Program Manager – Engineering PMO

Job Description SummaryThe Program Manager (PM) is a key member of the Engineering Program Management Office (PMO) and Engineering Material Science (EMS) responsible for driving improved on time delivery (OTD) with agreed cost and scope for the PFAS Program. The PM will oversee the PFAS Program on the scale of coordinating between materials engineering, design, supply chain, and other cross functional groups. Further, the PM will establish a natural governance model for all the projects in the program, ensure compliance with requirements, maintain project management industry knowledge, and promote the development of project leaders & engineers through coaching and mentoring.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and implement a standard process, team, and tool for program management on the PFAS Program leveraging PMO standards.
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within the project, program, and portfolio management discipline.
• Provide program updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress in terms of performance to meet business objectives and project/program KPIs.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Assists with creating and maintaining project plans by properly breaking down the work, sequencing the activities, integrating the schedules, and using techniques such as critical path method (CPM).
• Ability to influence cross functionally to help achieve successful project outcomes.
• Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects pertaining to project, program, and portfolio mgmt. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
• Uses judgment to make decisions and manage complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer innovative solutions to problems outside of set parameters and provide recommendations.
• Team accountability for timeliness, quality, availability, and yield.
• Lead lean transformation efforts to eliminate waste, improve transparency, establish standard work, and enhance the value the team brings to the business.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Present business or technical discipline solutions to leaders. Communicate complex messages and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view. Influence peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with Program and Project Management.
• The ability to obtain an US Government Clearance.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience managing Engineering and/or Supply Chain projects.
• PMP Certification.
• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Demonstrated ability to people lead and provide strategic direction.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established portfolio / program / project risk management skills.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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