Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GE Aerospace is hiring a Director, Program Management to build and lead program management for its Defense & Systems Customer Experience portfolio. The role is accountable for on-time delivery, portfolio operating rhythms, dependency and risk management, budget oversight, and developing a team of program and project managers.
Responsibilities
- Own on-time delivery (OTD) across the DSCX portfolio. OTD is the primary measure of this role. You set the target, run the cadence that surfaces risk against it, and close the gap
- Run the operating rhythm so problems surface early. The weekly and monthly operating reviews (WOR and MOR), standups, reviews, and retros exist to make a slipping date visible weeks out, not on the date
- Run Daily Visual Management across the portfolio. Delivery status and blockers are visible daily, which is what makes early escalation possible rather than aspirational
- Make status honest and comparable. Every major program reports RAG status, milestones, and a path to green against one standard, so leadership compares programs instead of interpreting formats
- Keep programs from stalling on each other. You hold the dependency picture across DSCX and the partner teams we depend on, including Palantir, and resolve conflicts before they become schedule impacts
- Drive risks to closure with a named owner and a date. The RAID log is the mechanism. Closure inside the committed date is the measure
- Escalate early and with a recommendation. When a decision or dependency threatens a committed date, the sponsor hears it from you while there is still time to act, with the tradeoff already framed
- Own the tradeoffs. Every program has a scope, schedule, and cost triangle. You either make the call or frame the decision for whoever should
- Own the $25+MM CX budget with Finance and Business Operations, reconciled monthly, with committed versus actual accurate enough to plan against
- Control change. Approved scope, schedule, and budget changes are documented and traceable, so a program's history explains its current state
- Lead, coach, and develop the program and project management team, including hiring, performance management, and talent development
- Set the delivery standard and make transparent execution normal, where reporting red early is rewarded rather than punished
Skills
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 8 years of professional experience, OR Associate's degree with a minimum of 11 years of professional experience, OR High School Diploma with a minimum of 13 years of professional experience
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Program Management and IT
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job
- 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))
- Deep expertise in program and project management for enterprise digital delivery, including operating rhythms (WOR and MOR), RAID, and dependency management
- Experience delivering inside a defense or regulated program environment: cost and schedule baseline management, integrated master schedules, customer program reviews, and government reporting obligations
- Strong knowledge of Agile ways of working (Scrum and Kanban) and portfolio-level delivery governance
- Fluent with status reporting to RAG standards, milestone tracking, and change control
- Three or more years leading program or project managers, including hiring and performance management
- Manages scope, schedule, and cost tradeoffs credibly and communicates them clearly to sponsors
- Owns and reconciles a budget in partnership with Finance, and tracks committed versus actual with discipline
- Reads risk early: distinguishes noise from red flags and drives mitigation to closure
- Builds a function from a small team
- Makes red safe to report
- Escalates without drama
- Coaches with questions before positions
- Leads a distributed team on purpose
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan.
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
- Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
- Tuition assistance
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time-off for vacation or illness
- Professional development
- Remote position
- Relocation assistance
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