Junior/Mid-Level Program Manager

Frequentis

Columbia (MD)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Accounts

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance & AD&D

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Generous holidays (Dec 25–Jan 1)

PTO & Sick Leave

Team-building activities

Bonus Plan

Job summary

Frequentis USA Inc. is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead customer‑facing programs in a safety‑critical environment. You will oversee requirements, build execution plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensure on‑time delivery while escalating issues when needed.

You will lead diverse teams, communicate progress to stakeholders, and manage economic and contractual risk to maximize profitability. FAA, NASA, and DoD programs are within scope, with opportunities to support proposals and

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer, IT or business
3+ years’ experience in program or task management
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interact with a wide variety of management and staff and customer management
Demonstrated leadership abilities

Responsibilities

Understand and comprehend customer requirements / needs
Develop program execution strategies and plans to meet delivery requirements
Create and maintain project work plans, schedules, and revisions as appropriate to meet customer’s changing needs and requirements
Lead, direct and be responsible for day‑to‑day aspects, on‑time delivery, and risk management of programs
Hold team members and functions accountable for on‑time execution of project deliverables escalating issues when necessary to provide core team members with needed support
Effectively communicate project information to superiors, resolving and/or escalating issues in a timely manner
Tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information internally and to the customer
Manage and actively control project budget and costs, track and report program expenses
Understand and manage the economic and contractual impact throughout the course of the project and control associated risks
Continually work to increase program profitability
Support proposal efforts including project scoping and Level of Effort assessments

Skills

Strong verbal and writtencommunication

Independent work

Effective progress reporting

Leadership abilities

Customer and staff communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer, IT or business

Job description

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom‑tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever‑changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

Understand and comprehend customer requirements / needs
Develop program execution strategies and plans to meet delivery requirements
Create and maintain project work plans, schedules, and revisions as appropriate to meet customer’s changing needs and requirements
Lead, direct and be responsible for day‑to‑day aspects, on‑time delivery, and risk management of programs
Hold team members and functions accountable for on‑time execution of project deliverables escalating issues when necessary to provide core team members with needed support
Effectively communicate project information to superiors, resolving and/or escalating issues in a timely manner.
Tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information internally and to the customer
Manage and actively control project budget and costs, track and report program expenses
Understand and manage the economic and contractual impact throughout the course of the project and control associated risks
Continually work to increase program profitability
Support proposal efforts including project scoping and Level of Effort assessments

Key Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer, IT or Business and minimum 3 years’ experience preferably in program management or task management role
Ability to work independently and effectively communicate progress/problems to customer and internal personnel
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Ability to interact and communicate effectually in a variety of roles with a wide variety of technical and non‑technical management and staff as well as customer management and staff
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Experience with FAA and/or NASA a plus

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work‑life‑balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long‑term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know‑how of our employees stable.

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