Principal Program Manager

Mercury Systems is looking for the world’s best and brightest emerging talent. If you want to tell people WHY you do what you do, rather than simply WHAT you do, Mercury is calling. Our Purpose, Innovation That Matters, inspires our people to make trusted, secure, mission-critical solutions profoundly more accessible to aerospace and defense. We bridge the gap between commercial technology and defense applications to address the industry’s most pressing high-tech needs. Why? To help create a safer, more secure world.

As Principal Program Manager, you will be responsible for the performance of one or multiple programs (family of programs), with an emphasis on production. This role requires a broad understanding of all aspects of a program, from ideation to production as well as in-service support. Customer-facing, you will have great business acumen, making judicious decisions to achieve customer satisfaction while successfully executing your programs.

In this role, you have the opportunity to lead highly diverse cross-functional teams composed of contracts, program planning, finance, operations, and engineering to deliver mission-critical solutions to our customers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Execute programs to scope, schedule, cost, and quality over their full lifecycle, by internal processes and contractual obligations, for customers worldwide.
• Develop plans for program execution, including detailed integrated master schedules (IMS), build plans, and critical paths.
• Ensure on-time deliverables (documentation and products).
• Identify and manage scope changes through their approval and execution.
• Perform risk and opportunities management, including definition and execution of action plans for risk mitigation to prevent adverse effects, and escalate issues promptly.
• Provide details of resources required for successful execution of programs.
• Respond to related requests for proposals (RFPs), coordinate and develop proposals and related documentation, including schedules, estimates, compliance matrices, programmatic volume, and bid review material.
• Create statements of work (SOW) and perform sub-contract management, as required.
• Present program status to the leadership team, weekly and monthly, including reporting on programs’ KPIs.
• Point of contact for customers; develop and execute action plans for customer and organizational satisfaction, including problem solving, obsolescence management, and in-service support.
• Team with Operations, Engineering, and Mission Assurance to ensure that all are informed and involved in decisions affecting their areas.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Typically requires 6+ years of progressive project/program management experience related to defense hardware systems.
• Experience EAC management and financial acumen.
• Experience with Prime and/or Government contracting practices.
• Experience with MS Project.
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and orally, at all levels of the organization internally and externally
• Excellent time management skills, presentation skills, and highly detail-oriented
• Experience managing programs in a multi-site matrix organization.
• Experience in ERP/MRP business systems and Salesforce
• Knowledge of FAR, DFAR, ITAR, and Export Regulations.
• Knowledge of EVMS

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