Project Manager, Field Ops

Job Summary

• Reporting to a Program Manager, manage the global Mission Assurance Program for 85+ RPAS field sites, planning and executing assessments of flight, maintenance, logistics, and site management to drive standardization, compliance, and mission success across GA-ASI stakeholders..
• Develop, implement, and monitor performance metrics and dashboards (availability, downtime, maintenance quality, safety, and logistics responsiveness) to improve operational readiness and reduce mission risk.
• Coordinate cross-functional root cause and corrective/preventive action (RCCA/CAPA) efforts, ensuring timely closure of findings related to flight operations, maintenance practices, supply chain, and site management.
• Partner with site leadership, customers, and internal stakeholders to ensure adherence to GA-ASI policies, technical orders, regulatory and safety standards, and to implement continuous improvements that enhance reliability, safety, and customer satisfaction.
• Create project plan(s) and manage resources to ensure project schedule, budget, quality, and specification goals are attained.
• Oversee and monitor project schedule, timelines, and milestones from initiation to delivery to meet delivery goals.
• Coordinate departmental and/or cross-functional teams to assign and prioritize tasks focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products and/or services.
• Administer policies, processes and procedures that impact project(s).
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Assesses project issues and develops solutions to meet production, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Identify and assess project issues and develop solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to employees working on assigned projects. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely fashion.
• May be required to interpret and administer policies and procedures that impact project(s).
• May participate in, lead segments of or provide overall management for the Request For Proposal (RFP) process to generate new business.
• Assist in the management of all phases of the program(s) from conceptualization through completion, including acquisition, planning, and managing technical performance to ensure quality, business, and financial objectives are attained.
• Participate with engineering to establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, testing, and integration.
• Interact with internal and external representatives at various levels concerning resolution of technical and scheduling issues.
• May accomplish tasks through subordinate staff and/or management.
• Maintain the strict confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Responsible for ensuring all laws, regulations and other applicable obligations are observed wherever and whenever business is conducted on behalf of the Company.
• Responsible for ensuring work is accomplished in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
• Additional Functions: Other duties as assigned or required.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors in Business Administration or related discipline and eleven or more years of progressively complex experience in the project administration field with at least five of those years in project management. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must demonstrate technical expertise and application of project management principles, concepts, and practices as well as project management leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Must be able to develop solutions to problems that require coordination of technologies across program requirements.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable an effective interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.
• Customer focused, must be able to work in a team environment.
• Must possess:
  • the ability to plan, and manage projects
  • the ability to identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop solutions to a variety of non-routine matters of diverse scope and nature
  • strong analytical, communication, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills
  • the ability to work independently and lead in a team environment.
• Must be able to work extended hours and travel as required.

• Internal Title: Project Manager III
• Experience Level: Senior (8+ years)
• Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time Salary
• Workstyle: Hybrid
• Pay Range Low: 109,500
• Pay Range High: 187,875
• Job Category: Program/Project Management
• Travel Percentage Required: 0% - 25%
• Relocation Assistance Provided?: No
• Clearance Required?: Yes
• US Citizenship Required?: Yes
• Clearance Level: Secret
• Employee Referral Bonus Amount: 1000.00