Program Manager

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a business or technical area from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with launching new product development programs, including working directly with the customer.  Program/project management experience is required
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status.

This position is responsible for managing a portfolio of Aerospace and Industrial Gas Turbine NPI programs within the Howmet Wichita Falls facility.  The program manager will lead cross-functional teams from pre-quote and concurrent engineering through the production launch of all programs.  They will ensure each program meets or exceeds original customer and internal program commitments (delivered on time, within budget, at target cost and expected yields).

Job Roles 

• Entrepreneurial and growth mindset--proactively grows value of the operation to internal customers; enables system and enterprise growth as partnerships increase in scope and value; builds business case to support greater scale
• Structure and system creation--collaborates with other stakeholders to design full scale launch program, owning project from start to first job 
• Orchestrate complexity--understands and conducts factors associated with job and project relocation or assignment including customs, cultural considerations, workforce planning, operations, technical capability and procurement processes; interacts with stakeholders in multiple locations and understands their respective needs and businesses; ensures internal and external partners deliver toward overall execution; contends with inevitable change, adjusting appropriately; aligns efforts of multiple parties to achieve desired ends
• Influence without direct authority--gains buy in with sound business acumen and substantive business case; invests in relationship and can get things done through established connections; has a broad network of information sources; creates urgency and action in others through informal authority; persuasive; emotionally intelligent, able to solicit contributions from a variety of personalities, positions and levels within the organization
• Organization and detail orientation--adheres to requirements and laws that govern the work; maintains and communicates a rigorous schedule; attends to corresponding paperwork; functions in a time-sensitive manner; operates as primary point of contact for casting facilities with regard to transferring work
• Communication--provides information at every stage of the process; ensures consistent contributions by eliminating silos and fostering interdependent understanding; maintains awareness of operations and other demands, sharing information and encouraging openness between stakeholders
• Future focused--anticipates opportunities; focuses on things as they could be, not simply as they are; manages projects with an eye toward the next several implementations
• Ownership--embraces responsibility; involves and influences, but retains accountability; recognizes that ultimate success or failure of a given endeavor and its effect on the long term success of the enterprise is his/her primary domain; understands the urgency of implementing when capital is already spent

Job Responsibilities

• Ensuring the goals, scope and deliverables are clearly defined and communicated to the team for each program.
• Supporting a detailed execution plan working with the NPI Department Manager and team members from different functional disciplines (engineering, manufacturing, commercial, scheduling, quality) in an effort to ensure the timely completion of the plan.
• Maintaining detailed action lists for all programs and working closely with the engineering and operational teams to ensure they are completed on time and within the budget; this process will involve a detailed review of the daily overdue tasks list and follow up during the daily management meeting
• Identifying gaps and/or risks to the program and drive mitigation plans to avoid delays or unnecessary expenses; this will include obtaining the commitment of the various functional discipline leaders to ensure the overall recovery of the program
• Conducting regular program reviews with all stake holders, both internal and external, regarding program status, pending action items, recent developments and program needs.
• Utilizing the PM (Program Management) software toolset to ensure cross-functional team members work collectively to complete the necessary tasks on time and provide weekly status updates for each program
• Ensuring that any disconnects between functional areas are resolved in a timely manner by driving conflict resolution.
• Elevating critical path issues to the management team if desired results are not achieved
• Functioning as a liaison between facilities

The Program Manager will report out the status of the NPI portfolio for their facility to plant management, NPI leadership and business segment leadership on a regular basis. 

The PM will champion the deployment of the Howmet APQP process in their facility. 

The PM will be expected to contribute to the continuously improving delivery performance through best practice identification/formulation, validation, documentation and communication.  As a corollary, they will lead the lessons learned process for each completed project and communicate findings to executive management.