Manufacturing Program Manager

About the Role

The Manufacturing Program Manager (MPM) is embedded in a designated Product Center and serves as the single point of contact for all program-wide cost, schedule, quality, risk, and change-control activities. This role merges the strategic, financial, and operational duties of a Manufacturing Program Manager with the earned-value reporting, financial-accountability, and change-control responsibilities of a Control-Account Manager (CAM).

Responsibilities

• Program Integration – Align and coordinate the Production Build Plan with Operations; ensure all manufacturing plans are developed, maintained, and executed on schedule and within budget.
• Strategic Translation – Convert Product Center strategy into forecasting, resource allocation, and emerging earned-value (EV) tracking for the CH-53K program.
• Financial & Schedule Ownership – Serve as the CAM for the Product Center, providing full financial accountability through EV reporting, variance analysis (EAC/ETC), and monthly status updates. Maintain the cost-performance baseline.
• Performance Metrics – Track and drive key indicators such as Performance Index (PI) and Hours Per Unit (HPU); ensure on-time completion and support affordability goals.
• Reporting & Liaison – Produce regular earned-value/financial reports and coordinate with Program Management, Operations Finance, Program Finance, Quality Assurance, Industrial Engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Risk & Opportunity Management – Maintain a risk register for the Product Center, identify, assess, and implement mitigation actions tied to the CH-53K program.
• Performance-Based Payments – Manage, track, and communicate PBPs where applicable.
• Quality Coordination – Partner with Quality to oversee scrap-rework-repair (SRR) activities and drive Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs).
• Affordability Leadership – Own the center’s affordability initiatives, including Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRIs); translate outcomes into the program’s Estimate at Complete (EAC).
• Stakeholder Interface – Act as the primary operations liaison between the Product Center and key internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment across the program.

Core Competencies

• Earned-value management and variance analysis
• Integrated schedule and cost control
• Risk identification, assessment, and mitigation
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Data-driven decision-making using PI, HPU, and affordability metrics

The MPM ensures that the CH-53K Product Center delivers on its commitments, maintains financial integrity, and continuously improves cost, schedule, and quality performance.

Requirements

• Detail-oriented, proactive professional with a strong background in program operations, logistics, or supply chain management.
• Experience in industrial engineering, supply chain, program management, and/or operations.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, enabling effective collaboration across teams and with customers.
• Ability to analyze data and drive process improvements to optimize delivery performance.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $118,000.00 - $219,100.00

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability

Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year based on performance metrics.

For Washington state applicants only: Non-represented full-time employees accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.