Production Program Manager

Frequentis; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Frequentis USA Inc. is a leader in mission critical communication and information systems, serving FAA, DoD, and NASA. The role involves coordinating forecasting, procurement, and production schedules, while managing budgets and risk across government programs.

Ideal candidates adapt to shifting priorities, communicate across organizational levels, and drive process improvements in a safety-focused environment. The company emphasizes equal opportunity and a strong team culture.

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage complex schedules.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and its application.
• Understand financial terms, monitor budgets, and brief financial reports.
• Ability to collect, process, maintain data, and report trends.
• Utilize financial and business data to inform decisions.
• Build relationships and support customer needs while achieving targets.
• Identify risks and opportunities, address issues, and solve problems with limited guidance.

Responsibilities

• Align material forecasting and procurement with production schedules.
• Monitor and manage revenue forecasts; ensure production and delivery schedules are met.
• Lead and participate in weekly briefs; manage CAM for production budget.
• Ensure program compliance with government regulations; update timelines; mitigate risk.

Skills

Adaptability

Scheduling

EVM knowledge

Budget monitoring

Data analysis

Communication

Contract management

Risk management

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

• Aligning material forecasting and procurement to meet production schedule requirements; review orders received;
• Monitor and manage revenue forecasts; administer and ensure production and delivery schedules are met;
• Execute to VCS statement of work; lead, participate, and present data in weekly briefs;
• Act as control account manager (CAM) for production budget;
• Ensure program compliance of strict government regulations; update project timelines; understand, capture, and mitigate risk; and contribute to process improvements.

Key Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, work through complex problems, and maintain various schedules
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and its application
• Understand financial terms, ability to monitor budgets, make financial changes while understanding business impacts, and brief financial reports
• Ability to collect, process, maintain data, and report trends
• Utilize financial and various business data to make informed decisions
• Build strong relationships, work well independently and in team settings, and desire to support customer needs while achieving challenging business targets
• Set high standards, challenge self and others, and accomplish goals
• Proven ability to manage and delegate contract requirements, meet schedules, and improve financial positions
• Communicate well through appropriate channels and comfortable supporting technical and financial conversations at various organizational levels
• Identify risks and opportunities, address issues appropriately, and solve problems with limited support from management
• Comfortable collaborating on statements of work, developing basis of estimates, reviewing offers, and understanding contract documents
• Use effective negotiation techniques and explores alternatives for desired outcomes
• Understand corporate strategy and see the bigger picture without compromising customer support

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.

Benefits

Benefits: We are committed to supporting our mission through the following employee benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts
• Competitive 401(k) Plan with company match and immediate vesting
• Employee Life Insurance & AD&D
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous holidays, including a full week off from December 25 to January 1
• PTO that scales with tenure and sick leave
• Company-sponsored team-building activities to boost morale and productivity.
• Bonus Plan