Strategic Program Lead — Heavy Manufacturing & Defense

Yackandandah Community Development Company; Hollywood (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

401K Match

HSA/FSA

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Internal Referral Bonus Opportunities

Shift Differentials

Overtime Potential

Paid on the Job Training

Certification Sponsorship Opportunites

Committed to Individual Career Growth

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Job summary

Keel seeks a Senior Program Manager to provide strategic leadership across complex programs, ensuring exceptional technical, financial, and schedule performance. You will drive cross-organizational alignment, optimize execution, and deliver high-value projects in support of company goals.

You will lead end-to-end planning, governance, and reporting, coordinating with engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and quality teams while mentoring junior staff and ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10-15 years of progressive program management or project management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity.
• Experience in manufacturing or production environments; heavy plate fabrication or welding related industries preferred.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Strong understanding of planning, critical path management, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and financial oversight.
• Proficiency with ERP systems; IFS experience strongly preferred.
• High proficiency in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook; SmartSheet and Power BI experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage customer-facing communications and executive level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Leads the end to end planning, execution, and governance of assigned programs, ensuring alignment with objectives, budgets, and timelines.
• Owns program level performance metrics and provides executive level reporting on schedules, financials, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and critical paths.
• Develops, maintains, and communicates comprehensive program strategies, roadmaps, and plans; ensures consistent documentation and clear decision making.
• Serves as primary point of contact for customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders with high quality communication.
• Provides leadership across cross functional teams including engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and quality.
• Oversees work orders, change requests, and customer invoicing ensuring regulatory and contract compliance.
• Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates program risks; pursues opportunities to improve quality, throughput, and profitability.
• Guides creation of program documentation and executive presentations for reviews.
• Manages technical data, configuration control, and program documentation requirements.
• Partners with manufacturing and fabrication teams to resolve issues and support production objectives.
• Mentors junior program staff and promotes best practices in project management.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering or Finance

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

ERP systems

IFS

MS Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

SmartSheet

Power BI

Job description

Keel seeks a Senior Program Manager to provide strategic leadership across complex programs, ensuring exceptional technical, financial, and schedule performance. You will drive cross-organizational alignment, optimize execution, and deliver high-value projects in support of company goals.

You will lead end-to-end planning, governance, and reporting, coordinating with engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and quality teams while mentoring junior staff and ensuring compliance with