Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years 5 years of combined experience + 2 years of experience in the aerospace industry

Education Bachelor of Science in engineering, science, or program management discipline

Category Project & Program Management

About this role

The Program Manager leads and tracks all aspects of assigned Intergalactic programs, including scope, schedule, and budget, from award through final delivery to the customer. They coordinate integrated product teams and act as the primary point of contact with customers, ensuring stakeholders receive timely status, risk/opportunity, scope change, and recovery plan communications.

Key Responsibilities

Lead assigned programs through a matrixed organization and integrated product teams
Serve as main point of contact and primary communication focal point with customers
Provide timely status, risks and opportunities, scope change information, and recovery plans
Manage progress toward long term goals and support strategic direction with resource acquisition
Coordinate across business development/proposal support, engineering, design, purchasing, assembly, and test

Technical Overview

This role manages aerospace program execution across multiple disciplines including engineering, design, purchasing, assembly, and test, and supports deliverables such as SDRLs and customer TIMs. It requires strong program communication and change management around scope, schedule, budget, and contractual milestones.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a program manager with 5+ years of professional experience across program management, project management, or project engineering, including 2+ years in the aerospace industry. They lead integrated product teams in a matrixed organization, manage scope/schedule/budget to contractual milestones, and serve as the primary point of contact with customers while communicating risks, opportunities, and recovery plans.

Must-Have Skills

5 years of combined experience working professionally in program managementproject managementproject engineeringor an equivalent technical role.2 years of experience in the aerospace industry.Bachelor of Science in engineeringscienceor program management discipline.Manage individual programs by leading all crew members in a matrixed organization through their various job functions.Maintain effective communication on all aspects of the program among the project team and the client.

Nice-to-Have Skills

Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problemsStrong oral and written communication skills

Required Skills

Program ManagementProject ManagementProject EngineeringScopeScheduleBudgetMilesonesIntegrated Product TeamsMatrixed organizationPoint of Contact (POC)Customer communicationRisks and opportunitiesScope change informationRecovery plansSDRLsCustomer TIMsAerospace industry

Hard Skills

Program ManagementProject ManagementProject EngineeringBudget managementSchedule managementScope change managementIntegrated Product TeamsPurchasingAssemblyTestSDRLsCustomer TIMsBusiness development/proposal supportRisk and opportunities communicationRecovery plans

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunication (timelinestasksschedules)Customer relationship managementStakeholder managementProblem analysis and resolutionMaintaining positive supplier rating

Industry & Role

Industry Aerospace

Job Function Manage aerospace programs to deliver contracted intellectual and physical product to customers.

Role Subtype Program Manager

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship No

Keywords for Your Resume

Program ManagerProgram ManagementProject Managementproject engineeringscopeschedulebudgetmilestonescontractual milestonesIntegrated Product Teamsmatrixed organizationPoint of ContactPoint of Contact (POC)customer TIMsTIMsSDRLsbusiness development/proposal supportengineeringdesignpurchasingassemblytestrecovery plansriskopportunitiesscope change informationaerospace industryBachelor of ScienceU.S. export-controlled informationGE Aerospaceproject managementscope schedule budget

Deal Breakers

Bachelor of Science in engineering, science, or program management discipline., 5 years of combined experience in program management, project management, project engineering, or equivalent technical role., 2 years of experience in the aerospace industry., Ability to work with U.S. export-controlled information (role requires access).

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