Know anyone for this role? – Any referrals would be greatly appreciated.
Position Title: WRMSPMD082015
Sr. Program Manager – Defense Industry – Chelmsford, MA Area - Up to $120K+
Excellent Compensation - Base + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits
Candidates Local to Mass. Only Please
Must be a US Citizen – Secret Level Clearance Required
Company:
My client, a public company, $230M+ in revenue with a strong cash position, is a best of breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Bid Data processing systems, software & services for critical commercial, defense, & intelligence applications. Excellent culture – Team Oriented – Committed – Customer Focused – Success Oriented – Stimulating Environment.
Position Summary:
Manages the development and implementation process of a customer-focused program’s products and services. Leads departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors the program from initiation through delivery, including planning and directing schedules, and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the program.
Keys to this Role:
1) Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field; Master’s Degree preferred
2) 12 years of technical experience with at least 7 years of direct program management experience
3) Relevant experience as a program manager servicing DoD industry
4) Experience in managing $5M + projects/programs
5) Secret Level Clearance
6) Must be a US Citizen
Position Responsibilities:
· Develop a statement of work and plan for the program
· Define technical scope, capability and details of program requirements, customer needs and organizations deliverables
· Surface and track all required customer deliverables within organizations cross functional teams
· Obtain and manage the necessary cross functional resources required to complete the program. Drive to maximize corporate resource utilization.
· Handle requests from senior management, sales, pre and post-sales support, manufacturing, or customers to ensure the program's progress and success
· Oversee the requirements of the account to ensure meeting customer commitments for schedules and deliverables
· Identify and resolve critical issues, such as product delivery delays, and changes to customer requirements to ensure customer satisfaction
· Work with Sales and Capture Leads from various business units to scope and bound a new program. Understand the business needs and market requirements. May take lead role on capture and/or proposal efforts, or serve as contributing team member.
· Create overall Program Work Breakdown Structure; work with cross functional team to develop program schedule, risk strategies, and costs; work with Product Managers, Contracts, and the Business Unit to create program pricing; manage the same.
· Identify out of scope activities and, with appropriate review by management, make recommendations and commitments to the customer. Negotiate additional charges, funding, and/or timeline impacts.
· Manage to quarterly revenue and cash flow goals, and percentage of completion milestones
· Monitor the on-going lifecycle of the program in support of the Business Unit, meeting its objectives and profitability goals
· Support the development or continuous improvement of key business processes
· Support the Director of Programs, as required, in representing the department in key meetings and task force groups
Required Skills and Competencies:
· Extensive working knowledge of program management techniques and contract accounting
· Strong analytical ability
· Ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally, with customers and at all organization levels
· Ability to interact with multi-disciplined professionals to understand and make necessary tradeoffs and decisions
· Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of MS Project or other project scheduling tools
· Intermediate level of experience with MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint
· Excellent presentation skills
· Excellent problem solving skills
· Participates in the recommendation and/or validation of new business systems to support the organization
· Business acumen/judgment
· High level of organization
· Understanding of the use and reporting of Percentage of Completion Accounting or Earned Value Management
Contact Information – Resumes in Word format to:
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org - WEB Site – www.wrightassociates.org
Posted by: "Gary Wright" <GaryWright@WrightAssociates.org>
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (2) |
