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Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company · 9 hours ago

Program Manager (New Product Development - NPD) Level II

Hollister, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$78K/yr - $145K/yr

5+ years exp

Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company is a leader in providing energetic materials and devices for military and commercial applications. The NPD Program Manager will lead medium-sized development programs from proposal through product launch, manage budgets, and maintain customer relationships while ensuring contractual requirements are met.

AerospaceEducationManufacturing

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the Integrated Project Team (IPT) for medium sized development programs from proposal through successful product launch and first production delivery, for customer funded or IR&D authorized funded development efforts

Have budget responsibility for assigned programs, including meeting Product Cost Targets based on future business projections determined with Product Line Management (PLM)

Develop and maintain positive customer relationships and ensure the customer's contractual requirements are fulfilled. You will have responsibility for maintaining program schedule in accordance with customer and PSEMC requirements, controlling expenditures within the program budget, updating estimate to complete by program

Review customer requests for quote and makes bid/no bid recommendations for opportunities involving product development

Generate and release program work authorization documentation defining the scope of work, schedule requirements, program budget, contractual requirements, and data items

Prepare and present program review reports for Advanced Product Development management

Support presentations for assigned proposals/programs to management and customers

Maintain positive communication and relationships with all company functional areas to ensure program and customer requests and schedules are met, while maintaining an overall perspective of the goals of the company

Conduct analysis and modeling based on key pricing inputs to develop optimal pricing recommendations

Identify and highlight key strategic considerations, develop credible business cases, and communicating rationale to senior management

Gather input from the IPT to develop preliminary integrated master schedule (IMS) at the bid phase and manage and update the IMS when acting as primary PM on program

Ensure proposed schedules are achievable and facility capacity will be available at the time of anticipated order placement

Be responsible for the proposal schedule, cost to prepare proposal and budget

Conduct contract negotiations on assigned programs in concert with the assigned Contract Manager

Manage and lead major proposal efforts and programs across sites (CA and AZ)

Lead presentations for assigned proposals/programs to Management and Customers

Qualification

Aerospace/Defense ExperienceBudget ManagementProject ManagementDOD Pricing ExperienceIntegrated Project Team LeadershipCustomer Relationship ManagementAnalytical SkillsContract NegotiationCommunication SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

5+ years of experience in a technical and manufacturing environment in the aerospace/defense industry

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business/Marketing Degree with technical program experience

Preferred

Project Engineering experience a plus

DOD pricing and contract experience desired

2+ years of leading a development IPT or supervisory responsibility preferred

Ability to work on site as needed with some remote options

Benefits

This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Company

Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company

PacSci EMC provides pyrotechnic and energetic material devices and integrated systems that operate precisely the moment they are commanded – down to the millisecond.

Founded in 1975

Chandler, Arizona, USA

501-1000 employees