Program Manager - Military Veterans

Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential. We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.

We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey. Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Level 1:

• Estimated annual base pay: $78,800.00 (minimum) - $98,500.00 (midpoint) - $118,200.00 (maximum)

Level 2:

• Estimated annual base pay: $100,800.00 (minimum) - $126,00.00 (midpoint) - $151,200.00 (maximum)

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave Paid parental leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:
• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a Program Manager, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The Program Manager is accountable for the planning, directing, and execution of local and/or global projects. The Program Manager is responsible for managing projects and project team activities in the development and launch of new products or derivatives. Program Manager will direct and influence the project team to achieve project deliverables including contractual and business objectives while ensuring customer satisfaction and QDRC.

What You Will Be Doing

• Coordinate/lead multiple projects of med-high complexity and risk or projects with multiple sub-projects.

• Participate in strategic planning/profit planning processes

• Accountable for scope change management within the project. Responsible for orchestrating response to customer scope changes in collaboration with the Customer Account Manager and the project team

• Evaluate and implement continuous improvement in the product development process. May include authoring documents and standards

• Provide guidance and support to lower level program managers

• Participate in and support new business development (proposals)

• Drive relevant project and project status communications; Monitor progress through project management reviews

• Manage and work through project launch teams to ensure that the project scope and outcome is achieved

• Execute, monitor and control the schedule, cost deliverables, risk management and scope to meet or exceed stakeholder and customer expectations

• Responsible for allocating resources and management of the project team. Proactively manages potential conflict and resource constraints

• Leverage the use of the Woodward PLC (Product-Life-Cycle) process to support product development

• Works across business to resolve elevated issues internally and with the customer, ensuring barriers that could impede program progress are removed

• Coordinates with Customer Account Manager to act as the primary point of customer contact for the project

• Presents and represents project status to customer and Woodward senior leadership

What We Are Looking For

Level 1:

• US-Bachelor's degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)
• 2-5 years of experience in program environment or project coordination

Level 2:

• US-Bachelor's degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)
• 2-5 years of experience in PLC environment
• 2-5 years of experience in project management
• Green Belt certification within one year of employment
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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