Program Manager III

In this role, you have the opportunity to

Reporting to the assigned Program Management Lead, plan and manage a program for the design, development and implementation of the Company's products and services. Monitor the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules, managing risk, monitoring budget/spending and assigning tasks.

You are responsible for

• Work with Sales and Capture Leads from various business units to scope and bound a new program. Understand the business needs and market requirements
• May take lead role on capture and/or proposal efforts, or serve as contributing team member
• Translate customer requirements to program milestones and deliverables. Create a statement of work that defines technical scope, capability and details of program requirements, customer needs and program deliverables
• Work with cross functional teams to develop program schedule, risk strategies, and costs
• Generate the program master plan with the necessary artifacts to support program execution including the milestone billing plan
• Obtain and manage the necessary cross functional resources required to complete the program
• Oversee the execution to program requirements to ensure customer commitments for schedules and deliverables are met
• Manage to quarterly revenue and cash flow goals, and percentage of completion milestones
• Lead preparation of gate review checklists and packages and support successful gate reviews throughout the product lifecycle
• Working with the cross functional teams assigned to the program, surface and track all required customer deliverables
• Communicate with all internal stakeholders (senior management, sales, pre and post-sales support, engineering and operations) to ensure the program's progress and success
• Serve as primary point of contact for customer communications regarding program execution, deliverables, milestone payments etc.
• Identify and resolve critical issues, such as product delivery delays, and changes to customer requirements to ensure customer satisfaction
• Identify out of scope activities and, with appropriate review by management, make recommendations and commitments to the customer. Negotiate additional charges, funding, and/or timeline impacts

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• 5 - 8 years direct program management experience is required
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Working knowledge of program management techniques and contract accounting
• Experience in managing $2M - $10M projects/programs
• Strong analytical ability
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, both written and orally
• Intermediate knowledge of program scheduling tools, such as MS Project
• Intermediate level of experience with MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint
• Solid presentation skills
• Problem solving skills
• High level of organization

Physical Demands/Working Conditions: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel Requirements: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Why should you join Mercury Systems?

Mercury Systems is the leader in making trusted, secure mission-critical technologies profoundly more accessible to the aerospace and defense industries. Optimized for customer and mission success, our innovative solutions power more than 300 critical aerospace and defense programs. Headquartered in Andover, Mass., and with manufacturing and design facilities around the world, Mercury specializes in engineering, adapting and manufacturing new solutions purpose-built to meet the industry's current and emerging high-tech needs. Our employees are committed to Innovation that Matters®.

Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization. We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

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