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Panasonic Avionics Corporation · 4 hours ago

Program Manager III - Hybrid

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$116K/yr - $195K/yr

7+ years exp

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity. The Program Manager III manages large Airline accounts with complex integration activities and demanding delivery timelines, ensuring customer satisfaction and successful program execution.

Consumer ElectronicsInformation TechnologyManufacturingTelecommunications

No H1B

Responsibilities

Maintain compliance with departmental operating procedures

Develop and maintain program plans that identify work scope, schedules, milestones, and program team members that are developed from Marketing Program Handover sheets, P&L, Marketing handover meetings and executive Marketing summaries

Maintain superb communications between Panasonic and customers by regular follow up status reviews and correspondence

Assist Marketing in the pursuit of new business

Lead the program team by conducting regular team meetings, ensuring that action item logs are kept and integrated schedules are available

Arrange, attend and chair program team meetings, reviews, technical coordination meetings and design reviews as required

Ensure that certification and technical data requirements are defined and coordinated

Act as communications focal point to the airline customers, third party suppliers and/or OEM as required

Ensure smooth transition to in-service operation by coordinating throughout the program with the Product Support Group/CSE and MMS

Close coordination with Order Administration/Program Administrator to monitor and provide status on customer's equipment orders and deliveries and overall program status, with third party suppliers, aircraft OEMs and customers to meet overall program requirements. Identify all potential delivery delays and notification of Program Managers/Regional Directors on critical delays

Identify Fit Check, test parts and tester requirement in support of program requirements

Work with Engineering for drawing support, drawing change requirements and respond to those change impacted to parts and schedules

Update and maintain program parts list, Airbus evolution sheets, schedules and program plans to program requirements

Communicate and coordinate spares certification and shipment on assigned programs as needed

Identify purchasing requisitions as needed for spares certification or as requested

Identify the program requirement for procurement and shipping of test/fit check, testers to third party suppliers as required

Identify/Generate PGA to secure parts before customers purchase orders have been received to protect lead times

Maintain program costs and scope of work and issue change requests for all out of scope work. Provide Marketing costs for out of scope to be presented to the customer. Identify costs are controlled and reported to management

Support Regional Director as required

Ensure consistent and proper business processes are followed in accordance with departmental procedures and company policy

Ability to prioritize daily workload in support of program needs

Assist members of functional organizations by providing direction of program activities and issues resolution(s)

Ensure excellent communications between Panasonic internal and external customer are maintained within Panasonic standards

Monitor program schedules commitments and direct appropriate personnel of possible impacts(s) or change(s)

Coordinate third party suppliers to complete program requirements

Partner with internal stakeholders on an almost daily basis includes Marketing, Sales Administration, Program Administration, Program Managers, System Installation Engineering, Advanced Systems Development Engineering, Structures, Engineering, Avionics Department in Osaka and Product Support Group to establish and monitor Program Plans. External contacts are at all organizational levels, often at the mid to upper management level and include airline purchasing, Engineering, Flight Operations, and Maintenance groups as well as third party suppliers, seat suppliers, galley manufactures. Daily contacts to coordinate requirements, exchange status, resolve issues or problems and negotiate changes as well as frequent face to face meetings for technical coordination, program review and business management are required

Qualification

Technical program managementAerospace industry experienceAdvanced Microsoft ProjectLeadership skillsCommunication skillsTeam buildingPlanning abilityCultural adaptabilityProblem solvingOrganizational skills

Required

4-year University degree in a technical field or an additional 4 years' related experience in engineering, software development, software development, project engineering, systems engineering or project management may be substituted in lieu of degree. (11 years' total) MBA highly desired

Minimum 7 years related work experience in technical program or project management, 4 of which must have been in a leadership capacity

Aerospace and/or IFE industry highly desired

Demonstrated superb organization and planning ability to handle large complex accounts

Demonstrated excellent ability to articulate and resolve all delegated problems with minimal help from management. Have ability to work out difficult situations/problems with customer to ensure win-win for customer and Panasonic

Strong team building and leadership skills required

Close coordination with functional departments, third party suppliers and customers

May directly supervise Program Administrator. When this is the case, Program Manager is responsible for monitoring performance, training, work assignments, guidance relative to problem solving and recommendations relative to advancement and performance appraisals

Program Manager will be responsible for management of the overall cross-functional program teams

Will also provide the functional managers advice on the performance of team members on training needed, assistance by providing guidance in problem solving, and directs activities relative to performance of tasks in support of the assigned program requirements

Must be highly presentable and be able to interact with multiple levels in the organization and with customer organizations on a Business and social level

Knowledge of computer and use of software packages (Windows operating system, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) required

Must possess excellent communication skills and must be highly presentable and be able to interact with multiple levels in the organization and customers

Needs to work well with people under pressure, including people from different cultural and political backgrounds

Must be outgoing, self motivated, well organized and detailed oriented

Be a creative problem solver and able to resolve conflicts and filter conflicting agendas to determine path forward

Ability for up to 30-40%% travel domestic and internationally required

Preferred

Advanced Microsoft Project experience preferred

Microsoft Project Advanced experience highly desired

Benefits

Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive flexible paid time off.

Health Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI).

401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.

Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.