Senior Program Manager — Radar Systems (Defense)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Wellness programs

Employee stock purchase

Disability coverage

Job summary

Saab AB in Syracuse, NY is seeking a Principal Program Manager to drive profitable execution of large defense programs in the Surveillance division. You will lead cost, schedule and technical performance across complex radar systems and coordinate with customers, suppliers and internal functions.

The role requires extensive PM experience in aerospace/defense, EVMS proficiency, and a proven ability to develop growth strategies, win new business, and deliver high-quality, on-time results from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of Program Management experience with $50M–$100M+ lifecycle in aerospace/defense.
• Proven track record negotiating multi-million dollar agreements with large Aerospace and Defense customers.
• Experience leading large scale aerospace and defense business capture efforts.
• Advanced knowledge of program management standards and EVMS, scheduling, cost accounting, risk/opportunity management.
• Ability to contribute to development strategy and lead strategic initiatives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

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.
• 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

Contract negotiation

Business capture

EVMS & scheduling

Strategy

Communication

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Saab AB in Syracuse, NY is seeking a Principal Program Manager to drive profitable execution of large defense programs in the Surveillance division. You will lead cost, schedule and technical performance across complex radar systems and coordinate with customers, suppliers and internal functions.

The role requires extensive PM experience in aerospace/defense, EVMS proficiency, and a proven ability to develop growth strategies, win new business, and deliver high-quality, on-time results from