Deputy Program Manager

What You’ll Do    

• Demonstrate professional knowledge and application of program management skills including organizational management and business intelligence    
• Perform duties as delegated by the Program Manager/s on large programs    
• Lead small programs, under the guidance of Program Manager    
• Collaborate with other department Deputy Program Managers as required    
• Work directly with Manufacturing Program Manager and Manufacturing manager to ensure contract delivery requirements    
• Provide task guidance and direction to Program Control Analyst     
• Create status reports and other technical documents    
• Create and maintain program schedules in Microsoft Project    
• Create and maintain budgets and cost tracking workbooks    
• Lead internal and external customer program reviews    
• Participate and/or lead in person and virtual customer meetings    
• Lead planning/execution of proposals     
• Track program risks and action items while maintaining a database for each    
• Work closely with financial analysts, procurement, contracts, shipping & receiving, and cost estimating on various tasks in support of programs    
• Ensure overall compliance with Program management procedures and processes    
• Support the work of the technical team and support staff as delegated by the Program Manager     
• Monitor and report performance against plans to meet cost, schedule, and staffing objectives    
• Track program risks and action items while maintaining a database for each    
• Demonstrate basic knowledge and application of program management skills including organizational management and business intelligence     

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, mathematics, or business administration with 4+ years of related experience, or    
• Master’s degree in engineering discipline, mathematics, business administration or related field with 1+ years of related experience    
• Experience in a high mix, low volume or low mix, high volume manufacturing environment    
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Project    
• Must be a proven team player with excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills, and a positive can-do work attitude    
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-moving environment.    
• Professional customer communication and interfacing skills; strong customer advocacy and customer-first attitude    
• High level of attention to detail and documentation accuracy; self-motivated with intellectual curiosity, with regards to data and determination to work through problems    
• Willing and motivated to learn; desire to understand the peripheral processes that provide input to, or derive outputs from, the support services processes    
• Strong time management and prioritization skills; not easily frustrated or overwhelmed    
• Ability to effectively manage multiple customer service requests concurrently while effectively discerning and managing changing priorities    
• Able to work efficiently and effectively within a collaborative team environment and independently    
• Possess exceptional organizational, process management, and written and verbal communications skills    
• Travel 10 percent