Program Manager (Olive Branch)

Summary:

Our client is a leading provider of heavy-duty maritime equipment, specializing in the design, engineering, and installation of mission-critical systems for ships and offshore platforms. Our client is looking to add an experienced Program Manager to their team. The Program Manager high-impact leadership role with responsibility for complex, multi-year programs from award through successful execution and delivery

Program Manager Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and a minimum of six (6) years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the role
• Minimum of three (3) years of direct program management experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex programs and responsibility for customer relationships, cost, schedule, risk, and overall program performance
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and manage program schedules, financial performance, forecasts, risks, and contractual deliverables and take corrective action when performance deviates from plan
• Demonstrated success managing large-scale programs with significant financial, technical, or operational impact to the business
• Proficiency with program management and business tools, including Microsoft Project, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to travel as needed

Stand-Out Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
• Master’s degree in business administration, Engineering Management, or a related field
• PMP or PgMP certification
• Experience managing complex programs within the maritime, shipbuilding, defense, or heavy industrial sectors
• Experience managing government or major defense-prime customers and complex contractual requirements
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization
• Demonstrated success identifying, developing, or capturing follow-on and new business opportunities

Program Manager Description:

Program Leadership & Execution

• Own the successful execution and performance of multiple complex programs concurrently, with accountability for cost, schedule, quality, technical performance, and customer commitments
• Establish clear program priorities, milestones, and accountability across cross-functional teams. Drive execution and ensure commitments are understood, measured, and achieved
• Proactively identify program risks and opportunities, establish mitigation strategies, and drive issues to resolution before they impact customer commitments or business performance
• Hold functional teams accountable for program commitments while creating alignment across Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Production, Quality, Finance, and other supporting organizations.

Customer Leadership & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary customer-facing leader throughout the program lifecycle, owning the overall customer relationship and ensuring clear, proactive, and professional communication
• Build trusted, long-term relationships with key customer stakeholders by understanding their priorities, anticipating challenges, and consistently delivering against commitments
• Lead customer discussions and negotiations involving program performance, schedule, pricing, scope, and contractual matters
• Serve as the critical link between the customer and Trident’s functional leadership, ensuring customer requirements and priorities are clearly understood and translated into executable actions across the organization.

Business Growth & Strategic Development

• Take an active role in identifying and developing new business opportunities within existing and prospective customer accounts
• Leverage customer relationships, program knowledge, and market awareness to identify emerging requirements and position Trident for follow-on and new business opportunities
• Support and lead proposal development, pricing strategy, customer negotiations, and capture activities as appropriate
• Contract, Scope & Financial Ownership
• Own program financial performance, including budget management, forecasting, Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), revenue and invoicing performance, and overall program profitability
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the scope of work, estimate assumptions, contract requirements, terms and conditions, schedule obligations, risks, and customer commitments to ensure disciplined program execution
• Proactively identify cost, schedule, and scope variances and lead corrective actions before they materially impact program or financial performance
• Lead the identification and management of scope changes and contract adjustments
• Protect the company’s contractual and financial position by identifying out-of-scope work and ensuring changes are documented, communicated, and appropriately addressed

Executive Communication & Accountability

• Provide senior leadership with clear, concise, and fact-based assessments of program performance, financial outlook, customer priorities, key risks, and required decisions
• Escalate significant risks and issues early, with clearly defined impacts, mitigation plans, and recommended courses of action