Program Manager

Business Unit:

Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions

Company Details:

Cubic offers an opportunity to provide innovative technology for government and commercial customers around the globe, helping to solve their future problems today. We're the leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide, and the leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the U.S. and allied nations. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in an innovative environment, we want to talk to you about your next role at Cubic! We are seeking employees inspired by technology, and motivated by the rewards of hard work, commitment, teamwork, quality, integrity, and respect. We invite you to explore opportunities with Cubic.

Job Details:

Job Summary: If you're a talented, hungry, and committed leader who wants to make a difference in a fast-paced development environment, this job might be for you. The selected candidate will manage programs in support of the Department of Defense featuring emerging and innovative technical solutions in a growing portfolio. Responsible for managing technical work, budgets, schedules, portfolio operations, and oversight of the successful work, of a multi-disciplinary technical team. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. The selected performer will exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage a family of programs serving as the assigned liaison between the Program Management Office and Cubic's internal program management reporting structure
• Serve as the prime point of contact for projects with senior management, and functional management
• Responsible for Pre-PMR dry runs and share top issues with Sr Director, Program Manager.
• Create Program Integrated Management Plan containing events, accomplishments, and criteria
• Control project risk through team identification of risk, risk quantification, and develop risk mitigation strategies
• Create staffing profiles, schedules and budgets in support of the project execution and profit goals, good with crunching numbers.
• Support negotiations as required with the customer
• Conduct regular program evaluation and review meetings to identify current and future problems and initiate actions for their resolution
• Interface with customer on technical issues, scheduling, and cost and respond to all customer technical and operational questions with appropriate assistance from functional organizations
• Prepare and submit progress reports to higher management and to the customer when required
• Maintain regular liaison with all proposal/program contributors to ensure the necessary level of communication is in place to assure realization of their commitments
• Approve and monitor major purchase orders and subcontracts
• Approve make/buy decisions
• Monitor and evaluate subcontractors' performance to ensure cost, technical, and schedule requirements are met
• Monitor and ensure the control of product quality and configuration
• Ensure that all contract deliverables and services are properly delivered to the customer for acceptance within the contractual schedule
• Verify timely invoicing of all completed Contract Line Item Number
• Responsible for proposal, pricing, and Statement of Work (SOW) development

Minimum Job Requirements:

Four-year college degree, or equivalent, in Engineering or Business Operations or other related field, plus eight years of experience. PMP Certification (or equivalent experience) desired. Strong background with Earned Value Management and prior P&L responsibility. Must be proficient in integrated master scheduling tools (ideally Primavera P6), business management tools (ideally SAP) and be able to deal effectively with a wide variety of departmental issues. Must have strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Must communicate effectively and succinctly to Executive Leadership Teams, both verbally and in written form. Requires strong team building and multi-tasking skills. Must be a pro-active leader who is decisive and action oriented. Domestic and international travel may be required.

Additional Desired Skills:

Experience developing C4ISR solutions for DoD customers, with particular demonstrated success in the maturation of technologies from mid to high Technology Readiness Levels (TRL). Ability to support and/or lead competitive proposals representing a Program Management Office.

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business needs.
Worker Type:

Employee