PROGRAM MANAGER II

AeroTEC provides comprehensive, full-service aerospace services and solutions to customers in aircraft design, testing, instrumentation, certification, manufacturing, modifications and maintenance with facilities in Seattle, Wichita, and Moses Lake.

About the Team

AeroTEC’s Program Management Office (PMO) is primarily involved in developing the strategy for, and managing the execution of all projects AeroTEC works on. PMO Division is responsible for taking direction and inputs from our customers, developing program strategy and work plans (schedules, budgets, resource and task management, and customer communication), creating the road map for the AeroTEC team to follow to meet customer goals.

About the Role

The Program Manager II (‘PM II’) is responsible for driving the successful execution of AeroTEC’s programs throughout the program lifecycle, to include capture support. The PM II’s responsibility is to achieve or surpass the quality, schedule, and financial performance of AeroTEC programs. The PM II has responsibility for maintaining and developing customer relationships, and is specifically focused on managing program scope. The PM II develops baseline budgets, and implements risk and opportunity plans to ensure risks are identified, mitigated, tracked, and managed.

This position coordinates and manages the program cadence with all of AeroTECs functional departments, to ensure alignment and continuity. The PM II acts as primary contact for a program’s status, deliverables, and cross-disciplinary technical leadership, across a multitude of external contacts and internal team members to ensure customer requirements and expectations are met. This role requires the significant exercise of independent discretion and judgment.

The PM II supports AeroTEC Sales leaders in new business capture, to include proposal development, conducting leadership gate reviews, supporting customer fact-finding, coordinating audits, and supporting price negotiations.

In This Role You Will:

• Develop & maintain integrated master schedule and budget based on detailed technical planning for large scale, complex programs including design, manufacturing, modification, and test programs.
• Develop & maintain control systems that accurately measure program cost, schedule, risk, and technical performance with sufficient time for corrective action should issues arise.
• Conduct program status reporting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Conduct internal reviews to determine program staffing to ensure technical skills are paired with technical needs at the appropriate time.
• Communicate with potential clients & suppliers to determine scope of project for desired services, timeline, and cost sensitivity.
• Create business proposals including schedule, deliverables, and cost ensuring contract conditions which minimize AeroTEC risk.
• Identify and mitigate potential cost overruns and schedule delays before they are realized.
• Manage relationship with clients and suppliers throughout the lifecycle of a project.