Principal Program Manager

The Coherent Aerospace & Defense Inc, Emerging Products & Technologies Business Unit is seeking a Program Manager to lead various Active Sensing and Pulsed Laser development programs.

Efforts associated with the team include an exciting and challenging role and responsibility for the execution of an ongoing pulsed laser development program, managing the program to product delivery and initiating follow-on efforts.

The program manager role has the primary responsibilities for management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of the organization's programs at various levels of complexity from component production, assembly deliveries, and subsystem integration, test, and demonstration.

The program manager responsibilities include:


* Management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of the organization programs at various levels of complexity from component production, assembly deliveries, and subsystem integration, test, and demonstration.


* Measuring and reporting program performance


* Supporting in contract negotiations, contract modifications, statement of work development, budget development including recurring and non-recurring costs, schedule milestones and task development, workforce planning, and key terms and conditions.


* Ensuring the program team understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board process


* Supporting program P&L forecast and adherence, internal investment planning and execution


* Responsibility for completion and submittal of the program deliverables per the statement of work along with all artifacts to support the contract


* Preparation and delivering briefings on program status to customers, executive leadership and supporting team


* Managing program materials and inventory to include government and customer supplied material


* Managing suppliers to meet program objectives


* Collaborating across many IPTs and enterprise-wide business areas with effective communication skills


* Lead a culture of continuous improvement through strong employee engagement


* Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Security, IT and Facilities to ensure efficient support of the organization.


* Prepare and deliver competitive cost and technical proposals to capture new business


* Support growth strategy development including building product and technology roadmaps


* Cultivate customer and stakeholder relationships to further business opportunities


* This person will be responsible for managing some of the most complex developments in the EP&T organization, exercising wide latitude and independent judgment to solve high-level problems.

Education & Experience


* Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline and 15+ years of relevant experience, master's degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of relevant experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline and 9 years of relevant experience as described above.


* Strong background...