Senior Principal Program Manager

Mercury is looking for an experienced Senior Principal Program Manager to join its growing program team which is responsible for strengthening the Program Management functions and supporting Business Management across Signal Technologies Microwave Amplification programs.

Job Responsibilities:

Manages performance of multiple programs within the Microwave Amplification line of business.

Manage multiple IPT cross-functional teams. Deliver solutions from design to release.

Oversee large or complex programs to ensure adherence to program plans, schedules, and budgets. Develop, define, and execute project plans, schedules, budgets and deliverables.

Create relationships with customers and field-based employees.

Manage key vendors.

Drive continuous improvement, including Lean, in order to incite a Lean culture throughout the function.

Identify and manage program challenges and lead their solutions, such as allocating resources, changing contractual specifications, and directing responses to customer needs.

Oversee the negotiation of contracts and contractual changes, including coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, operation budgets, specifications, and financial conditions of contracts.

Providing Program Management support as part of strategic captures teams to ensure that Mercury delivers timely, compliant, cost-effective solution to customers and including the negotiation and closure of the business deal and development of growth strategies.

Coordination with the Global Sales team to understand customer requirements, schedule, and price targets and then build a program proposal that will be executable upon award.

Acts as the focal point of contact with the customer for programmatic, contractual and business matters on any given proposal or program execution and is a liaison with customers and internal departments for all matters affecting the successful landing of assigned programs.

Providing timely guidance into priority decisions concerning resources across competing priorities based upon business level strategy.

Varied experience transitioning from the capture phase of a strategic program to the execution phase to deliver on business commitments and customer commitments.

Experience reviewing proposals for adequacy and the ability to build a strong and trusted relationship with the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

Coordination between the pricing and finance function, the contracts organization, and the proposal team to ensure that proposal schedules are met.

Experience building comprehensive business cases to be used for proposal review and signoff.

The desired candidate will demonstrate a strategic approach to proposal development, estimating, negotiation, administration, change management, and dispute resolution as a key contributor to senior management team.

Proven experience building proactive and success-oriented capture and execution teams

Demonstrated ability to conduct timely negotiations, resolve customer issues, and optimize cash flow in contract management.

Identify and assess risks, opportunities, and issues against the execution or proposal baseline.

Experienced Program Management lead for both product groups and program organizations.

Expertise in USG, International, and Commercial contract negotiation and management.

Compliance with FAR, DFAR, ITAR, and Export Regulations.

Managed all contract types; FFP, FPIF, CPFF, CPAR, T&M, IDIQ and BOA.

Established systems to ensure compliance with Purchasing (CPSR) and Estimating System reviews.

Lead with internal and outside counsel as well as executive level business management on critical issues

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math), Business Management.

Typically requires 10+ years of execution experience with US DoD (DFARS) content

Experience managing complex technical programs across commercial and defense markets.

Ability to understand a broad portfolio, spanning multiple customers and product platforms, including hardware, software, and manufacturing.

This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s in business administration (MBA), Business Management.

Professional Certification: PMP, CPCM, CFCM or similar

Strong communication skills, including ability to lead in-person negotiations

Very strong written and spoken English language skills

Understands systems and technologies for avionics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, targeting, communications, and networking.

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