to 120.
• Determine team structure and discipline needs to achieve the program plan and work with functional managers to matrix assign the necessary team members
• Create, communicate and maintain the program budget and schedule; work intimately with Program Controls to establish a baseline plan and perform monthly schedule, cost and risk updates
• Establish and track risks and opportunities in a risk database; lead program risk mitigation plans and opportunity achievement plans; maintain current status of risks, opportunities and plans relative to program EAC, Management Reserve and Schedule
• Interact directly with the customer to understand requirements, expectations, unit operations and to communicate program status and risks
• The ideal candidate will have experience with electronics design and packaging such that 1.) they are experienced with developing a plan and schedule for circuit card, FPGA and embedded software design and 2.) they are a key contributor in technical decisions that influence program performance
• Manage the planning and performance of component/EEE part procurement with Supply Chain to ensure all parts are on-hand in time to support program engineering development unit builds and flight article builds
• Manage the production and test flow working with Receiving Inspection, Property, Manufacturing and Production Test groups.
• Support Business Development and Business Capture with proposals and development of proposal schedules and pricing
• For the company as a whole, and especially as driven toward positioning SEAKR to execute on existing backlog establish a One Team Culture and mindset for continuous improvement
  • Develop a culture for continuous improvement and cross-function unity of effort
  • Identify potential for expense reduction on programs assigned and across all SEAKR programs
  • Explore capacity and productivity improvements through selective continuous improvement projects across multiple disciplines and with Supply Chain
  • Work collaboratively with other Program Managers sharing methodologies, ideas and know-how to minimize program costs and establish accurate EACs.
  • Direct engagement for customer to identify issues and work collaboratively to resolve issues
  • Manage priorities and resources on a program and escalate as required.
• Support Leadership in:
  • Strategy and New Business Development
  • Exceeding Annual Operating Plan commitments
  • New process development for enhanced program execution

Other Duties/Responsibilities:

• Follow SEAKR rules and regulations as documented in the SEAKR Employee Handbook and applicable operating procedures.
• Read professional journals and updates and attends seminars to keep aware of trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties:

• Plans, organizes and oversees the work of program teams.
• Reviews and evaluates performance and provides detailed feedback on program team members to functional management
• Responsible for ensuring clear communication of expectations to all program team members and staffing needs to functional managers

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of all elements of aerospace business and operations- including customer relationship management, business development, proposal management, product development, lean project development and execution, back office operations, and information technology and business operations functions
• Knowledge/experience with Aerospace Prime Contractors and/or Government Program Offices
• Knowledge/experience with full life cycle of electronics product development.  Subsystem and system level experience is a plus.
• Knowledge/experience with corporate command media as performing in a matrixed business structure
• Knowledge of a variety of software systems including Word, E-mail, Excel, Microsoft Proje