Job Description:

The Program Manager is responsible for driving project planning, execution, financial performance, and production launch plans. This responsibility exists throughout the program lifecycle from initial idea through development, launch, ongoing operations, and expansion of the project. The Program Manager will lead cross functional product development teams to execute multiple battery development projects and support proposal development for future products/projects.This position reports to the Director of Operations - government, aerospace, and defense division, and involves managing government funded development programs in combination with internally funded efforts toward product development and launch for commercial sales of battery-based energy systems to military, aerospace, and government related markets.The PM oversees all aspects of projects, tracks execution to deadlines and resource allocations, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. The PM prepares reports for upper management and customers regarding status of project.The PM will support Contract Administrator in meeting contractor report and compliance deliverables.The PM will identify and implement improvements in operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop costs, and execute complex projects involving cross functional resources to deliver a robust financial return to the company
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to define project deliverable requirements that satisfy both external and internal goals
• Actively lead problem solving, conflict resolution, and solution development to meet project milestones, with the goal of exceeding expectations for performance, quality, and timing
• Drive open issues to closure through a robust plan, do, check loop
• Effectively manage and communicate project tasks and commitments with project team members
• Proactively manage scope, identify potential risks, develop and promote contingency plans
• Conduct regular status and coordination meetings both internally and with customers
• Track program revenue and cost actuals to budget and compile monthly reports for review
• Provide all external customer contractual reports on time and to specifications
• Support sales team on proposal development for new projects
• Be actively involved in optimizing and improving company work process and methodologies

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or STEM disciple
• Strong leadership, organizational, and motivational skills
• Excellent communication skills, verbal, written, and visual
• Detail oriented with the ability to effectively persuade through data and analysis
• Technical comprehension capacity for battery system design architecture and application
• Team-based problem-solving experience using structured methods such as 8D and Six Sigma
• 5+ years of work experience in program management, systems engineering, or technical project leadership
• Excellent communication skills, verbal, written, and visual
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Microsoft Project
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder

  Desired Qualifications

• Lithium Ion battery product experience
• Electrical / electronic product development and launch experience
• Government funded program management experience, i.e. DOD, DOE, DOT
• Master’s Degree in Business, Systems Engineering, or Program Management
• PMP certification
• Six Sigma green belt

Posted On: Wednesday, October 24, 2018