ATO Program Management Leader – Engineering PMO

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and implement a standard process, team, and tool for program management on large ATO programs/projects leveraging PMO standards.
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within the project, program, and portfolio management discipline.
• Provide program updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress in terms of performance to meet business objectives and project/program KPIs.
• Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
• Assists with creating and maintaining project planes by properly breaking down the work, sequencing the activities, integrating the schedules, and using techniques such as critical path method (CPM).
• People Leader for multiple project managers with a wide range of experience levels. Ability to attract, develop, motivate, and retain top Project Management talent.
• Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects pertaining to project, program, and portfolio mgmt. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
• Uses judgment to make decisions and manage complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer innovative solutions to problems outside of set parameters and provide recommendations.
• Team accountability for timeliness, quality, availability, and yield.
• Lead lean transformation efforts to eliminate waste, improve transparency, establish standard work, and enhance the value the team brings to the business.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Present business or technical discipline solutions to leaders. Communicate complex messages and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view. Influence peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering from an accredited university or college

• Minimum of 10 years of experience with Program and Project Management.

• The ability to obtain an US Government Clearance.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience managing New Product Introduction project.

• Familiar with phase gate process.

• PMP Certification.

• Lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.

• Demonstrated ability to people lead and provide strategic direction.

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

• Established portfolio / program / project risk management skills.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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