Program Manager

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives.  Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world’s most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

CAES is a defense, aerospace, cyber security, energy, and transportation products group. CAES manages a portfolio of specialist capabilities, generating highly differentiated solutions and products by applying electronic, mechanical, and software technologies in demanding and critical environments to meet customer needs.

We are an industry leader in the design, manufacture, support of advanced integrated RF systems for high performance Electronic Warfare, Radar/Communications, flight test and instrumentation systems.  Our products are used by US and international customers in manned aircraft, UAVs, space vehicles, missiles and guided weapons applications.

Want to be part of a world-class team driving business and projects to success at CAES?  

SUMMARY:

This high visibility role reports into the Program Management Office (PMO) at CAES Defense Systems Division. The Principal Program Manager will support the Defense Systems business on key programs that interfaces with our Prime Contract customers.  The position will be responsible for all stages of the program life cycle with major customers, managing internal engineering and manufacturing plans, status reporting to customer for development and production orders, and ensuring on time completion of contract obligations.

Responsibilities

Proposal Activities

• Exercises responsibilities for the initiation, orchestration, review, approval and timely submission of program proposals.
• Reviews and analyzes Request for Proposal (RFP) including technical, schedule, cost and contract requirements; coordinates proposal inputs with other departments.
• Reviews Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for labor and materials supporting functions and prepares BOEs for Program Management in support of proposal preparation.
• Participates in contract negotiations with internal contract administration staff and customers; establishes and monitors close liaison with customer representatives.

Program Execution