Sr. Program Manager
Wabtec
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Job summary
Wabtec's Digital Intelligence - Signaling & Systems team is a leader in delivering complex rail signaling and systems integration projects across North America. This Sr.
Program Manager role covers commercial, technical, and contractual performance of multi-year programs, including CBTC, PTC, and SCADA, with tight focus on schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction. You will lead cross-functional teams in a matrix organization, manage stakeholders including transit agencies and primes, and
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in Project/Program Management.
- 10+ years managing multi-year, complex regulated programs.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, PM, or related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex rail signaling and systems programs.
- Oversee commercial, technical, and contractual performance.
- Ensure on-time, on-budget program execution.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Provide governance, reporting, and risk management.
Skills
Education
Job description
Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence Signaling & Systems team is a recognized industry leader in the successful delivery of complex integrated system projects. These projects involve signaling, train control, communications, and back-office solutions with a strong focus on project execution, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction.
As a Sr. Program Manager you are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of complex rail signaling and systems integration programs across North America within the Wabtec Digital Intelligence – Signaling & Systems (S&S) P&L. You will be responsible for the commercial, technical, and contractual performance of multi-year transportation programs, including conventional signaling, CBTC, PTC, communications, SCADA, and multi-system integration.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Project / Program Management, or related field
- 10+ years’ experience in Project/ Program Management
- 10+ years managing multi-year, complex regulated projects/programs
- Rail signaling systems
- Program management within a matrixed organization
- Program planning/management systems/tools
- Capacity planning, scheduling, budget, and execution
- Contract Management
- Cost control and forecasting
- Working with transit agencies / public sector clients
- Multi-partner or consortium environments
Your key responsibilities will be:
- Lead full program lifecycle: bid support → execution → testing & commissioning → closeout
- Deliver programs:
- On schedule
- Within budget
- In line with revenue, margin, and cash flow targets
- Ensure compliance with:
- Contract requirements
- Customer specifications (e.g., transit agencies, FRA/FTA processes)
- Wabtec quality, safety, and governance standards
- Lead delivery of integrated signaling and multi-system architectures, including:
- CBTC / ATC / PTC
- Wayside and onboard systems
- Communications (radio, fiber, network)
- SCADA / OCC / dispatch systems
- Traction power and OCS interfaces
- Ensure:
- Interface definition and control (ICDs)
- Cross-system integration planning and execution
- Coordination across engineering disciplines and external partners
- Own full contract performance, including:
- Scope management
- Change Orders (identification, pricing, negotiation)
- Cost, revenue, and margin performance
- Lead or oversee:
- Change Order proposals (scope, cost, schedule, risk)
- Customer negotiations and claims positioning
- Actively manage:
- Earned value / cost vs budget
- Forecasting (sales & cash)
- Risk-adjusted financial performance
- Proactively identify and manage:
- Technical risks (integration, performance, safety)
- Commercial risks (margin erosion, cost overruns, claims)
- Schedule risks (critical path, dependencies)
- Develop and execute mitigation and recovery plans
- Escalate issues with clear recommendations and action plans
- Serve as the primary program interface to:
- Customers (transit agencies, authorities)
- Consortium/primes (e.g., rolling stock OEMs, EPCs)
- Key subcontractors and suppliers
- Build and maintain strong, long-term customer relationships
- Lead executive-level program reviews and communications
- Lead internal and external reviews:
- Monthly/quarterly program reviews
- Risk reviews
- Customer progress meetings
- Deliver high-quality executive reporting, including:
- Schedule status
- Cost and margin performance
- Risk/opportunity status
- Key decisions and escalations
- Ensure traceability and auditability of program data and decisions
- Lead cross-functional teams across:
- Engineering
- Project Controls
- Procurement
- Finance
- Field operations and commissioning
- Align internal and external resources to achieve program objectives
- Support development of program management best practices and talent
- Drive improvements in:
- Execution processes
- Forecast accuracy (cost, sales, cash)
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Capture lessons learned and applied across programs
Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.
At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.
If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.
Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.
Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.
We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.
We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.
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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $104800-149300 The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.
- health, welfare, and retirement
- annual bonus, if eligible.
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