Program Managaer

Beyond SOF; City of Syracuse (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Beyond SOF is seeking a Program Manager in Syracuse, NY, to oversee day-to-day execution of programs and projects. You will develop schedules, coordinate resources, manage risk, and ensure contractual compliance and budgets while serving as the main point of contact for internal and external customers.

You will advance opportunities by assisting with RFI/RFP responses, translating customer needs into technical action plans, and creating cost estimates and BOEs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Physics, or other technical discipline.
• 10+ years industry experience and 3+ years of proven technical project or product management experience.
• Experience with cost estimating, BOE generation, schedule, and budget management.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience interfacing directly with customers and breaking down requirements into plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day execution of programs and projects, develop schedules and coordinate resources.
• Facilitate removal of barriers, dependencies, and risk, and ensure contractual compliance and budgets.
• Serve as primary contact for internal and external customers and report status, risks, and issues.
• Assist with responses to RFI/RFP and bridge technical and business goals for opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering to solve technical challenges and define action plans.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Risk management

Customer liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Job description

As aProgram Manager,you can expect to...

Manage the day-to-day execution of projects and programs:

• Develop and maintain schedules and coordinate resources to meet program objectives
• Facilitate the removal of barriers, the coordination of dependencies, and the management of risk
• Track program cost and deliverables to effectively achieve contractual complianceand meet budgets
• Serve as the primary point of contact for both internal and external customers for assigned programs
• Communicate routine project status, risk assessments, and issues while quickly adapting to new challenges or changing requirements

Advance the business through the evaluation and planning of new opportunities:

• Take an active role in assisting with authoring responses to request for information and request for proposals
• Serve as a bridge between technical and business goals when evaluating newand follow-on opportunities and efforts
• Create cost estimates, generate BOEs, and evaluate staffing requirements for a wide range of projects and programs
• Assist with breaking downrequirements into technical implications and plans

Use technical expertise to take an active role in product management

• Work closely with the engineering team to solve technical challenges and meet development and customer milestones
• Interface with all functional groups within the engineering team to understand complete program status and recommended solutions
• Decompose evolving customer and market needs into technical action plans
• Act as an effective decision-maker thatis able tounderstand and balance priorities effectively and efficiently

A successful candidate may have...

• ABachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Physics, or other technical discipline
• 10 or more years industry experienceand3or more years of proven technical project or product management experience
• Experience with cost estimating, BOE generation, schedule, andbudgetmanagement
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability and experience interfacing directly with customers
• A goal-oriented mindset with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and overcome technical challenges through teamwork and collaboration
• Experience with or the desire to learn about:
  • Functional leadership
  • Radars, sensors, and other communication systems
  • Cloud-based and embedded software systems
  • Authorship of winning proposals

The location of this positionhas the ability tobe remote, hybridor onsite in the Syracuse, NY office.