Senior Program Manager
HP
Program Manager
Sierra Nevada Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Plano • Ohio, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- support the business objectives at SNC
- responsible for all programmatic aspects of multiple assigned projects with specifically focused responsibility for customer relationship, cost, schedule and technical planning, tracking and reporting, technical execution, and ensuring overall program performance objectives are achieved
- typically manage programs of up to $20M or less with varying development scope, with moderate to medium complexity and requiring medium to high customer interaction
- supervise the work of program and project staff and be the primary POC for customers
- participate in business resource planning/tracking in coordination with other corporate entities and responsible to formulate a team that can fulfill program requirements
- responsible for ensuring program issues and problems are identified, tracked, and resolved; and for program risk and opportunity management and ensuring risks and opportunities are identified, mitigated, tracked, and managed
- responsible for interfacing on project/program status, developing proposals, researching/fact-finding, coordinating audits, and negotiating with project/program stakeholders to ensure enterprise initiatives meet cost, budget, and schedule constraints
- support the Program Director and Business Operations in fulfilling their responsibilities for the Business Area
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Project Management, Management, Engineering or related field
- Typically 5+ years of progressive experience in project or program management
- Minimum 1+ year experience leading teams made up of 3+ cross functional team members
- Experience with the evaluation of requests for proposals and/or quotes
- Experience with preparing, reviewing, and submitting proposals and/or quotes
- Experience with contract negotiations, and the difference in contract types
- Experience with managing multiple projects and/or a small program
- Experience with being the primary focal for a customer
- Demonstrated financial acumen to ensure decisions are fiscally sound and responsible
- Ability to execute coordination of all elements of a program, i.e., Program integration management
- Perform task coordination, resource development, stakeholder identification, etc.
- Capability to manage program lifecycle conflicts, prioritize competing priorities/requests, and evaluate available resources
- Leadership abilities inclusive of successful change management, mentoring, career development, training, succession planning, holding people accountable, and conducting yearly reviews
- Requires ability to manage complex situations, delegate authority, lead and inspire your team, drive innovative thinking, instill collaboration, drive for success, challenge status quo, and demonstrate the ability to adapt to dynamic situations
- Requires skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, presentation, strategic thinking, marketing, and literacy in the program management disciplines
- Experience leading proposal kickoff meetings, schedule adherence, and action item tracking
- Experience coordinating input from SMEs, technical teams, pricing, and contracts
- Current Active Secret Clearance is required
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
- life insurance
- 3 weeks paid time off
- tuition reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementprogram managementcontract negotiationproposal developmentfinancial acumenrisk managementstakeholder managementresource planningprogram integration managementprogram lifecycle management
Soft skills
leadershipteam buildingtime managementconflict resolutioncommunicationstrategic thinkingmentoringchange managementcollaborationadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeActive Secret Clearance
