Position Summary:
Program Manager III (PM III) is a highly experienced, capable, knowledgeable, and skillful Program leader. The PM III is a degreed professional with extensive experience in managing complex aerospace composites programs, including design & build. The PM III is responsible for selecting, training, mentoring and evaluating PMs and PM IIs. In addition to serving as manager for the company's most important programs and other projects, the PM III also takes an active role in reviewing Contract requirements, developing new proposals and quotes, and helping less-experienced PM's resolve issues. The Program Manager III assures that personnel for his or her Integrated Program Teams (IPTs) are fully capable of managing all sub-tasks and functional assignments required, and then assures 100% compliance with all program requirements, on each customer order and/or project assigned.
Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the company's largest, most complex contract programs and projects. This includes organizing and directing program tasks including but not limited to product design and analysis, tooling design and fabrication or procurement, quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, production planning, production, quality assurance and product support. . Must read and be able to interpret contracts for assigned programs.
• Undertakes strategy creation for contingency planning and risk mitigation.
• Responsible for planning and scheduling project goals, milestones and deliverables.
• Defines requirements and plans the program / project life.
• Defines and obtains all resources necessary for project and program execution.
• Identifies and solves project issues effectively.
• Oversees and directs the project engineering team and manages conflicts within the different groups.
• Able to manage the process of developing company bids, quotes and proposals, in response to customer requests or instructions from the VP of Programs or VP of Business Development.
• Performs program team assessments and evaluations.
• Conducts monthly, quarterly, annual Program Management Review (PMR) briefings.
• Exhibits leadership qualities in defining and communicating requirements for programs, and in mitigating project risks.
• Maintains project and technical documentation required for order or contract (may be deliverable to customer).
• Maintain and coordinate ongoing communication with external customers.
• Obtain change order fees and updated part and project pricing when scope or cost structure changes.