Sr Program Management Specialist

Job Description: Senior Program Manager Specialist

The successful candidate will direct all phases of programs from inception through completion. PMs are responsible for contract execution, product and documentation delivery, customer satisfaction, and business development support for follow-on programs. Candidate will have a strong technical acumen and relevant experience managing highly technical programs. PMs provide team leadership and ensure compliance to all program requirements.

Essential Functions:

This position is responsible for successfully managing all aspects of cost, schedule, and quality performance for their assigned programs, in accordance with the approved Rocketdyne processes. This includes:

• Serve as primary customer contact for program activities
• Lead program reviews and report on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Responsible for understanding all contractual requirements (ex, Statement of Work Specifications, Cotnract terms) and managing the scope of the program.
• Ability to manage programs through all phases of the project life-cycle.
• Participates in the preparation proposals, bid/no-bid decisions, and business plans.
• Participates in negotiations of contracts and contract change management.
• Manages development efforts for product development, integration, and test.
• Responsible for communicating program requirements to all functions (Engineering, Finance, Quality, Material Control, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and other organizational elements) throughout program lifecycle.
• Establishes an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and monitors adherence to critical path and key milestones.
• Identifies program problems and risks and obtains solutions such as resource allocation and contract specification changes.
• Monitor and assess performance; identify problems and institute corrective actions as required.
• Identify and quantitatively assess risk; track, manage, and develop mitigation plans for program risk.
• Record and communicate lessons learned from each program.
• Responsible for the direction, oversight, and outcome of all assigned programs.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Demonstrated understanding of the 5 phases of program management (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing).
• Candidates must be familiar with management of all key program management process areas (financial/earned value, schedule, risk, scope/change, stakeholder, supply chain, staffing).
• Must demonstrate a keen understanding of basic business operations and the organizational levers (systems, processes, departments, functions) that drive profitable growth. The individual will work without appreciable direction and exercise considerable latitude to determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project are required.
• Experience running programs with government contract flow downs is required, and running programs for space customers is desired

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering field desired) and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree (Engineering field desired) and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Eligible for security clearance
• PMP® certication desired
• Ideal candidate technical education or background paired with business acumen