Program Manager

Location

Tucson, AZ | United States

Job description

About us:

Powered by endlessly curious engineers with an unwavering mission focus, for nearly three decades Paragon Space Development Corporation has pioneered advances in life support systems for space. We create innovative mission-critical systems that enable our customers to perform beyond expectations and ensure that our users return home safely.

Paragon is involved in a wide range of projects for commercial, government, academic, and private applications. We are leading the way with systems that work in Earth's stratosphere, in orbit, on the moon, and for manned missions to Mars! Consider joining our innovative, impactful company as we build life support systems of the future.

Position Summary:

Provide sound program management support and serve as customer interface on assigned program(s). Collaborate closely with other program management personnel and/or technical leads/Principal Investigators. Manage/support activities with focus on budget and schedule performance to ensure that program goals and objectives are accomplished in accordance with established priorities, time limitations, funding limitations and other specifications. Exceed customer satisfaction through focused communication, reporting, and meeting milestones/deliverables.

Description of Duties:

• Ensure contractual goals are met through achievement of technical and quality objectives
• Ensure budget and schedule are on track
• Plan program activities (milestones, deliverables), schedule, and budget to meet project scope
• Provide day-to-day program management to accomplish objectives, meet customer requirements, and comply with Paragon corporate policies and processes
• Communicate program progress and schedule status
• Negotiate assignments to ensure clear scope, schedule and budget
• Listen to and address team needs (requests for more information, training, software, priority conflict resolution, tools, etc.)
• Lead conflict resolution and provide tactical decisions that will positively affect the program
• Efficiently coordinate organizational resources and assigned personnel to maintain an effective team
• Regularly report on progress, budget and schedule and generate metric-based review products such as EVMS reports
• Track and review performance metrics and formulate/execute mitigation plans if not on target
• Implement disciplined Risk Management: identify and track risks; formulate, communicate, and execute risk mitigation plans
• Conduct regular program reviews, both internal and external
• Manage and control program documentation using established corporate tools
• Serve as the customer point of contact and maintain/develop customer relationships- solicit feedback from the customer
• Lead negotiations of changes to the program plan and/or new contract
• Record and report lessons-learned to drive continuous improvement of the program and Paragon processes

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Management, or equivalent field

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in program/project management in a technical application, aerospace or space application preferred.

• Technical experience in Aerospace or related industry strongly preferred

• Professional Management Certification strongly preferred

• Earned Value Management experience preferred

Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

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Salary

$105k - $115k