Sr Program Manager - Integration Management Office (IMO)

Job Description

Job Description

Please note: This is an on-site position that requires the selected candidate to work from our Grand Rapids, MI, or Saint Petersburg, FL, office. This is not a remote role.

The Acron Aviation IMO vision is to relentlessly reimagine and reshape the value chains by which we deliver results to our customers, suppliers, and internal/external stakeholder communities in pursuit of creating safer skies. The IMO Sr. Program Manager is responsible for directing cross-functional project teams engaged in the separation from L3Harris, the stand-up of a new business entity, and the value-creating optimization efforts supporting all business units and functions within the Acron Aviation perimeter.

IMO Program Management teams will earn the respect, trust, and collaboration of the organization through inspirational leadership qualities essential to our realization of our vision. Our leadership, centered on motivating teams and individuals to achieve levels of performance previously considered unattainable, will shape our culture, instill values, drive innovation, and enhance our existing business infrastructure and systems, ultimately creating value. We exemplify passion, courage, teamwork, ingenuity, ownership, efficiency, and candor in all that we do to delight our customers.

This position is part of the Acron Aviation IMO Function and will be located in Grand Rapids, MI, or St. Petersburg, FL. The position will be on-site in either of these locations and will require up to 25% travel to multiple business unit locations, both domestically and internationally.

The IMO Sr. Program Manager will have the opportunity to engage in (but not be limited to):

• Collaboratively develop cross-functional value creation strategies across all facets of the business to optimize performance. Partner with business unit and functional leaders to translate strategic visions into actionable and measurable tactical plans.
• Create tactical plans and measures utilizing sound project management disciplines to enable the development of winning business cases for investment and project plans for monitoring, measuring, controlling, delivering, and learning.
• Manage a portfolio of IMO optimization projects. Accountable for project scope, schedule, cost, risk/opportunity, and value creation objectives approved in business cases.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to identify and build highly engaged and inspired integrated project teams to deliver on identified objectives.
• Innovatively and systematically build a problem-solving environment by demonstrating and modeling thought leadership, influence, communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• Develop skills and abilities of assigned project management team members through mentoring, coaching, measuring, and modeling.
• Establish a process improvement culture within the Program/Project Management team. Partner with the business unit Program Management Offices (PMO) on implementation, updates, and best practice sharing on processes, tools, training, and lessons learned to improve and grow the capability of organization-wide PMs continuously.

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications:

• BS/BA level degree in engineering, supply chain/operations, or business level equivalent. Preference for MBA-level candidates.
• PMP certification or equivalent Program Management certification.
• 10+ years in the aerospace industry. A demonstrated depth and breadth in business acumen across the major functional disciplines, including Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Contracts, Subcontracts, IT, and Aftermarket Support.
• 8+ years of experience in progressive Project and Program Management roles. Program management practitioner experienced in leading through expert planning, baseline control, metrics, and analytics. Demonstrated ability to create management operating systems.
• Strong financial acumen. Demonstrated ability to link strategy and tactics to P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow effects.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and the ability to affect organizational change in challenging environments. Must be adept at achieving results through multiple organizations and functions, sometimes with competing priorities. Skilled in interpersonal influence, persuasion, and negotiation.
• Demonstrated communication skills, both written and verbal, at all levels of the organization. Skilled in building customer and subcontractor relationships while balancing strategic objectives. Adept listener and public speaker.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools.
• Ability to travel (domestic or international) up to 25%.