Program Manager - Military Ground Vehicles (m/f/d),

Collins Aerospace; Ratingen; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Special payments & leave days

Corporate & seasonal benefits

Work-life balance

Flexible working hours

30 days of paid vacation

Canteen subsidy

Job bike

Corporate fitness membership (FitX)

Global career opportunities

Employee scholar program

English language trainings

Internal and external trainings

Zusammenfassung

Collins Aerospace in Ratingen, Germany, seeks a seasoned program leader to manage sustainment programs from development through production and support. You will direct customer interactions, proposals, negotiations, and cross-functional leadership across Engineering, Operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, and Finance.

Ideal candidates have a strong track record in program management, leadership, and international collaboration, with fluency in German and English and willingness to travel

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in program management or leadership.
• Experience with sustainment programs.
• Experience reporting metrics through program reviews.
• Experience managing proposals and negotiations.
• Fluent German and English language skills.
• Strong leadership and communication abilities.

Aufgaben

• Understand and represent customer needs to leadership while building and maintaining relationships with customers and key suppliers.
• Accountability for profit and loss, and program execution including risk, cost, quality, and schedule.
• Set program priorities, resolve conflicts, and support reviews with leadership and customer(s).
• Provide leadership and direction to a cross-functional team.
• Identify problems and drive solutions, including resource allocation and execution.
• Manage and grow customer relationships and ensure satisfaction.
• Lead proposal and negotiation activities with domestic and international customers and suppliers.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Kenntnisse

Program management

Leadership

Sustainment experience

Customer relationships

Negotiations

Proposals

German language

English language

Financial acumen

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in related field

Jobbeschreibung

Location:

DE-NW-RATINGEN-115 ~ Kaiserwerther Strasse 115 ~ QUATTRIUM

Date Posted:

2026-09-18

Country:

Germany

Location:

DE-NW-RATINGEN-115 ~ Kaiserwerther Strasse 115 ~ QUATTRIUM

Position Role Type:

Unspecified

About Collins Aerospace:

At Collins Aerospace, we work closely with our customers to solve some of the most challenging issues in the aerospace and defense industries. We combine creativity with a broad range of products, capabilities, and expertise, always with a strong focus on our customers. By developing smart solutions and using the latest technologies and innovations, we help our customers meet the needs of a rapidly changing global market.

At Kidde Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH, based in Ratingen near Düsseldorf, our mission as part of Collins Aerospace is to protect lives through innovative fire protection and fire suppression systems. We develop and manufacture automatic smoke detectors, fire warning systems, and fire suppression systems for a wide range of military and civil vehicles.

As experts and innovators in this field, we continuously develop our products and capabilities to meet changing market requirements and support future growth.

This role calls for a leader eager to operate within a fast-moving, evolving portfolio that encompasses all program phases from development through production and sustainment. You will be leading a sustainment program where you will be responsible to direct interaction with the customer and other external entities, proposal preparation and negotiations, and internal cross-functional leadership. In addition, you will provide support to other development and production programs. You will lead through strong cross-functional engagement, partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Finance, and Contracts to execute programs with rigor. Managing financial performance, including cost, schedule, and margin is essential, along with organic growth through the assigned programs.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and represent customer needs to leadership while building and maintaining excellent relationships with customers and key suppliers
• Accountability for profit and loss, and program execution including risk and opportunity, cost, quality, and schedule performance
• Set program priorities, resolve conflicts and barriers, support internal and external reviews with leadership and the customer(s)
• Provide leadership and direction to a cross functional team
• Identifies and reacts to problems and supports solutions, such as allocation of resources and operational execution
• Manage and grow the customer relationship and ensure customer satisfaction
• Lead proposal and negotiation activities with domestic customers, industry partners and suppliers
• Expected to support domestic & international travel as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience
• Program management or leadership experience
• Experience working sustainment program
• Experience with reporting metrics through customer Program Management Reviews
• Experience managing proposals, negotiations
• Fluent German and English language skills
• Solution-oriented and independent working method
• Strong leadership and communication skills

What We Offer You:

• Special payments & leave days
• Corporate & seasonal benefits
• Work-life balance
• Flexible working hours
• 30 days of paid vacation
• Canteen subsidy
• Job bike
• Corporate fitness membership (FitX)
• Global career opportunities
• Employee scholar program
• English language trainings
• Internal and external trainings

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