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ARKA Group, LP · 4 months ago

Senior Program Manager (Secret) {D}

Danbury, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

15+ years exp

ARKA Group L.P. is an advanced technologies company serving the U.S. military, intelligence community, and commercial space industry. The Program Manager is responsible for managing sophisticated Space programs, ensuring successful delivery in accordance with cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance requirements while leading the integrated product team to deliver high-quality products.

AerospaceCommunication HardwareHardwareInformation TechnologyManufacturingOptical CommunicationSoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Planning, direction, and control to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals throughout the program life cycle

Effective management of a large size Integrated Product Team, resource planning, and financial execution

Able to recognize and act on new business development opportunities

Management, oversight and coaching to all direct program Cost Account Managers (CAMs)

Working with other functional department leaders, defining, prioritizing, and developing program requirements and execution plans

Managing and directing root cause and corrective efforts and failure review boards

Responsible for all activities associated with large proposal preparation, proposal team performance, execution and OTD

Lead monthly program reviews that identify EAC (estimate at completion) sustainment, financial and schedule performance, risk management burn down, root-cause and corrective action as well and continuous improvement

Enforcing all processes for identifying, assessing, monitoring and mitigating risk throughout the program life cycle

Understanding and implementing lean process improvement principles

Interfacing with the Senior Leadership Team, General Management and external customers

Supporting business development and portfolio managers to enhance sales and provide future opportunities for existing customers and solutions for new customers

Qualification

Program ManagementDepartment of Defense experienceEarned Value ManagementCost AccountingDeltek CostpointPower BILean Process ImprovementSpace Program ManagementInterpersonal SkillsTime Management

Required

Bachelor's of Science Degree in Engineering, Finance or Business Management

15+ years of experience in the department of defense (DoD) and space industry

7-10 years direct Program Manager experience in managing NRE program development, hardware assembly, integration, and testing related to defense and space projects

Experience with Deltek, Costpoint, and Power BI tools

Significant Experience throughout the program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work (SOW) and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation for cost reduction and performance improvement efforts

Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM), cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis

Knowledge of finance, contracts, Bill of Materials (BoM)/pricing, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain management

High level of interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with senior management

Excellent program and time management skills are essential

Solid understanding of Space Program Management logistics, technical data, and associated deliverables

Active U.S. Government Security Clearance (we will consider candidates who have been debriefed within the past 24 months and who are able to be crossed over within 3 months)