This position is at Perkin Elmer in Salem, MA.
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Program Manager
Job Type : Full Time
Career Level : Experienced (Non-Manager)
Education : Bachelor's Degree
Location : Salem MA US 01970
Job Description :
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Salem, MA
Reports To: Product Manager
Responsible for managing a complex, multi-million dollar and multi-year government funded program in collaboration with engineering, operations, quality, product management, finance, contracts and sales team members. The Program Manager is responsible for delivering product on-time and on-budget by coordinating timely program support to internal and external customers and interested parties. Responsible for various program attributes including financial reports, product development coordination, and scheduling oversight of hardware manufacturing, testing and delivery.
Ø Manages and contributes to all aspects of program execution to satisfy customer requirements and ensure profitability. Plans, monitors, and manages in order to avoid specification shortfalls, budget overruns, schedule overruns and situations requiring emergency management. Anticipates problems and takes timely actions to eliminate or mitigate.
Ø Manages specification reviews and sign-offs between PerkinElmer and its Customer. Ensures that the agreed upon specification meets the customer needs and can be achieved on-time.
Ø Negotiates and agrees upon Statement of Work (SOW) with customer to meet customer requirements and budget needs.
Ø Acts as the principal contact for customer’s link between PerkinElmer Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Product Management.
Ø Creates and executes detailed Program Plans to satisfy the product Specification and SOW.
Ø Tracks program Earned Value via detailed Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) planning tools.
Ø Performs other related duties of similar complexity as directed.
Job Requirements :
Ø Requires a BS degree in Science or Business. MS preferred.
Ø Requires ten or more (10+) years experience in Engineering and/or Program Management within the aerospace/defense industry or equivalent training and experience.
Ø Must have working knowledge of industry related guidelines such as Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), contracts administration, cost analysis, and program management.
Ø Candidates must have a proven track record of managing and delivering complex programs to a timely and cost effective conclusion within the Defense industry. Demonstrated experience in the procurement and screening of electronic components for use in high reliability electronic systems for unmanned space applications is preferred.
Ø Must also have demonstrated experience in all areas of aerospace development and manufacturing programs for complex, critical, high reliability electronic systems including design, all aspects of qualification testing such as vibration, pyrotechnic shock, EMI, and radiation testing, and manufacturing of such products.
Ø Must have advanced knowledge, training and experience in the use of Microsoft Project software. Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint skills preferred.
% of Travel Required : 0-10%
