Senior Program Director – Complex Projects

AeroVironment, Inc.; Pottstown (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 127,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical

dental vision

401K with company matching

a 9/80 work schedule

paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Program Director who is a recognized leader in project and program management. You will mentor others, define PM policies, and use data to drive decisions across multiple complex development programs.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Master Scheduler, leading continuous improvement, and delivering robust monthly financial reports. You will define customer needs and ensure strong relationships, with travel within the continental US as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• A minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Demonstrated understanding of organization tools, processes and techniques, and is a capable mentor and developer of process.
• Experienced in developing process for a specific Organizational need.
• Experienced in successfully planning large, complex programs (5 or more concurrent projects).
• Demonstrated knowledge of metrics and giving effective presentations.
• Experienced in articulating financial condition on multiple programs, anticipating problems and implementing action to resolve them.
• APICS training is preferred.
• Travel within the Continental U.S. may be required.

Responsibilities

• Consistently uses past program/project artifacts to drive decisions.
• Works with Master Scheduler to ensure weekly supply is aligned to customer demand.
• Leads in Continuous Improvement activities.
• Creates and assesses multiple requisite monthly financial reports across a wide range of programs.
• Explains financial trends on individual and multiple programs, anticipate problems and take appropriate action to implement corrective actions as required.
• Defines Customer needs and how to ensure successful relationships.
• Manages and builds Customer trust and supports Customer needs.
• Analyzes key customer accounts across business development to highlight trends with associated drivers, risks and opportunities to key stakeholders.
• Defines methods to collect and organize data.
• Works with PLM to align product transitions, obsolescence, introduction, and changes to minimize financial impact to the business.
• Works closely with Production Control and Supply Chain to provide promised delivery times for forecast and sales orders.
• Recommends at-risk forecast based upon BD and Finance input to support operational execution to business plan.

Skills

15+ years experience

Forecasting methods

Data analysis

Mentoring / coaching

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial reporting

Communication

Project management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

MS Engineering / MBA (preferred)

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Program Director who is a recognized leader in project and program management. You will mentor others, define PM policies, and use data to drive decisions across multiple complex development programs.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Master Scheduler, leading continuous improvement, and delivering robust monthly financial reports. You will define customer needs and ensure strong relationships, with travel within the continental US as needed.