Program Manager

NWI Aerostructures; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NWI Nashville, LLC in Nashville, TN is seeking a Program Manager 1 to be the primary point of contact for external customers and to oversee the execution of small programs through the production phase, up to final delivery and closure.

The role requires strong leadership, budget awareness, risk management, and close collaboration with IPTs. Occasional travel and coordination with engineering and sales are expected.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related business management or engineering discipline or 6 years related experience in lieu of degree.
• 3 years’ experience in a project or program team environment.

Responsibilities

• Owns program execution during production and ensures on-time delivery.
• Tracks program costs and ensures adherence to budget and quotation margins.
• Leads program meetings and coordinates with internal teams and customers.
• Supports contract negotiations and proposal development as needed.
• Communicates program status to customers, sales, and management.
• Travel may be required to support customer and site activities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

6 years related experience in lieu of degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Job description

Program Manager

Location: Nashville, TN Company: NWI Nashville, LLC Status: Full-time, on-site NWI Nashville LLC manufactures complex aerostructure components of commercial, business and military aircraft worldwide. We specialize in large structural assemblies, machined components, and chemical processing. NWI currently has an opening for a Program Manager 1. The Program Manager 1 is the primary point of contact for external customers and is responsible for the execution of small, less complex programs or an assigned subset of a larger and/or more complex program, during the production phase of a project’s lifecycle up to delivery of the final unit and closure of any open items.

Duties and Responsibilities (essential functions):

• Responsible for contribution margin and the management of risk of a product(s) during the production phase of a build plan.
• Tracks, manages and reports program-specific non-recurring expenses to operate within budget limits.
• Tracks and reports recurring costs are operating within the quotation parameters to achieve the bid contribution margins of the program(s).
• Responsible for participating with the integrated product team (IPT) in the daily execution of program activities.
• Responsible for understanding and managing the assigned programs to their quoted budget and initiating actions at the site or with the customers as appropriate to achieve the target performance.
• Leads program status meetings and coordinates internal groups to address bottlenecks.
• Sets expectations and facilitates clear and open lines of communication both internally and externally.
• Communicates program status to customers, sales team, and upper management.
• Monitors all field service issues, open action items and the submission of required data to the customer to ensure timely closure.
• Coordinates with customer and internal engineering for technical proposal support.
• As required, provides clarification to RFQ scopes of work during the proposal development process.
• Coordinates with estimating team on pricing package assumptions.
• Teams with estimating team and/or salesperson on developing and presenting proposals.
• Follows-up on proposal submissions with customer and/or sales team.
• Participates in contract negotiations as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Occasional travel is expected.

Job Requirements

• Knowledge and Skills:
  • Demonstrated effective leadership and timely communication skills.
  • Must have the skills and experience to effectively interact with senior managers and external customers.
  • In-depth knowledge of program management and relationships between line functions.
  • Must have excellent negotiating skills and be very comfortable in adversarial business environments.
  • Ability to quickly comprehend technical customer and engineering topics preferred.
  • Must be well organized with solid judgement; able to multi-task and adjust to changing priorities.
  • Must have a very good working knowledge of the standard suite of office software products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, et al.)
• Education and Experience:
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related business management or related engineering discipline OR 6 years related experience in lieu of Bachelor’s level degree to meet the education requirement OR an Associate’s degree in a related business management or related engineering discipline and 3 years related experience in lieu of Bachelor’s level degree to meet the education requirement.
  • In addition to meeting the education requirement, requires 3 years’ experience in a project or program team environment.
  • PMP certification is preferred.
• Competencies:
  • Acts in accordance with company values and related competencies.
• Co munication Skills:
  • Must have the ability to generate written communication and to operate required office equipment. Ability to read and review written communication. Speech and hearing abilities that allow individual to communicate clearly and distinctly.
• Reasoning Ability:
  • Ability to solve problems and think strategically.
• Physical Demands:
  • This position requires extended periods of sitting while working with computers and viewing computer monitors and other office equipment. Finger dexterity needed in using miscellaneous office equipment such as telephone, computer and copy machine, etc. Bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting up to approximately twenty pounds are required during tasks related to the job.

NWI Aerostructures provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.