Aerospace Program Manager: Drive Production & Customer Success

Verus-Aerospace; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Verus-Aerospace is seeking a Program Manager to oversee aerospace customer contracts and programs from development through full production execution. You will collaborate with customers to define statements of work, plans, and schedules while guiding cross-functional teams to maintain program performance.

The role requires strong communication, contract management, and problem-solving skills, with experience in production-manufacturing and lean practices highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years professional experience in a production-manufacturing environment.
• Aerospace industry preferred.
• Lean manufacturing and supply chain management experience helpful.

Responsibilities

• Support & facilitate Customer Performance Metrics/Customer Excellence initiatives to achieve highest supplier rating as measured by Quality, On-time delivery and Customer Satisfaction.
• Direct customer communications including written correspondence, teleconferences, and customer visits to provide timely communications and internal visibility to assure compliance with all contractual program requirements
• Facilitate internal and external customer reviews (Rate Readiness, Assessments, Standards, Program status, etc.) and coordinate action items with functional managers
• Facilitate and coordinate configuration changes, engineering, product quality issues and daily program performance issues with internal and external customers
• Manage contract closure and negotiate contract termination provisions
• Lead and/or participate in 3P process for new products or significant configuration changes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Job description

Verus-Aerospace is seeking a Program Manager to oversee aerospace customer contracts and programs from development through full production execution. You will collaborate with customers to define statements of work, plans, and schedules while guiding cross-functional teams to maintain program performance.

The role requires strong communication, contract management, and problem-solving skills, with experience in production-manufacturing and lean practices highly valued.