Sr. A&D Program Manager

Fathom Mfg; Town of Hartland (WI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Fathom is seeking a Senior A&D Program Manager to lead large, multi-year aerospace and defense programs from pre-award planning to sustained delivery. You will own the integrated program plan, financial performance, risk management, and customer communications across manufacturing sites and approved suppliers.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in aerospace/defense program management, with strong ability to align teams, manage dependencies, and drive profitability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in aerospace/defense program management or related manufacturing leadership.
• Experience leading complex, multi-year programs with multiple part families and milestones.
• Knowledge of AS9100 and ITAR standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the full program lifecycle from qualification through sustained delivery.
• Build and manage integrated program plans with budgets, schedules, and milestones.
• Lead cross-functional teams across sites and suppliers to protect the critical path.
• Communicate performance, risks, and recovery plans to customers and leadership.

Skills

A&D program management

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting

Risk management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

PMP or PgMP certification

Job description

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Sr. A&D Program Manager

PMO FullTime Professional Hartland, WI, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 2696

Salary Range: $100,000.00 To $130,000.00 Annually

Company History: Fathom is one of the largest digital manufacturing platforms offering on-demand manufacturing in North America. With more than 90 large-platform industrial-grade 3D printing machines and a national footprint with more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity across 10 facilities, Fathom seamlessly blends in-house capabilities across plastic and metal additive technologies, CNC machining, injection molding & tooling, urethane casting, sheet metal fabrication, and design and engineering.

With over 50 years of industry experience, Fathom is at the forefront of the industry 4.0 digital manufacturing revolution serving clients in the technology, defense, aerospace, medical, automotive and IOT sectors. Fathom’s extensive certifications include ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 Design, ISO 13485:2016, AS9100:2016, NIST 800-171 and ITAR.

Position Overview

Fathom is seeking an experienced Senior A&D Program Manager to lead complex, multi-year Aerospace & Defense manufacturing programs from pre-award planning and customer onboarding through qualification, production launch, ramp, and sustained delivery.

This role serves as the single point of accountability for overall program performance, aligning customer commitments with execution across Fathom’s manufacturing sites and approved supplier network. The Senior Program Manager owns the integrated program plan, financial performance, delivery commitments, risk management, and customer communication—bringing together Applications Engineering, Sales, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver coordinated results.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing programmatic manufacturing work involving multiple part families, interdependent workstreams, contractual milestones, and recurring production requirements. Success requires more than tracking individual projects or orders: it requires anticipating dependencies, managing competing priorities, protecting profitability, and building lasting customer confidence.

What You’ll Do

• Own the full program lifecycle
  Lead assigned A&D programs from opportunity qualification and pre-award planning through onboarding, development, qualification, production ramp, and ongoing execution. Maintain continuity across phases, with clear ownership, measurable deliverables, and defined readiness criteria.
• Build and manage integrated program plans
  Establish program scope, work breakdown structures, integrated schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and customer milestones. Coordinate dependencies across engineering, material procurement, tooling, outside processing, first-article inspection, and production to protect the critical path.
• Serve as the primary customer program leader
  Build trusted relationships with customer program management, engineering, procurement, and quality stakeholders. Lead program reviews, communicate performance and emerging risks, manage expectations, and present credible recovery plans when commitments are at risk.
• Lead cross-functional and multi-site execution
  Coordinate dedicated customer teams across Sales, Applications Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance. Align manufacturing sites and approved suppliers around one program plan, with clear responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths. Lead through influence in a matrixed organization.
• Own program financial performance
  Manage program budgets, revenue and margin forecasts, cost-to-complete estimates, and financial risks in partnership with Finance and Operations. Track nonrecurring engineering, tooling, launch costs, and production performance against approved assumptions. Drive corrective actions and support recovery of authorized customer-driven changes.
• Shape executable pre-award commitments
  Partner with Sales, Applications Engineering, and estimating to develop proposals grounded in realistic capacity, lead times, qualification requirements, and delivery plans. Identify program-level risks, resource needs, assumptions, and dependencies before commitments are made, and lead a disciplined transition from award to execution.
• Govern requirements, scope, and configuration changes
  Coordinate contract and requirement reviews with Engineering, Quality, and other accountable functions to ensure customer obligations are understood and flowed into execution plans. Maintain visibility to drawing revisions, specification changes, quality clauses, and scope changes. Ensure cost, schedule, qualification, and delivery impacts are assessed and approved before implementation.
• Proactively manage program risks and recovery
  Maintain an actionable risk and issue register covering technical, quality, schedule, financial, capacity, and supply chain exposures. Assign owners, establish mitigation plans, and elevate decisions early. Lead cross-functional recovery efforts with clear actions, dates, and customer communication.
• Integrate supply chain and capacity planning
  Translate customer forecasts, contractual milestones, and production releases into coordinated demand and capacity plans. Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to address long-lead materials, constrained processes, supplier readiness, and manufacturing transfers. Coordinate with Quality and Compliance so proposed execution paths and information sharing receive required approvals.
• Establish disciplined program governance
  Lead internal execution reviews, customer program reviews, and executive escalations at a cadence appropriate to program complexity. Maintain accurate dashboards covering delivery, quality, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and open risks. Ensure decisions, commitments, and corrective actions are documented and closed.
• Strengthen customer relationships and scale program-management practices
  Partner with Sales and Applications Engineering to identify follow-on opportunities, additional part families, and program expansion supported by demonstrated performance. Mentor program managers and contribute reusable onboarding playbooks, governance templates, lessons learned, and best practices that strengthen Fathom’s enterprise program-management capability.

What You Bring

• Extensive A&D program-management experience
  10+ years of progressive experience in aerospace and defense program management or closely related manufacturing leadership, including at least five years directly accountable for complex, multi-year manufacturing programs.
• Demonstrated ownership of programmatic work
  A proven record leading programs with multiple part families, phased releases, interdependent projects, qualification requirements, and recurring production commitments—not solely individual orders or standalone projects.
• End-to-end manufacturing program experience
  Successful leadership across pre-award planning, contract review, new product introduction, qualification, production ramp, and sustained delivery. Experience managing programs across multiple facilities or external manufacturing partners is strongly preferred.
• Strong program-controls expertise
  Hands-on experience developing integrated schedules, work breakdown structures, resource plans, budgets, financial forecasts, risk registers, and executive scorecards. Ability to identify critical-path exposure and turn complex dependencies into actionable execution plans.
• Commercial and financial acumen
  Demonstrated ability to manage program economics, explain performance against budget, forecast cost and margin exposure, and lead recovery actions. Experience with nonrecurring engineering, tooling investments, long-term agreements, and customer change management.
• Manufacturing and technical fluency
  Strong working knowledge of precision CNC machining, complex assemblies, outside processing, and production qualification. Ability to understand engineering drawings, GD&T, material and finish requirements, and manufacturing constraints sufficiently to challenge assumptions and coordinate decisions with technical experts. Exposure to additive manufacturing, sheet metal, and molding is a plus.
• Experience in regulated A&D environments
  Working knowledge of AS9100 quality-system expectations, ITAR-controlled work, customer-specific quality requirements, traceability, configuration management, and first-article inspection. Familiarity with Nadcap-accredited special processes is preferred.
• Proven customer and executive leadership
  Experience serving as the primary program interface for aerospace OEMs, defense primes, or major tier suppliers. Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, procurement, quality, operations, and executive audiences—including during difficult performance discussions.
• Strong matrix leadership and judgment
  Demonstrated ability to align cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority, resolve competing priorities, hold owners accountable, and elevate with clear recommendations. A proactive, structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making is essential.
• Relevant education and tools proficiency
  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Proficiency with program scheduling, ERP/MRP, CRM, and reporting tools. PMP or PgMP certification is preferred; experience mentoring other program managers is highly valued.

What we offer:

• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage. Company paid for Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Additional Benefits: Paid time off, Floating Holidays, Volunteer time off, and sick time off (depending on state of employment). 401k Plan
• Employee Perks: Discounts on products and services.

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