Senior Program Leader, Radar Systems & Growth

Saab AB; Town of Westmoreland (NY); On-site; USD 166,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Generous paid time off

401(k) with employer contributions

Tuition assistance and student loan

Wellness and employee resources

Employee stock purchase opportunities

Disability coverage

Job summary

Saab is seeking a Principal Program Manager to oversee profitable development programs in the Surveillance division from its East Syracuse, NY office. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in large-scale radar systems and EVMS-driven performance, cost and schedule control.

You will lead strategy, growth, and proposals, collaborate with Sales and Product Management, and mentor PM staff while travel up to 25% and maintaining high-quality execution across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of Program Management experience, $50M – $100M+ program lifecycle in aerospace/defense.
• Extensive experience successfully negotiating multi-million dollar agreements with large Aerospace and Defense customers.
• Demonstrated track record leading large scale aerospace and defense business capture efforts.
• Must possess advanced knowledge of program management standards and best practices (scheduling, cost accounting, EVMS, Risk/Opportunity management).
• Ability to contribute to development strategy and lead strategic initiatives in support of functional and business objectives.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% in support of program and business.

Responsibilities

• Establish and control program budgets aligned with program needs.
• Ensure all projects within assigned program are managed and executed within approved program management processes.
• Make personnel recommendations in support of business objectives.
• Drive Earned Value Management principles and initiatives within the business and use EVMS to report program status internally and externally.
• Identify and pursue significant new business opportunities.
• Work closely with Sales and Product Management personnel to maintain institutional knowledge of the competitive landscape in the assigned market segment.
• Develop high-quality competitive proposals that facilitate achievement of business segment objectives.
• Collaborate with all functions to leverage program execution and capture strategies, and resources through the design and manufacturing phases of the programs in the portfolio.
• Grow relationships in the customer community and with large industry primes to service existing programs and find new and unique ways to deploy our technology to meet customer needs.
• Provide consistent leadership to the program execution staff to ensure effective and efficient execution of assigned programs.
• Monitor and guide junior PMs to achieve delivery of distinctively high-quality products and services; to include performance, reliability, cost and on-time delivery.
• Contribute to the development and retention of program management talent.

Skills

Program Management

Large-scale programs

Aerospace/Defense

EVMS & Costing

Strategic initiatives

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Saab is seeking a Principal Program Manager to oversee profitable development programs in the Surveillance division from its East Syracuse, NY office. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience in large-scale radar systems and EVMS-driven performance, cost and schedule control.

You will lead strategy, growth, and proposals, collaborate with Sales and Product Management, and mentor PM staff while travel up to 25% and maintaining high-quality execution across programs.