Strategic Director, Multi-Site Program Management

Ralliant; Hollister (CA); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 291,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralliant is seeking a Director of Program Management in Hollister to lead the Program Management team, ensuring programs meet schedule, budget, and technical requirements. The role emphasizes coaching leaders, implementing standard work with the Ralliant Business System to enable faster, more predictable delivery, and coordinating with other sites for a consistent customer experience.

You will own site-level financial performance, engage in strategic planning, and drive customer conversations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or equivalent; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience leading program teams in aerospace/defense manufacturing.
• Proven ability to coach and develop leaders, build high-performing teams.
• Deep knowledge of aerospace ordnance and related markets.

Responsibilities

• Direct the Hollister Program Management team, tracking programs against schedule, budget, and tech requirements.
• Own site-level program financials, including bookings forecast, revenue, cost, and margin.
• Mentor program managers with regular development conversations and succession planning.
• Lead design and rollout of standard work using RBS to reduce variation.
• Collaborate across sites to standardize reporting and tools for consistent customer experience.
• Participate in proposal prep and negotiation with customers.
• Lead large-scale proposal and kickoff meetings for alignment.
• Identify and manage program risk; develop mitigation plans.
• Serve as escalation point for customers with VOC feedback.
• Participate in strategic planning and new business opportunities.
• Build relationships across engineering, quality, operations, supply chain.
• Own hiring and performance management for PM team.
• Travel as required.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Budgeting

Risk management

Continuous improvement

Customer facing

DoD contracting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business

MBA preferred

Tools

MS Office Suite

RBS knowledge

Pricing tools

Job description

Ralliant is seeking a Director of Program Management in Hollister to lead the Program Management team, ensuring programs meet schedule, budget, and technical requirements. The role emphasizes coaching leaders, implementing standard work with the Ralliant Business System to enable faster, more predictable delivery, and coordinating with other sites for a consistent customer experience.

You will own site-level financial performance, engage in strategic planning, and drive customer conversations