A&D Program Manager: Lead Complex Defense Programs

Socket.dev; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bascom Hunter seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead aerospace and defense development and production programs. You will steer scope, schedule, cost, quality, performance, customer commitments, qualification, and production transitions.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, Supply Chain, and Contracts, interfacing with customers and suppliers to ensure successful program outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, Operations, Physics, or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of Aerospace & Defense, government contracting, engineering, or technical program-management experience.
• Experience managing complex technical or hardware-development programs through multiple lifecycle phases.
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management / EVMS.
• Experience developing/maintaining Work Breakdown Structures and Integrated Master Schedules.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-881 or equivalent product-oriented WBS methodologies.
• Experience with critical-path scheduling, variance analysis, recovery planning, budgets, forecasts, and EACs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, supply-chain, quality, and test teams.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and customer-facing program execution.
• Strong government contracting knowledge and customer-facing skills.
• Proficiency with scheduling software (e.g., Microsoft Project).
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs from contract award through development, qualification, delivery, production transition, and closeout.
• Translate SOWs, specifications, and contractual requirements into executable program plans.
• Develop and maintain product-oriented WBS in line with MIL-STD-881 principles.
• Develop and maintain IMS with schedule logic, critical path, dependencies, milestones, procurement, test, and production activities.
• Apply EVMS to measure cost and schedule performance and identify adverse trends.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, EACs, and recovery plans for variances.
• Maintain traceability of requirements, verification activities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate resource planning with functional leaders to align with schedule.
• Plan major reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PRR) as applicable.
• Establish and maintain risk and opportunity management with mitigations.
• Monitor suppliers, long-lead items, and external dependencies affecting performance.
• Interface with customers for status, risks, and issues.
• Ensure FAR/DFARS/ITAR/EAR and quality systems compliance.
• Support proposal cost estimating and contract negotiations.
• Assist strategic planning and long-term customer relationship development.
• Provide clear direction to cross-functional teams and escalate issues.

Skills

EVMS

WBS & IMS

MS Project

Scheduling

Leadership

Government contracting

Cost management

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/PM/Business)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Deltek Costpoint

Job description

Bascom Hunter seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead aerospace and defense development and production programs. You will steer scope, schedule, cost, quality, performance, customer commitments, qualification, and production transitions.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Quality, Supply Chain, and Contracts, interfacing with customers and suppliers to ensure successful program outcomes.