Job Description

As a Program Manager, you can expect to...

Manage the day-to-day execution of projects and programs:

• Develop and maintain schedules and coordinate resources to meet program objectives
• Facilitate the removal of barriers, the coordination of dependencies, and the management of risk 
• Track program cost and deliverables to effectively achieve contractual compliance and meet budgets
• Serve as the primary point of contact for both internal and external customers for assigned programs
• Communicate routine project status, risk assessments, and issues while quickly adapting to new challenges or changing requirements

Advance the business through the evaluation and planning of new opportunities:

• Take an active role in assisting with authoring responses to request for information and request for proposals
• Serve as a bridge between technical and business goals when evaluating new and follow-on opportunities and efforts
• Create cost estimates, generate BOEs, and evaluate staffing requirements for a wide range of projects and programs
• Assist with breaking down requirements into technical implications and plans

Use technical expertise to take an active role in product management

• Work closely with the engineering team to solve technical challenges and meet development and customer milestones
• Interface with all functional groups within the engineering team to understand complete program status and recommended solutions
• Decompose evolving customer and market needs into technical action plans 
• Act as an effective decision-maker that is able to understand and balance priorities effectively and efficiently

A successful candidate may have...

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Physics, or other technical discipline
• 10 or more years industry experience  and 3 or more years of proven technical project or product management experience
• Experience with cost estimating, BOE generation, schedule, and budget management
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability and experience interfacing directly with customers
• A goal-oriented mindset with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and overcome technical challenges through teamwork and collaboration
• Experience with or the desire to learn about:
  • Functional leadership
  • Radars, sensors, and other communication systems
  • Cloud-based and embedded software systems
  • Authorship of winning proposals

The location of this position has the ability to be remote, hybrid or onsite in the Syracuse, NY office.