Acron Aviation · 14 hours ago
In Service Program Manager
Grand Rapids, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expAcron Aviation is a global leader in commercial aviation solutions, seeking an In-Service Program Manager to lead specific product lines and projects. The role involves ensuring performance through effective monitoring and control while building cross-functional teams to exceed customer expectations.
AerospaceManufacturing
Responsibilities
Responsible for execution and finances for an entire product line, including directing, controlling, administering, and regulating the product line
Responsible for the total in-service life cycle of a product. This life cycle includes ownership of the customer, production activity, product cost, schedule, and functionality
Ensure that the cross-functional team is working together to execute the business need of the product line, including the following tasks: sustaining engineering support, production, customer support, finance, and quality and configuration management activities
Responsible for ensuring that outsourced activities and alliance partners are executing per financial and schedule agreements. In addition, responsible for the management of customers, including the management of their expectations, customer satisfaction, and scope
Act as a critical member of the Proposal Team involved with business case development, pursuit activities, and capture for both development and sustaining opportunities
Contribute to the evolution and growth of the Commercial Aviation products through strategy formulation and transform objectives into cross-functional execution plans supporting business case and proposal development
Bring a passion for and knowledge of core program management planning elements, such as requirements planning, deliverables definition, milestone definition, risk management, resource management & critical path scheduling are key
Lead your IPT and be accountable for monitoring and controlling the development program execution using robust management operating systems and integrated cross-functional teaming approaches
Knowledge of Earned Value techniques and reporting is required
Develop, maintain, and manage internal performance scorecards for in-service production/customer support programs
Work with Development Program Management to develop and successfully transition new development product from qualification/certification into production, ensuring a successful transition not only to production but to the aftermarket support team
Leverage a gated control and approval process for the Product life-cycle
Ownership and accountability for customer relationship and scorecard performance, and the associated internal performance measures. Work across functions to continuously identify and plan activities required to improve performance against business case objectives
Collaboratively partner with functional leaders across the Commercial Aviation Division to provide enterprise-wide leadership
Establish a process improvement culture within the Program Management team, including direct involvement with process improvement idea generation and project execution
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Engineering, Technical Management, or similar field
Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
Must have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Project Management tools
Must have excellent verbal and written communication
Must have the ability to manage multiple complex programs at one time and meet required deadlines
Must have experience leveraging Continuous Improvement methodologies to ensure program performance and improve business effectiveness
Preferred
Prefer MBA or advanced degree
Prefer related program management experience with embedded engineering development products
Prefer experience in the avionics industry, in both the Military and Commercial Market Segments
Prefer PMP certification along with previous experience utilizing earned value metrics
Company
Acron Aviation
Acron Aviation provides innovative pilot training, simulation, avionics, and flight data intelligence solutions to the aviation sector.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-11-27Acquired
Recent News
2025-10-16
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