Strategic Operations Program Lead

Dover Corporation; Salisbury (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Corporation's Salisbury site seeks a seasoned Project Manager to coordinate activities across Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, and Production for a specific customer/product, ensuring on-time delivery and budget adherence. You will lead interdepartmental teams, manage risk, and work with Product Line Manager on tradeoffs, while maintaining compliance with military standards and DoD security expectations.

A technically strong background and PMP are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technically related field preferred; MBA beneficial.
• 5+ years of comparable program/project level experience in military, aerospace, or other high-reliability industries.
• Must be able to obtain DoD secret clearance.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite and ERP systems (IFS or similar).
• Customer-facing experience with Sales, Account managers and/or Engineers.
• PMP certification preferred or obtainable within 1 year.
• Thorough understanding of government contracts and negotiation tactics.
• Thorough understanding of government regulations and military standards.

Responsibilities

• Manages the project budget and successfully executes the overall project by influencing and consensus rather than direct report authority.
• Engage with various team members and lead interdepartmental coordination to resolve issues impacting product delivery.
• Ensures transition to manufacturing, tracking and reporting schedules and cost to the customer.
• Establishes quality and process performance objectives.
• Establishes agreements with the suppliers/subcontractors and tracks their costs, schedule and technical progress.
• Set project direction and make decisions with the Product Line Manager where customer, technical, cost and schedule tradeoffs are considered.
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Decision Making

Customer Facing

PMP Certification

Contract Administration

Military Standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technically related field

MBA beneficial

Tools

MS Office Suite

IFS ERP

Job description

Dover Corporation's Salisbury site seeks a seasoned Project Manager to coordinate activities across Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, and Production for a specific customer/product, ensuring on-time delivery and budget adherence. You will lead interdepartmental teams, manage risk, and work with Product Line Manager on tradeoffs, while maintaining compliance with military standards and DoD security expectations.

A technically strong background and PMP are valued.