General Summary:
Program Manager role with comprehensive responsibility for strategy (IBP), P&L, and LCM oversight for medium sized programs in the Platform Survivability business for the Security & Survivability LOB. This is a customer centric role that manages survivability products and services for its customer base in the Ground Vehicle space. Ensure achievement of financial, schedule, technical and new business performance objectives. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Initiates, organizes plans, authorizes work, manages change, and closes out programs according to the companies Integrated Project Mgt. processes.
2. Develops and executes program strategic and business plans for programs including establishing and managing internal/external marketing strategies, budget and schedules necessary to achieve program goals. 
3. Manages the divisional interface with the customer and gives direction on all program issues, including marketing, cost, schedule, technical and contractual status.
4. Provides leadership and anticipates and resolves problems and inter-group conflict.
5. Makes presentations and interfaces with senior management, corporate-level managers and high ranking customers on marketing, cost, schedule, technical, and contractual status.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
1. A very high level of analytical ability is required to understand complex technical marketing and develop long-term strategies to manage the continual marketing of existing, new and/or developing potential systems, subsystems, or technologies.
2. An extremely high level of communication skills is required to present, inform, and persuade high level internal and external customers of the company's understanding of customer needs and requirements, business development plans, strategies and actions to high level customers, senior management and corporate managers.
3. A very substantial level of innovation is required to manage key customer relationships. Innovation is one of the primary purposes of this job. Incumbents spend the majority of their time adapting and customizing products, services, and programs; analyzing internal and external data for purposes of identifying opportunities for improving company performance; and managing the customer.

Minimum Education and Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in either business or a technical discipline required. Master's Degree preferred.

Requires a minimum of five years of relevant experience in such areas as contracts, engineering, finance, and manufacturing. Must have in-depth and technical knowledge of division product line, operations and interdepartmental functions, or equivalent, and understand customer structure and operations.

 

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