Program Manager

Socket.dev; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Toronto, Canada is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead multidisciplinary aircraft structures programs. You will coordinate with sales, delivery, and engineering teams, map opportunities, and manage customer relationships to ensure revenue targets and on-time delivery.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's or Master's in mechanical or aeronautical engineering, PMP or CSM certification, and 15+ years of program management experience with OEMs or Tier-1s.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical or aeronautical engineering; MBA is an added advantage.
• PMP or CSM certification required or highly preferred.
• 15+ years of project/program management experience in aircraft structures with OEMs, Tier-1s or engineering services.

Responsibilities

• Own overall project status and act as single point of contact with customer managers.
• Collaborate with sales, delivery and engineering teams to identify opportunities and drive business growth.
• Draft SoWs/proposals and shepherd approvals through to PO issuance.
• Coordinate with offshore teams to ensure timely quality program execution.
• Lead frequent cadence meetings with customers and maintain professional relationships.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Strategic account planning

Business development

Customer satisfaction

Education

Mechanical / Aeronautical engineering (BSc/ MSc)

MBA (advantage)

Job description

Job Description for Program Manager:

• Customer relationship management by strategic account planning, business development, and customer satisfaction.
• In collaboration with sales and delivery teams, identify business opportunities by interacting with existing and new customers at various levels, contributing to business growth.
• Responsible for achieving revenue targets per budget and business ask.
• Map current/new customers to various business groups for account mining
• Regular follow-up with customers on the new opportunities
• Work on proactive business proposals along with delivery and sales
• Preparing business case for new projects, presenting viable proposals for approval
• Pursue with customers for approval of business proposals till PO is issued
• Work with Talent acquisition and delivery teams for timely resource fulfillment and support onboarding of new hires
• Interfacing with the global delivery teams to ensure quality and timely program execution.
• In-person meetings with customers regularly and develop professional and personal relationships. Conduct and/or attend periodic cadence meetings (daily/weekly/monthly) with customers for technical and business discussions.
• Reviewing any customer escalations and coordinating with offshore for quicker resolution
• Provide key inputs to delivery and sales heads in preparation of customer satisfaction improvement plans, customer visits, delivery heads visits, etc.
• Responsible for overall Project status and communications with customer managers as a Single Point of Contact
• Project scoping and helping customers in drafting SoWs/proposals.
• Cover Delivery visit meetings and compile and follow up actions till closure.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's / master's degree in mechanical / Aeronautical engineering. An MBA degree is an added advantage.
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods with PMP or CSM certification
• 15 plus years experience in project or program management of multidisciplinary projects in aircraft structures working with major Aircraft OEMs or Tier-1s or Engineering Services providers.
• Position is based in Toronto Canada, and needs to travel to other locations like Calgary, Victoria etc.. for meetings with customers on a need basis.
• Excellent problem-solving ability and verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, and peers with experience managing large teams / complex programs
• This job requires travels to customer sites