Manufacturing Program Ops Manager — Flexible 4x10 Schedule

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Stratford (CT); On-site; USD 118,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Paid time off

Health and wellness benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Stratford, CT, is seeking a Program Operations Manufacturing Program Manager (MPM) to support Common Hawk platforms. You will oversee cost, schedule, quality, risk, and change control within designated product centers, ensuring plans are developed, coordinated, and executed on schedule and within budget.

The role combines strategic, financial, and operational duties with earned value accountability, requiring collaboration across program management, finance, quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., business, operations management, industrial engineering, supply chain management).
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management, operations or a related discipline.
• Proven ability to manage schedules, budgets, and status reporting with minimal supervision.
• Prior experience developing project business cases.

Responsibilities

• Review and coordinate the production build plan with the Operations team.
• Ensure all Operations/Manufacturing plans needed by the program are developed, maintained, and implemented; integrate all product center operations/manufacturing efforts within the program.
• Translate the product center strategy into forecasting, allocation, and emerging EV tracking in relation to the program.
• Own the program’s Operations financial and schedule commitments to the Programs.
• Provide financial accountability through earned value (EV) reporting, variance analysis (EAC/ETC), monthly EV status, and upkeep of the cost performance baseline.
• Provide performance accountability through metrics like Performance Index (PI), Hours Per Unit (HPU) and on time completion.
• Produce regular earned value/financial reports and liaise with internal partners (Program Management, Operations Finance, Program Finance, Quality Assurance, Industrial Engineering, and the broader program team).
• Lead Operations risk and opportunity management; maintain a register, identify, assess, and drive mitigation actions for the designated product center relative to the market segment.
• Manage, status and communicate Performance Based Payments (PBPs) if appropriate
• Collaborate with quality to effectively manage the centers scrap rework and repair (SRR) as well as quality improvement projects (QIPS)
• Own the centers affordability initiatives on behalf of program operations inclusive of Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRIs) and translate to the programs estimate at complete (EAC)
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Time management

Earned Value knowledge

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Stratford, CT, is seeking a Program Operations Manufacturing Program Manager (MPM) to support Common Hawk platforms. You will oversee cost, schedule, quality, risk, and change control within designated product centers, ensuring plans are developed, coordinated, and executed on schedule and within budget.

The role combines strategic, financial, and operational duties with earned value accountability, requiring collaboration across program management, finance, quality,