Program Manager M/F
Published 10.07.2025
Location: Brugherio, Italy. Contract type: Permanent, Full-time. Required degree: Master Degree. Experience: More than 5 years.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic and technical leadership in managing the programs with particular focus on profitability, quality and on-time delivery throughout all the life cycle of the program.
- Manage the programs in the short term and create a vision for the programs in the medium/long term.
- Manage program contracts.
- Risk management.
- Ensure the on-time development of the assigned programs, verifying they are compliant with the budget and formulating offers for any changes in the scope of work.
- Ensure effective and efficient communication with the customer, enhance relationships ensuring timely and accurate answers.
- Maintain accurate reporting on the program status, to both Site and Corporate organization, using appropriate performance indicators and constantly measuring the level of customer satisfaction.
- Coordinate inter-functional activities contributing to the achievement of the business goals.
- Be accountable for Recovery Planning.
- Coordinate the preparation of technical and commercial proposals working with other company departments.
- Support audit activities requested by customers.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in product / industrial / engineering management, with at least 2 years managing complex, technical / manufacturing issues.
- Passionate desire to exceed demanding customer expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and build strong business relationships with a diverse customer group.
- Strength of character, resolve and drive for results. Someone who enjoys working within a fast paced ever-evolving organization.
- Experience of interpreting, analysing complex data sets, with ability to translate with ease into purposeful communications.
- Proactivity, an individual who drives change and seeks opportunity for improvements.
- A passion to take ownership and deliver as both leader and member in a winning and supportive team environment.
- Focused on exceeding expectations and comfortable with working independently.
- Willingness to obtain PMI accreditation.
- Demonstrable Continuous Improvement experience in a leadership role, within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience of leading presentations to Senior Leaders and external customers.
- Experience of managing challenging negotiations and achieving the desired outcome.
- Experience of materials and supply chain management.
- Experience ensuring multiple programs remain on time and in budget.
- Able to operate successfully at senior management level.
- Be comfortable with operating in a multi-site working environment.
- Ability to think creatively, wisely and apply your influential personality.
- Have experience of working within the Aerospace industry.
- Engineering degree.
- Fluent English.
About Safran Electronics & Defense
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments: on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions: observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.