Partner Delivery Operations Lead at Deputy, responsible for global scaling of implementation partners. Focused on operational excellence, profitability, and exceptional partner satisfaction.
About the role
- Senior Program Manager leading multiple programs for Leonardo DRS in Melbourne, FL. Guiding product and project teams across the program lifecycle to meet contract requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end engineering development execution from concept through design, integration, verification, and transition to production or deployment, managing scope, schedule, cost, and technical performance.
- Lead project planning and conduct an Integrated Program Baseline Review (IPBR) and perform monitor and control of the baseline throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams (systems, software, hardware, mechanical, electrical, test, manufacturing, quality, supply chain) to deliver results against plan.
- Manage requirements and technical baseline in partnership with Systems Engineering, ensuring traceability, decomposition, and alignment to contractual and stakeholder needs.
- Control scope and change via formal change management (ECPs, CCBs, contract mods), including impact assessments for cost, schedule, and technical performance.
- Manage budgets and forecasts, including EAC/ETC inputs, labor and material planning, burn-rate monitoring, and corrective actions to maintain plan.
- Oversee subcontractor and supplier execution (SOW development, schedules, deliverables, performance management, and integration of CDRLs/data items).
- Plan and execute technical reviews and gates (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, readiness reviews), ensuring entry/exit criteria are met and artifacts are complete.
- Ensure verification and validation planning and execution, coordinating test strategy, procedures, lab/field events, defect tracking, and closure to acceptance criteria.
- Promote disciplined configuration management for documentation, interfaces, releases, and controlled baselines across the development lifecycle.
- Support proposal and growth activities as needed, including ROMs, BOEs, staffing plans, schedules, and basis-of-estimate documentation.
- Allocate and control contract budgets for labor, material, travel and purchased services.
- Regularly report program status to senior management in monthly Program Management Reviews.
- Formally identify, assess, monitor and mitigate risk throughout the program life cycle.
- Obtain management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost and schedule objectives.
- Notify and seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise.
- Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident.
- Perform variance analysis of schedule and cost on a formal and informal basis and present them to senior management (i.e. earned value management system).
- Coordinate with Contracts Administration on issues pertaining to contract requirements, changes, and interpretations.
- Assure the contract requirements are executed in accordance with appropriate regulations and Company policies and procedures (i.e. federal acquisition regulations).
Requirements
- 7+ years project management experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Knowledge of program management tools and procedures
- Solid leadership and management skills
- Experience throughout the program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include: proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
- Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting; experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity and variance analysis
- Experience in finance, contracting, export regulations, engineering, logistics, manufacturing and supply chain management
- Solid problem-solving skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Experience with managing manpower planning, project reviews, scheduling and budget control
- Ability to manage aerospace/defense programs as a prime or subcontractor to a domestic or foreign military organization
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Program Management certification preferred (i.e. PMP or DAU)
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- a company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- life and disability insurance
- legal insurance
- a 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- flexible work schedules with a 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
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