Lead Program Manager - Space Electronics at AeroVironment in Albuquerque, NM

Job description

• AV has an immediate opening for a mid-career Lead Program Manager to support satellite electronics programs within its Space Technologies Division. AV provides a full suite of exquisite, space-qualified hardware trusted to fly in the most extreme environments space presents across GEO, MEO, LEO and Cislunar orbits. With hundreds of systems flying in space, our customers turn to AV when a mission can't fail.

Responsibilities

• Working with customers to understand forecasts and demand for the product
• Leading proposal development, ensuring stable product pricing
• Assisting contract management in negotiations related to cost, schedule, and risk posture
• Partnering with material managers and supply chain to ensure inventory of electronic components is available and suppliers are meeting commitments
• Leading the development of an integrated master schedule
• Leading a risk management process for the product
• Managing all assigned resources including people, facilities, budgets, and schedules to meet performance requirements and commitments
• Reporting on product/program status internally and externally
• Ensuring project team members' responsibilities, accountability and authority are clearly documented and understood
• Ensuring assigned individuals are executing the assigned tasks and providing appropriate tracking and reporting per plan
• Facilitating the resolution of program issues
• Partnering cross functionally on configuration management and associated deliveries of the product
• Performing project management activities in accordance with accepted project management standards in the industry (e.g., PMI, Project Management Body of Knowledge [PMBOK], ANSI, and ISO-standards)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field and 8+ years of relevant experience within aerospace or a technical field as a project or program manager
• Thorough knowledge and proficiency in all project management areas in accordance with Industry project management standards
• Ability to lead and direct the activities and resources within and across the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to listen, assimilate, evaluate, and summarize. Sound ability to communicate with the customer at all levels
• Knowledge of the Project Lifecycle from requirements definition, proposal preparation and negotiation and project implementation through to completion
• Strong initiative in defining, proposing, implementing, and communicating schedule metrics that support informed decision-making
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• Master's degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field and 10+ years of relevant experience within aerospace or a technical field as a project or program manager
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Skills

Required

• Project management
• Leadership
• Communication
• Proposal development
• Contract management
• Supply chain management
• Integrated master schedule development
• Risk management
• Resource management
• Configuration management
• Knowledge of project lifecycle
• Schedule metrics

Preferred

• PMP certification

Benefits

• Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.
• We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.
• $101,000 - $154,000
• AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.