Sr. Program Manager
3205 Lionshead Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92010 US
Job Description
Compensation: 110K–185K a year
Job description Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
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Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university with a preference for a technical degree in Electrical or Mechanical; or a degree in Business Management and five years managing projects and programs in an electronics manufacturing environment
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Must have Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
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Be familiar with Earned Value Management Systems
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Ten years minimum experience with Department of Defense projects and Program Management
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Successfully managed at least one program with a Tier 1/Tier 2 DoD Prime Contractor
Responsibilities
Always ensure the company has a positive, ethical image with all customers, even under adverse conditions
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Ensure compliance with all contractual terms and conditions, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), company policies, and other applicable laws or regulations
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Manage assigned projects and programs to strict cost, schedule, and scope requirements as determined by the contract to achieve desired profit targets
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Act as the single point-of-contact (POC) for all project-related communications and decisions
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Prepare Project Management Plans based on staff input and past performance benchmarks to create schedules, materials budgets, labor budgets, and expected resource requirements to complete on-time and on-budget Job Highlights • Manage new design efforts within the engineering group to ensure compliance with technical specifications without scope creep, schedule, or budget overruns. • Be flexible and agile when dealing with technical challenges and be prepared to modify designs and design plans, if necessary, to achieve customer requirements within cost, schedule, and scope. • Manage customer expectations regarding technical scope – be prepared to request additional funding via Sales if the customer increases scope. • Prepares weekly and monthly reports, detailing progress, and costs for senior management. • Works in conjunction with the Sales group in preparing responses to requests for proposals (RFP’s), requests for information (RFI’s), or other project-related sales and business development efforts. • Make recommendations to improve and manage projects, project frameworks, and development of improved reporting tools that deliver value in the policies and process • Develop a knowledge base to assist in the development, coaching, training, and oversight of the other PMs. • An assigned mentor to other PMs in specific project management. • Ensures company compliance in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100.
Skills: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project), Internet software, AutoCad, PSpice, Epicor, and other packages, as required.
Meet Your Recruiter

Greg Athans
Senior Director Executive Placement
Greg is a dedicated and hardworking professional who is your go-to recruiter for all things related to engineering, supply chain, operations, and executive level recruiting. He brings with him over 15 years’ experience in finding talent for small to Fortune 100 organizations with his success founded on building relationships and in providing top-level customer service. Greg is consistently a top performer, and the recipient of numerous company awards.
Greg is an avid Cubs fan; enjoys Marvel movies; Discovery, History, and is a Science Channel fan! Greg is 100% Greek
If you are ever in the mood to break some plates, and yell Opa!, He is your guy!
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