Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BAE Systems is a defense, aerospace, and security company serving national security and warfighter missions. The Operations Program Manager II will assist in managing a major production program, coordinating project teams, factories, suppliers, quality, engineering, and line management. The role will oversee production transitions, budgets, schedules, risks, forecasts, and issue resolution to meet productivity, affordability, quality, and customer satisfaction goals.
Responsibilities
- Works closely with all feeder and final factories on NRE and production build schedules, interfacing with factory leadership on a regular basis to ensure parts/assemblies are delivered on or ahead of schedule
- Works with the Program to kick off technical insertions and transition to production for follow on program orders
- Works closely with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to develop and execute Dual Source Strategies on high-risk parts
- Works with Program and the factories to ensure product returns are repaired/recertified and returned to the customer within expected timeframe
- Prepares and implements project execution plans and identifies technical, manufacturing, and business resources needed for the program success
- Manages the programs budgets, quality, and schedule to meet programmatic deliverables
- Additionally, the OPM will assess the issues and lead the team to develop resolutions that meet productivity, affordability, quality and customer satisfaction goals and objectives
- Provide guidance to identify the need for technical back up for decision making to the project team
- Ensures program forecasts are updated accordingly and that all factories are aware of their future demand and staffing needs
- Needs to identify and mitigate technical and schedule risks to program execution
- Interface and coordinate production priorities within the Product Line
- Must have a current/active Secret Clearance
Skills
- Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position: Secret
- Travel Percentage: <10%
- U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes
- U.S. Person Required: Yes
- * Product transition to production as well as ramping production rates
- * Cost reduction, Cost take out, and affordability
- * Creating proposals
- * Interfacing with suppliers
- * Leadership skills (influencing in a matrixed organization: Teams w/o direct reporting relationships)
- Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 6 years work experience or equivalent experience
- * Masters Degree
- * Must have a current/active Secret Clearance
Benefits
- Hybrid work format, with time split between working onsite and remotely
- Flexible work environment
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