Program Manager

Crane Company; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Aerospace & Electronics seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams through proposal, development, and readiness reviews. You will oversee schedules, costs, and technical scopes to ensure on-time delivery to production.

Responsibilities include bid package coordination, plan development, risk management, and customer communications to maintain program success and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience in program management or related project management roles.
• Strong leadership of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage cost, schedule, and scope within aerospace programs.

Responsibilities

• Proposal review and evaluation of customer requests and change orders.
• Lead elements of bid packages, SOW, cost estimates and schedules.
• Create and monitor detailed program plans to hit milestones.
• Lead IPTs across functions to ensure manufacturability and cost targets.
• Coordinate with customers and internal teams for reviews and progress.
• Manage scope, risks, and changes with formal processes.
• Drive transition from development to production readiness.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Job description

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft - delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E's brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You'll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.

Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

Program Managers provide leadership and management of cross functional business, technical, and operations teams while assuming accountability for overall success of assigned product development programs. Program management responsibilities extend from customer proposal, to program inception, through the successful transition to production processing after completion of qualification testing / certification compliance and production readiness reviews. Program success is measured by customer satisfaction of the development process and technical solution, accomplishment of schedule milestones, and adherence to recurring and non-recurring cost targets.

Essential Functions:

Proposal Review Review and evaluate technical and business aspects of customer requests for proposals and / or change requests

Support and lead elements of customer bid packages and internal project appropriation requests including coordination and review of statement of work, technical proposal requirements compliance, engineering cost estimates, and program schedules

Program Planning Create, monitor, and update program plans in sufficient detail which define the required processes / activities of various functional groups to achieve customer defined milestones / deliverables within Crane process guidelines

IPT Leadership Lead, manage, and motivate Integrated Product Teams (IPT) through effective utilization of personnel assigned to the project from all functional groups within the company Coordinate sufficient in-house product reviews with various functional groups to ensure product designs are manufacturable and meet cost targets while satisfying customer specifications Develop and ensure adherence to standard processes and procedures throughout all phases of the program Coordinate with supply chain and operations team members to facilitate the new product introduction process and ensure program hardware delivery requirements meet customer and program needs

Customer Coordination Establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers through frequent oral and written communication Coordinate customer required technical and program progress reviews

Scope Management Proactively manage project scope to ensure only what was agreed to is delivered Ensure changes in scope are thoroughly documented and approved through a standardized change management process

Cost Management Monitor and control program costs associated with non-recurring engineering activities during the Design and Development phases of the program Maintain project team focus on the initial business model and design to cost targets related to recurring product cost

Schedule Management Develop and maintain a detailed resource loaded program schedule Ensure all stakeholders understand the program schedule Prioritize resources and tasks to drive key milestone adherence

Issue / Risk Management Identify, track, manage, and assist in resolving program issues Identify, manage, and assist in mitigation of program risks (technical, schedule, and cost) through a standardized risk management process

Transition To Production Facilitate a complete and orderly transition of the product from the program's engineering design and development phase to full scale production through a standardized production readiness review process

Metrics & Progress Reviews Proactively disseminate project information to stake holders (core team, leadership team, and customers) by defining, collecting data for, and presenting program metrics in a standardized program review / audit process. Metrics should be centered around program schedule, costs, and completion of program deliverables.

Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience: 5 to 10 years' experience in Program Management or related project management type position.

Knowledge: Expert in Program Management philosophies and p