Program Manager III Job Listing at HDT Global in Fredericksburg, VA (Job ID 22faef15-be13-43b4-ab55-37d8fe623480)

Description

Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937.

What We Offer:

• Health benefits, including telehealth medical services, Dental & Vision
• Life, AD&D & Disability (paid for by the company)
• 401K with a company match

The location of this position is geographically flexible

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and directs the daily execution of contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met
• Provides interface, communications and coordination with internal and external customers on matters pertaining to existing contracts and bid and proposal activities
• Participates as a team member or leader on bid and proposal activities. Ensures that the requirements of the request for proposal are met in the preparation and documentation of bids and proposals
• Performs Regular interaction with Business Development leads, actively seeks new business opportunities in coordination with Business Development, and in some cases may own follow on sales capture opportunities with current customers (opportunity farming)
• Prepare for and participate in contract/subcontract negotiations. While representing Company's interests, assure that all government regulatory guidance is adhered to
• Develops and implements plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts. Allocates and controls contract budgets for labor, material travel and purchased services. Reports program status to senior management on a monthly basis
• Formally identifies, assesses, monitors and mitigates risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost and schedule objectives.
• Develops and executes program corrective action strategies
• Performs variance analysis of schedule and cost on a formal and informal basis and presents them to senior management (i.e. earned value management system)
• Assures that conduct of contract requirements is executed in accordance with appropriate regulations and company policies and procedures (i.e. federal acquisition regulations)
• Assigned to high risk programs due to knowledge and experience
• Responsible for indirectly managing engineering project team assigned to complex development
• Manages internal research and development projects
• Assures a timely closeout of completed programs to ensure that all obligations are satisfied and program documentation is properly recorded
• Develops and understands principles of program planning (i.e. developing a Bill of Materials and Basis of Estimate)
• Understands lean and process improvement principles (i.e. Lean Six Sigma)
• Understands cash flow management principles
• Supports other projects and performs duties as assigned

Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience; Engineering or business degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and/or experience; Program Management certification preferred (i.e., PMP or DAU Level 3/Advanced).
• 10+ years of demonstrated program management experience throughout all phases of the program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include: proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation of cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Experience with earned value management, cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis
• Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain management
• Successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military organization; portfolio of programs in which financial objectives (P&L, cash flow, revenue, bookings) were achieved.
• Experience managing programs with requirements for MIL-STD 810, ATTLA Certification, ISO / CSC Certifications, and / or C4ISR Integration Preferred.

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.