Job Title: Sr. Program Manager, Strategic Project Implementation

Job Code: 12468

Job Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Job Schedule: (9/80) On-site 100%

Job Description: At Commercial Aviation Systems (CAS) our vision is to relentlessly reimagine and reshape the value chains by which we deliver results to our customers, suppliers, and internal/external stakeholder communities in pursuit of creating safer skies. The Sr. Program Manager is responsible to direct cross functional project teams engaged in strategic projects aimed at creating value and business optimization across all business units and functions within CAS organization.

CAS Program Management teams will earn the respect, trust, and collaboration of the CAS organization through inspirational leadership qualities essential to our realization of our vision. Our leadership, centered on motivating teams and individuals to achieve levels of performance perceived as unachievable, will shape culture, instill values, innovate, and proactively improve upon existing business infrastructure and systems to create value. We exemplify passion, courage, teamwork, ingenuity, ownership, efficiency, and candor in all that we do to delight our customers.

This position is part of the CAS Program Management Function and will be located in Grand Rapids, MI. The position will be on-site and require up to 25% travel to the multiple CAS business unit locations, both domestic and international.

Essential Funcitons: The Sr. Program Manager will have the opportunity to engage in (but not be limited to):

• Collaboratively develop cross functional value creation strategies across all facets of the business to optimize performance. Partner with business unit and functional leaders to translate strategic visions into actionable and measurable tactical plans.

• Create tactical plans and measures utilizing sound project management disciplines to enable the development of winning businesses cases for investment and project plans for monitoring, measuring, controlling, delivering, and learning.

• Manage a portfolio of Program Management led cross-functional optimization projects. Accountable for project scope, schedule, cost, risk/opportunity, and value creation objectives approved in business cases.

• Partner with business and functional leaders to identify and build highly engaged and inspired integrated project teams to deliver on identified objectives.

• Innovatively and systematically build a problem-solving environment by demonstrating and modeling thought leadership, influence, communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution.

• Develop skills and abilities of assigned project management team members through mentoring, coaching, measuring, and modeling.

• Establish a process improvement culture within the Program/Project Management team. Partner with business unit Program Management Offices (PMO) on implementation, updates and best practice sharing on processes, tools, training, and lessons learned to continuously improve and grow the capability of organization wide PMs.

  Qualifications:

• BS/BA level degree in engineering, supply chain/operations or business level equivalent. Preference for MBA level candidates.

• PMP certification or equivalent Program Management certification.

• 10+ years in the aerospace industry. A demonstrated depth and breadth in business acumen across the major functional disciplines including Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Contracts, Subcontracts, IT and Aftermarket Support.

• 8+ years of experience in progressive Project and Program Management roles. Program management practitioner experienced in leading through expert planning, baseline control, metrics, and analytics. Demonstrated ability to create management operating systems.

• Strong financial acumen. Demonstrated ability to link strategy and tactics to P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow effects.

• Demonstrated leadership capability and the ability to affect organizational change in challenging environments. Must be adept at achieving results through multiple organizations and functions, sometimes with competing priorities. Skilled in interpersonal influence, persuasion, and negotiation.

• Demonstrated communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels of the organization. Skilled in building customer and subcontractor relationships while balancing strategic objectives. Adept listener and public speaker.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools.

• Ability to travel (domestic or international) up to 25%.

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