Program Manager - Senior (Aerospace/Uav/Uas)

Edge Autonomy is a provider of innovative autonomous systems, advanced optics, and resilient energy solutions to the US Department of Defense. We are a company of pioneers who believe that innovation, no matter how small or how early, helps create a better world!

About This Position

The role of Senior Program Manager can be based in San Luis Obispo CA, Herndon VA, Huntsville AL, Ann Arbor MI or be remote. The Senior Program Manager is a highly collaborative role is supporting one of our largest defense contracts (Tiquila) this program is high stakes and complex in nature. The Senior Program manager is responsible for leading program teams ensuring deliverable requirements are reached and in accordance with budget, scope and timing. The Senior Program Manager manages the customer relationship and is the primary point of contact for our customer. The Senior Program Manager requires leadership, communication, influence, relationship building, and management skills coupled with Technical Project Management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assigns and prioritizes project management resources and regularly assesses project quality and efficiency
• Lead failure root cause analysis and corrective actions as needed
• Generate master plans and Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) to align with customer SOW and WBS, track milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
• Travels to support assigned programs and teams as required
• Brief internal and external customers and leadership on progress of work assigned
• Track and report on program performance metrics including schedule performance
• Leads and directs cross-functional engineering teams during proposal, design, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases
• Track and manage issues/risks by working with internal and outside team members and stakeholders to determine mitigation and containment
• Serve as point of contact for customer field issues and coordinate engineering responses including Air Worthiness Directives, field repairs, troubleshooting
• Coordinate engineering responses to field issues including Air Worthiness Directives, field repairs, troubleshooting
• Oversee CCB and ECO activities across engineering and manufacturing groups
• Lead failure root cause analysis and corrective actions as needed
• Coordinate SDRL/CDRL generation and delivery per SOW requirements
• Generate Risk, Issues and Opportunity Management Plans, track and manage issues/risks by working with internal and outside team members and stakeholders to determine mitigation and containment
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules

Qualifications

• Has worked in UAS/UAV industry (Preferred)
• Lead Integrated Product Team or lead new product team
• Gated design development experience (PDR, CDR)
• Strong customer support experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project
• Proven analytical, technical, strategic and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of Earned Value Management principles
• Experience in design for manufacturing and transition to production programs
• Experience working with diverse, multifunctional teams
• 10+ years of Program or Management experience or similar (e.g. Lead IPT (Integrated Product Team), or Lead NPT (New Product Team) or Systems Engineering lead)
• Bachelors degree or higher in engineering or technical discipline
• Strong sense for self-direction with the ability to work with minimal supervision
• 10+ years of relevant experience in the Defense/ Aerospace industry (DOD)
• Experience evaluating program Risks and Opportunities
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to articulate complex resource and technical issues to a range of audiences; excellent communication skills
• PMP certified (preferred)

Edge Autonomy Benefits

• Group Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Matching 401(k)
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Critical Care Plan
• Paid PTO
• HSA and FSA Options
• Accident Care Plan
• 10 Paid holidays

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