Strategic Program Manager – Manufacturing (Onsite)

COLTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC; West Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 89,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement-plan contributions

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Professional-development support

Other company-sponsored programs

Job summary

Colt’s Manufacturing Company is seeking a Program Manager to lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of diverse programs for military, law-enforcement, commercial, and operational contexts. You will provide cross-functional leadership and oversee initiatives from initiation through completion.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and drive programs to successful completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of program or project management experience in a product development or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to understand technical drawings and GD&T.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications.

Responsibilities

• Interpret program requirements and develop detailed, integrated project plans for military, law-enforcement, commercial, and operational programs.
• Establish and maintain program schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and critical paths. Drive cross-functional teams to meet established commitments.
• Develop, organize, and maintain comprehensive program documentation, trackers, reports, risk registers, executive presentations, and other key program deliverables.
• Lead regular cross-functional program meetings to communicate priorities, milestones, status, risks, issues, decisions, and expectations.
• Coordinate activities across Sales, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Procurement, Marketing, and other functional teams to ensure successful program execution.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, including senior leadership, project teams, customers, suppliers, and external partners.
• Identify, assess, and monitor program risks. Develop mitigation plans and ensure appropriate actions are assigned and completed.
• Identify and resolve program issues and barriers to execution. Escalate significant concerns to leadership when necessary.
• Monitor program schedules, budgets, resources, and overall performance. Identify variances and drive corrective actions when program objectives are at risk.
• Manage program scope and evaluate changes that may affect schedule, cost, resources, or deliverables.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability for program actions and deliverables. Follow through with functional owners to ensure commitments are completed.
• Develop, document, maintain, and continuously improve processes within the New Product Development process to improve efficiency, consistency, and program execution.
• Support program reviews and phase-gate activities by ensuring required deliverables are completed and programs are prepared to advance to the next phase.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

GD&T understanding

PM software

MS Office

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PM software

MS Office

Job description

Colt’s Manufacturing Company is seeking a Program Manager to lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of diverse programs for military, law-enforcement, commercial, and operational contexts. You will provide cross-functional leadership and oversee initiatives from initiation through completion.

The role requires strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and drive programs to successful completion.