Director Programs

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for co-leading a program management team for our fast growing business. This includes full life cycle management (development, production, and sustainment) at our Germantown, Maryland site.
• Will ensure proper methods are followed to track program cost, schedules and performance across the line of business.
• Track all program cost, schedules and performance against established program milestones; reporting the status to management stakeholders on a regular basis
• Develop and implement recovery plans for yellow and red programs (i.e. schedule, technical performance)
• Ensure program methodologies are sound for the and the program management directives are followed
• Work closely with internal and external existing customers, and obtain feedback on the company’s performance
• Work closely with business development, marketing and sales to enhance the business portfolio
• May lead all meetings and the integrated product team (kick-off through project close)
• Manage inventory effectively
• Manage internal research and development programs as needed
• Develop internal relationships with management stakeholders
• Manage Program Management development to include coaching, teaching, retaining, attracting, and mentoring
• Lead monthly program reviews
• Conduct program reviews that identify root-cause and corrective action as well as continuous improvement and financial performance
• Work closely with Business Development to provide future opportunities for existing customers and solutions for new customers
• Understand and implement lean and process improvement principles (i.e. Lean Six Sigma)
• Understand and develop methodologies that allow program managers to apply leading verses lagging indicators
• Develop processes for identifying, assessing, monitoring and mitigating risk throughout the program life cycle
• Support, communicate and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
   

Qualifications

• Engineering or business degree required. Master’s degree preferred. 
• Minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
• Certification in Program Management preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU level 3)
• Advanced knowledge of program management tools and procedures
• Leadership and management skills, particularly “influence management” and “conflict resolution”
• Significant 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 for 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
• Excellent customer interface skills
• Advanced problem solving skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, project reviews, scheduling and budget control
• Must have a successful track record in managing complex aerospace/defense programs such as a prime or sub contractor to a domestic or foreign military organization
• Must have excellent leadership and oral and written communication skills
• Must have a portfolio of programs in which financial objectives (profit, cash flow, revenue, bookings) were achieved
• Experience with turnaround programs in which recovery was successful preferred