Senior Program Manager Hypersonics

Job Description Summary

At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You will be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you will share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world.

About the Role

Innoveering, a GE Aerospace company, develops high-tech engine propulsion programs, including supersonic and hypersonic R&D prototype initiatives. This role is a hands-on program leader for that work. As Senior Program Manager, you will lead a team made up of a project engineer and engineering specialists matrixed into the program, and you will own the program's cost, schedule, and budget commitments.

Based in Bohemia, NY, you will report to the Director of Programs and serve as the face of the program to the customer.

Job Description

In this role you will:

• Lead the program team to meet program specifications, milestones, and cost, schedule, and margin targets, while ensuring quality and safety standards are met or exceeded
• Serve as the direct company and program representative to the customer, and work with business development to identify growth opportunities within the program
• Lead and manage the technical and business elements of the program, including developing the SOW, WBS, IMS, and cost and schedule requirements for new projects
• Oversee the performance and development of the program management team, and manage staffing for both headcount and skill mix, forecasting future needs with engineering
• Track and report program performance against financial margin targets, and present critical path activities and performance goals to management each month
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, and immediately report any customer, contractual, or technical issue that could jeopardize the program
• Maintain an active, transparent working relationship with Engineering, Operations, Test, Quality, Finance, and Contracts, and coordinate personnel, test facilities, and production capabilities with leadership and other project managers to balance company and program goals

The Ideal Candidate

You are a hands-on program leader who combines technical credibility with strong business discipline. You are comfortable owning cost, schedule, and performance commitments, and you are equally comfortable standing in front of the customer. You prioritize multiple programs, take action early, and keep a matrixed team aligned and moving. You communicate clearly, learn continuously, and build working relationships across engineering, operations, test, finance, and contracts.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• 10 years of experience in engineering and program management working with the DoD, military services, and aerospace contractors on jet engine manufacturing, supersonic and hypersonic propulsion systems, or similar programs
• Competence with program management software and Microsoft Office products
• Working knowledge of finance practices in program management, including labor accounting, overhead management, and government contract rules for performance and compliance
• Ability to develop and negotiate work plans with the customer and internal support organizations
• Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and present technical, financial, and general business information

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Microsoft Project experience for schedule and resource management (other tools are acceptable)
• Working knowledge of propulsion test cell processes and coordination with engineering
• Team facilitation skills, including running meetings that serve their business objectives and draw on others' contributions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment and prioritize multiple projects
• Self-starter who takes prompt action, addresses problems, and goes beyond what is required
• Strong problem-solving skills, practical judgment, and a collaborative, approachable, responsive work style
• Active learner who applies new knowledge and skills on the job
• Efficient manager of time and resources

Additional Information

• This position requires U.S. citizenship status.
• Travel: domestic and international, up to 25%.

The base pay range for this position is $175,000 - $234,000.  The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. 

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.