Principal Program Manager
Leonardo DRS
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Fort Walton Beach • Florida • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for leading the line of business (LOB) and/or Company (CO) program management function
- This includes full life cycle management (development, production, and sustainment) of the LOB and/or CO
- Ensures proper methods are followed to track program cost, schedules and performance across LOB and/or CO
- Lead and or support bid and proposal activities
- Manages and ensures the timely completion of contract requirements for production programs from start to completion to ensure that costs, schedule, lead times, capacity and goals are met, and works closely with Operations and Supply Chain
- Assists in providing contractual interface, communication and coordination with internal and external customer on matters pertaining to existing production operations contracts
- Uses specific knowledge in production operations and planning to research, plan, communicate and achieve objectives through program/project team
- Facilitate the input from Operations to assure production readiness for new programs and awards
- Manage and direct the daily execution of multiple programs within contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules and performance goals are met
Requirements
- 10+ years relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or Business degree may be preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience depending upon the job discipline
- Knowledge of program management tools and procedures
- Experience throughout 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 cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
- Experience with earned value 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
- Strong presentation skills
- Program Management certification preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU)
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- life and disability insurance
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementearned value cost accountingrisk managementrequirements decompositioncontinuous improvementcost reductionperformance improvementmetrics for program progressproduction operationssupply chain management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationpresentation skillscoordinationorganizational skillsteam managementproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsplanningexecution
Certifications
PMPDAU