Program Manager, Maritime Simulation Products

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!

Summary

CAE USA is seeking a Program Manager to lead a team dedicated to the execution and growth of one of our high-fidelity training product lines. Our customer committed to use high-fidelity simulation in their upcoming projects and as a result this product line will grow significantly over the next five+ years. This position will have significant customer interface regularly reporting on program performance and status.

Projects generally span multiple years and range from design and development to production and sustainment. Success in this role requires extensive knowledge and expertise in large scale project management, scheduling, earned value management, hardware engineering, subcontract and material management as well as cross functional leadership. Further, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing cost and schedule execution for a geographically dispersed team with multiple partner companies (large and small), as well as managing a customer with extremely high expectations and requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible to meet program execution cost, technical and schedule requirements as well as company financial targets.
• Partner with supply chain management to lead/coordinate a team with multiple industrial partners, sub-contractors and large supplier base.
• Communicate program status, issues, risks, opportunities, and plans to internal executive management.
• Lead the development and maintenance of the program integrated master schedule to include the internal and external milestones and phases as established by the respective program teams.
• Ensure advanced integrated scheduling across multiple business partners provides a persistent view of the critical path. This includes developing and implementing plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts. Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel, and purchased services. Report program status to executive management as required.
• Establish and monitor adherence to program master plans and schedules, identify program problems, obtain solutions, direct allocation of resources.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedule are evident. Seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise.
• Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtain approvals based on thresholds prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Maintain program financial forecasts, report progress to financial objectives using DOD approved earned value management and reporting system.
• Serve as an interface with the customer on all matters involving contract execution. Coordinate with other departments on resolution of contractual problems with the customer. Coordinate with the contracts manager on issues pertaining to contract requirements, changes, and interpretations.
• Ensure coordination across multiple programs and/or projects and with other product line, and functional leads.
• Support program bid and proposal activities. Ensure that requirements of the Request for Proposal (RFP) are met in the preparation and documentation of bids and proposals.
• Actively seek new business and growth opportunities in coordination with business development.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 8 years program management experience or general management of large-scale maritime construction projects with P&L responsibility.
• Bachelor's degree in Business or STEM preferred.
• Successful track record in managing large complex aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor with multiple industrial partners, sub-contractors, and suppliers.
• Must be a dynamic and energetic leader that involves other team members in the decision making and change process.
• High-energy and self-driven individual that can "make things happen" without a large support organization to depend on daily and is a time management expert.
• A personality style that is team oriented and has the success of the customer, program, organization, and business as his/her main objective.
• Ability to establish and clearly communicate overall program objectives, mission, vision and strategy.
• Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity, and variance analysis.
• Experience coordinating and working with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills to advise team members and senior management on status and/or actions.
• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software, JIRA/Windchill preferred.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Management systems integrated with demand planning.
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
• Must be eligible for DoD security clearance; active security clearance preferred.
• PMI Certification preferred.

Work Environment

• Work will be performed in an office and high bay manufacturing environment at our Arlington, TX facility.
• Ability to travel nationally (CONUS) frequently.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.