IPT Execution Leader — Aerospace & Defense Projects

Ensign-Bickford Industries; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is seeking an Integrated Product Team Leader to guide cross-functional teams in development and production projects. This role reports into Engineering and is accountable for delivering projects against cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

The IPT Leader serves as the execution owner of assigned projects and operates in close partnership with Program Managers to translate customer requirements and demand into executable plans and delivered

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5 to 10 years of engineering, project execution, or operations experience in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, and scope for projects.
• Experience developing cost estimates and budgets.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong planning, organization, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with lean principles and structured problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Own full lifecycle execution of assigned projects with authority to make day-to-day execution and prioritization decisions.
• Lead cross-functional integrated product teams across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and finance and drive alignment to meet project commitments.
• Develop and drive executable project plans, schedules, and milestones aligned to customer requirements and business objectives.
• Lead cost, schedule, and technical trade decisions within program scope, escalating when impacts exceed defined thresholds.
• Partner with Program Managers to align scope, execution, customer expectations, and contractual requirements, escalating when outside defined thresholds.
• Drive execution through the EBOS, establishing operating cadence and visual management to manage risk, schedule, and cost.
• Hold cross-functional teams accountable to commitments and drive on-time delivery.
• Identify risks and issues, implement mitigation plans, and drive closure to protect cost and schedule.
• Own project cost performance from estimate to execution, including modeling, budgeting, and recovery actions.
• Drive cost variance identification and corrective action to meet financial targets.
• Provide clear visibility into project status, risks, cost performance, and recovery plans, escalating issues with recommended solutions to maintain delivery commitments.
• Lead structured problem-solving and continuous improvement (Kaizen) to eliminate root causes and improve execution performance.
• Contribute to proposal development, owning execution planning inputs and ensuring scope, cost, and schedules are executable and incorporate risk appropriately.
• Ensure effective transition of projects from development to production with cross-functional alignment.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, statement of work, and internal processes.
• Capture lessons learned and implement improvements to strengthen future project execution.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Cost/schedule management

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

EBOS

Job description

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is seeking an Integrated Product Team Leader to guide cross-functional teams in development and production projects. This role reports into Engineering and is accountable for delivering projects against cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

The IPT Leader serves as the execution owner of assigned projects and operates in close partnership with Program Managers to translate customer requirements and demand into executable plans and delivered