Program Manager I - Beltsville, MD

About the role

The Program Manager I supports the Engine Solutions & Electrification business within Eaton's IS AER FED division. This role is based at our Beltsville, MD facility.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Profit and Loss for New Product Development (NPD) Program(s) and Standard Transition (STP) projects
• Lead the Integrated Product Team(s) to drive customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and life of the program financial performance
• Seek team input to promote rapid resolution to issues
• Coach and provide feedback/rewards on performance indicators
• Establish objectives and goals and provide direction to the program and project teams in areas of customer concerns, potential changes in scope and risk assessment
• Facilitate the implementation of program management processes at the site, business unit or Division
• Manage effective customer communications
• Provide overall Program interface with the customer
• Improve organization responsiveness to customer requirements
• Communication and managing customer expectations and contractual commitments internal to the business
• Maintain performance metrics for programs for earned value, quality, technical performance, and delivery for all PROLaunch NPD/STP phase gates
• Effectively manage program and project risks
• Lead IPT teams to define project risks and proactively identify risk mitigation actions
• Coordinate all risks and requirements of the program into a completely integrated entity
• This is accomplished by planning, controlling, and integrating all projects into the programs, and measuring all elements to ensure the requirements and goals are successfully achieved
• Manage customer contract, pricing, terms and conditions and contractual flow-down through the organization
• Develop contract negotiation strategies
• Ensure effective change management processes are utilized
• Provide monthly program updates (Program Status Report – Green/Yellow/Red) of current situation relating to contractual milestones and problem/high risk areas (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule)
• Provide updates to the business units as well as divisional, and group levels
• Play a key role in developing New business proposals and executing overall program plan
• Provide overall Program interface with the customer
• Carefully coordinate and monitor One Eaton Aerospace program personnel across multiple sites
• Ensure proper due diligence by utilizing the PROLaunch NPD/STP/APQP tools to plan and properly execute programs and projects
• Support “Build to Print” project bids where bids require technical and costing support from FED sites and/or FED division resources
• Integrate the budget related to program transitions for profit planning making sure the programs are within the budget once they are launched
• Aid the project team members in the development of their specific task scheduling capabilities through mentoring and/or practice skill development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in Program Management; or a combination of Program Management with some Engineering and/or Product Development Management
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now or in the future
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in Program Management or Product Transitions; or a combination of Program Management with some Engineering and/or Product Development Management
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in the Aerospace Industry leading product transition programs or new product development
• Programs with 1) components / subsystems / systems scope responsibility, 2) Moderate customer business risk, 3) Moderate to high NRE budgets, and 4) High Revenue Growth Program value
• Program Management Institute (PMI) accreditation (PMP)

Skills

• Proven Leadership skills - capability to lead changes in an Integrated Project Team (IPT) environment across multiple sites and customers globally
• Fully demonstrating to proficient in Program and Project Management methodologies, processes, and tools
• Excellent communication and presentation skills – both verbal and written with ability to make necessary status reports and technical presentations to Eaton management and customer
• Experience in Risk Management
• Strong analytical skills and business acumen
• Financial experience, managing Profit & Loss, ATD, EAC, Gross Margin, NPV & IRR
• Broad knowledge of the Aerospace industry