Program Manager

Program Manager

MDA Space

Harwell, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:

• Ensure suitable standards, processes and controls are followed across all phases of the projects from conceptualization through completion, including planning, and managing technical performance to ensure quality, business, schedule and financial objectives are attained;
• Set-out and agree work-packages to ensure all HW/SW needs are delivered with customer satisfaction in mind;
• Risk, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies capture & management;
• Interfacing with various teams – technical, production, validation, quality; to co-ordinate and de-risk schedules;
• Contribute to the development of new business opportunities and expansion of existing business opportunities in the space community;
• Be comfortable to work across multiple projects for multiple customers;
• Be intimately involved in the preparation of proposals, proposal work statements and specifications and operating budgets. Influence contract negotiations and modifications;
• Identify project issues through risk and opportunity management and provide leadership and direction in how to develop solutions such as re-allocation of resources or modifying contract specification;
• Ensure that feedback from internal and external customers and entities is continually and robust fed back into out processes and approach;
• Be comfortable in a fast moving and dynamic environment with whilst being able to remain calm and keep the team focused on the goal.

Required skills:

• Direct experience in design and development of space flight hardware and/or software;
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent;
• At least 5 years experience managing technical projects;
• Excellent written and oral communication;
• Familiarity with project lifecycle from bid through execution and close down;
• Familiarity with Project Advantage or other scheduling tools;
• Ability to motivate people;
• Self- motivated and able to take initiative;
• Ability to travel as required;
• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly to various audiences with technical & non-technical backgrounds;
• Managing and Reporting on Project Budget and Resources to senior management;
• Defining, mitigating and managing project risks.

Skills considered an asset:

• Familiarity with formal configuration control methods;
• Experience working on projects in the space industry, including gate/phase reviews;
• Experience dealing with complex systems, analysis and test;
• Familiarity with communications payload technologies;
• Familiarity with international standards, ECSS, etc.;
• Experience in capture management and proposal writing.