Director, Program Management Manufacturing Design

Job Title: Director Program Management - Manufacturing Design

Job ID: 33336

Job Location: Huntsville AL Orange VA Melbourne Fl -OR- Camden AR

Job Schedule: 9/80:Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off or 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days 4 days a week

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions Capacity Expansion team is seeking a Director of Program Management to lead and manage a team responsible for meeting cost schedule and technical performance goals to design manufacturing processes and facilities as part of a larger effort to expand capacity. This individual will lead various team members across disciplines within a matrix organization aligning high level objectives with detailed designs. This position will benefit from strong technical understanding of solid rocket motors and manufacturing include guiding the team collaborating with cross-functional groups and engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timely and on-budget execution of process/site development change management proper approvals and delivery of required capacity Program Manager will operate within a larger PMO Structure and have high visibility with executive leadership.

Essential Functions:

• Guide the team collaborate with cross-functional groups and engage with multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and on-budget execution of process/site development change management proper approvals and delivery of required capacity increases.
• Operate within a larger PMO structure and report directly to Director-level leadership.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team to achieve key business objectives.
• Manage program deliverables to ensure schedules budgets and customer timelines are met throughout the project lifecycle.
• Update the teams status against the integrated master schedule (IMS) on a periodic basis.
• Manage and report on the financial status of the project to stakeholders.
• Ensure resources such as Engineering Technical SMEs Production and Facilities are available and aligned with program objectives.
• Assist in proposals work statements work breakdown structures (WBS) operating budgets and schedule integration into the larger capacity plan.
• Identify risks develop and implement corrective actions and initiate program changes as necessary.
• Control expenditures within the project budget and regularly report on budget vs. actual performance.
• Create and maintain a Project Management Plan (PMP) to align with project execution.
• Establish clarity roles responsibilities and expectations around upcoming deliverables across multiple functions within the organization.
• Provide updates for scheduled Program Management Reviews to leadership.
• Own program baseline reviews and program close-outs.
• Communicate with stakeholders within and outside the department and occasionally with external parties.
• Familiarity with the Engineering design process including Systems Requirements Review (SRR) Systems Design Review (SDR) Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) to support proper program execution.
• The selected candidate must be able to support 25% business travel.
• Ability to obtain U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior Operations or Program Management experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior Operations or Program Management lieu of a degree minimum of 19 years of prior Operations or Program Management experience.

• 5 years of experience directly managing cross-functional teams.

• 5 years experience supporting production programs or working in an operations environment with hardware.

• 5 years of earned value management (EVM) experience with a keen understanding of Cost Account Manager (CAM) resposibilities and Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Previous Experience in large program deliverables like manufacturing site development manufacturing and engineering development and change management.
• Previous Experience in Operations with focus on automation is desired
• Experience with MS Office suite of tools including Outlook Word PowerPoint and Excel. Experience with ORACLE ERP Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint Defense industry experience.
• Previous Experience in managing change board process through Failure Review Boards Technical Change boards Change Control Boards etc.
• Experience with Microsoft Project or other scheduling tools.
• PMP Certification.

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