LVSA Deputy Program Manager

Teledyne LeCroy Korea; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated seeks a Deputy Program Manager to lead space systems projects, work with a multidisciplinary team, and drive plans within budget and schedule. The role involves representing the project at MSFC meetings and stepping in for the Program Manager as needed.

The position requires a BS in engineering, 15+ years in program/project management, and hands-on spaceflight hardware experience, with strong communication and leadership abilities. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Requires a BS degree in engineering or closely related field.
• Normally requires more than ten years of applicable professional experience or a combination of graduate study and experience.
• Requires a minimum of 15 years of Program Management/Project Management experience with spaceflight hardware development or manufacturing.
• Experience with financial planning and reporting (NASA 533/CPR preferred) and earned value management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze variances and implement corrective actions.
• Schedule and communicate status to Government and Teledyne management.
• Recruit, train, and supervise project staff to meet objectives.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Contracts to achieve goals.
• Provide sales projections and project planning information.
• Support business development opportunities.
• Manage contracts involving complex computer-based systems and government contracts.
• Plan, direct, and control financial and engineering activities to meet objectives.

Skills

Project management

Spaceflight hardware

Earned Value Management

ISO/AS9100

Lean / Kaizen

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint/Word)

PMP credential

Education

BS in engineering or related field

15+ years PM/PM experience

Tools

MS Office

ERP software

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Summary

The Deputy Program Manager will support Space Systems while working independently, with oversight from, and in cooperation with, the Program Manager to lead a team of diverse engineering disciplines, to design, analyze, build, and test space-flight hardware and ground support equipment. The Deputy Program Manager will be expected to complete and execute project plans within budgetary and schedule constraints, and to provide deliverable products regarding their status. The Deputy Program Manager will also represent the project at meetings with MSFC customers, working groups, and financial and procurement representatives, and is expected to assume the responsibilities of the Program Manager, when the Program Manager is unavailable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze and report variances and take corrective actions.
• Scheduling meetings, communicating status, issues, and concerns to the Government and to Teledyne Management.
• Accomplish Project objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, and counseling employees.
• Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions, compensation actions, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Interfacing with support organizations (e.g. Manufacturing, Procurement, Contracts) to accomplish project goals
• Providing sales projections and other project planning and performance information
• Support business development opportunities
• Responsible for managing the implementation of specific customer contracts involving complex computer-based systems and/or government contracts.
• Plans, directs, controls and coordinates financial as well as engineering activities for the program(s), and for achieving financial and technical objectives.
• Define operational direction and institute remedial action(s) in order to satisfy customer requirements while achieving project specific sales targets/goals; gross margin targets; percent delivery on-time; bookings targets/goals; and customer satisfaction.
• Organizes interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the program on schedule and within budget constraints.
• Assess status and risk, generate recovery plans and meet customer expectations and business objectives.

May supervises lower-level supervisors and/or professional staff and may supervise semi-skilled nonexempt employees which include some or all of the following: assemblers, technicians, machinists, welders, operators and clerical support, providing guidance to employees according to established policies and management guidance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Requires a BS degree in a recognized field of engineering or a closely related field of science or management. Normally requires more than ten years of applicable professional experience or a combination of graduate study and experience. Requires a minimum of 15 years of Program Management/Project Management (Team Leadership) experience with spaceflight hardware development or manufacturing.

Other Skills and Abilities

Experience with financial planning and reporting (NASA 533 and CPR experience preferred) Experience with Earned Value Management Experience planning and scheduling project tasks Hands‑on experience producing space‑flight hardware and systems Excellent written and verbal communication skills Knowledge of ISO and/or AS9100 Working knowledge of NASA systems engineering practices Lean Manufacturing/6 Sigma/Kaizen Knowledge of specific software (design, analysis, ERP…) Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Word, and Project

Other Qualifications

Ability to travel (domestically/internationally) approximately _+/-15__%. US Citizenship with ability to attain/maintain government security clearance. PMP credential, from Project Management Institute.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.