Senior Program Manager

GENERAL DESCRIPTION Senior Program Manager operating within a diverse cross functional program team leading programs providing design, development and manufacturing of tactical payloads and persistent surveillance operations for US Government customers. Serves as the primary point of contact for all aspects of assigned programs and ensure fulfillment of contractual obligations including cost, quality, and schedules while maintaining company objectives. Provides technical management and leadership of subcontractors, vendors, and the internal program team to ensure on-time delivery of products and services. Recommends and takes action to direct the analysis and solutions of problems. Conducts program meetings and manages issues, risk, and change requests. Ensures adherence to quality standards for all program deliverables. DUTIES - Demonstrate a wide degree of creativity and latitude - Serve as a Program Manager for payload design, manufacturing and deployment programs - Manage acquisition of Aerostats and Aerostat systems - Manage deployment of tactical system(s) and associated crew training, testing, handoff and transition to operations - Remote management of one or more tactical sensor site crews performing operations and sustainment (OandS) support. - Manage logistics support to include spares asset accountability and repair and return of critical components - Coordinate with other organizations to establish and validate network connectivity in support of data backhaul and data communications between site(s) and users - Coordinate activities between OEMs, other organizations, subcontractors and vendors for mission computer software development and integration into tactical payloads and/or ground stations - Provide technical management and technical leadership of programs - Analyze customer requirements and prepare statements of work, program performance plans basis of estimates (BoE) and technical proposals as required - Prepare schedules, plan, organize and execute all aspects of assigned programs from concept to completion; includes managing cost, schedule, risk, and opportunities - Interface with functional departments to pre-plan and forecast personnel, materials, facilities, tools, equipment, and subcontractor resources - Develop subcontractor statements of work (SSOW) and manage subcontracted vendors - Interface with Finance and Accounting and manage financial aspects of programs - Prepare reports detailing program progress and costs and brief program status to internal management and the customer - Prepare and present formal and informal programmatic and technical presentations to customers, internal program team and upper management - Lead Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and deliver product and services to the customer within cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance requirements as agreed to by contract - Perform root cause analysis, develop corrective action plans and implement and monitor execution of the plan - Coordinate and resolve technical and programmatic issues with the customer - Provide input to, assist with, and determine Make-Buy decisions - Prepare and/or review deliverables, initiate appropriate corrective actions as required and ensure that quality products and services are delivered in a manner that fully satisfies contract obligations - Monitor and ensure compliance to applicable codes, regulations, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications - Perform other duties as assigned EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Bachelor of Science (BS), BBA/BA degree in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, or Science discipline is desired, experience may substitute for education At least 10 years of successful experience and demonstrated competence as a program manager, project manager, site manager or related management position is required Diverse experience with Aerostat syste s is required Working knowledge of tactical class aerostats or other aerostat system is required Working knowledge of tactical payloads to include Radar and Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) systems is required Experience in establishing tactical sensor site operations to include emplacement of sensors and ground support. Experience in performing tactical persistent surveillance operations is desired Self-starter with strong interpersonal, leadership and team skills and demonstrated ab