Program Manager

ARA is looking for a Program Manager that is responsible for planning and overseeing one or more programs to ensure they meet quality, cost, and schedule. Program managers plan and designate program resources, prepare budgets, monitor progress, and provide customer updates throughout each program’s period of performance.

ARA Program Managers lead the development and production of a wide range of existing and developing RF products. The ideal candidate will leverage their leadership skills to ensure quality and performance throughout the product lifecycle. 

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Manage and direct the daily execution of multiple programs or large- scale programs within contract requirements to assure that cost, schedules, and performance goals are met.
• Lead all meetings and the integrated product team (kick-off through program close).
• Provide interface, communication, and coordination with internal and external customers on matters pertaining to existing contracts and bid and proposal activities.
• Represent management at program reviews, meetings, seminars, etc.
• Develop and implement plans and schedules to execute contracts/subcontracts. Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel and purchased services. Report program status to senior management on a monthly basis.
• Formally identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risk throughout the program lifecycle. Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program cost and schedule objectives.
• Perform variance analysis of schedule and cost on a formal and informal basis and present them to senior management (i.e., earned value management system)
• Assure that conduct of contractual requirements is executed in accordance with appropriate regulatory and Company policies and procedures (i.e., federal acquisition regulations).
• Proven ability to manage changing priorities and aggressive timelines 
• May lead company's programs reviews due to knowledge and experience.

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement (s)

• Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities
• Communication – Ability to speak, write, and interact with others.
• Decision Making – Able to reach a decision, takes thoughtful approach when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions
• Employee Management - Defines responsibilities, motivates employees, delegates well   
• Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality 
• Initiative – Ability to take on task before being asked.
• Leadership - Provides strong leadership, sets a good example, skilled decision maker, motivator, and encourager
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products/services

Experience and Skills

• 5-10 years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience 
• Proficiency in using all Microsoft Office tools including Project
• Experience with commercial and military customers.
• Experience with Radar, SATCOM, MUOS, and RF Products (30MHz – 10GHz) a plus.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering – Technical Degree Required
• PMP Certification is a plus

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran

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