Description

Key Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success metrics in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource allocations.
• Identify project dependencies, risks, constraints, and mitigation strategies to ensure successful execution.
• Coordinate activities across cross-functional teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Monitor project progress, budgets, timelines, and performance metrics, providing regular status updates to leadership.
• Prepare executive-level reports, presentations, dashboards, and project documentation.
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders to ensure alignment on priorities, expectations, and deliverables.
• Lead change management initiatives and support organizational adoption of new processes, systems, and programs.
• Participate in leadership meetings to identify organizational barriers and recommend solutions that improve decision-making and execution.
• Ensure projects meet established quality, compliance, safety, and operational standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
• Escalate critical issues and provide recommendations to leadership for timely resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management, program management, or operations management experience.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously from planning through execution.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, processes, and best practices.
• Experience preparing executive reports, project dashboards, and leadership presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across teams.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to balance aggressive timelines while maintaining quality, compliance, and safety standards.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting aerospace, manufacturing, engineering, defense, aviation, or other highly regulated industries.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), CAPM, or similar certification.
• Experience with change management methodologies and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of performance metrics, KPI tracking, and business process improvement.
• Experience working directly with executive leadership and senior stakeholders.

Core Competencies

• Project & Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Planning & Execution
• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Process Improvement
• Leadership Communication
• Performance Reporting & Analytics
• Quality & Compliance Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Time Management & Prioritization

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree