Program Manager, Product Development at Galvion in Portsmouth, NH

Program Manager, Product Development

Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

THE COMPANY

Galvion is a global defense technology leader specializing in advanced protective solutions and intelligent power systems for military and tactical operations worldwide. We design, develop, and manufacture ballistic helmets and data management solutions for the modern battlefield. Galvion emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and forward-thinking design to meet the evolving needs of the modern world.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Program Manager in Galvion, your primary goal is to plan and execute programs on time, at budget, and with high quality. You accomplish this by empowering and setting the structure for all team members to efficiently execute their work. You will lead exciting, complex cross-functional teams using your understanding of our strategy and programmatic requirements, as well as your technical acumen and project management expertise. You will need to develop a deep understanding of Galvion’s products, technologies, work processes, and strategy and be passionate about our end-customers’ missions. You will support internally and externally funded developmental programs, both of which are aimed at providing revolutionary capabilities by leveraging and integrating exciting emerging technologies. Success will only be achieved by developing and implementing creative approaches to projects that enable rapid iteration in a dynamic environment.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Collaborate with external customers, engineers and product managers to pursue agreed upon objectives while tracking, prioritizing and communicating top issues.
• Engage leaders to build project teams, develop work packages, identify and mitigate risk, and build a concept of operations for program execution and progress monitoring.
• Identify and engage stakeholders across Galvion. Tailor and present information to allow informed decision making both technical and programmatic.
• Facilitate efficient team meetings.
• Be the primary contact for customer inquiries
• Work closely with the engineering team and Business Development team (onsite and remote) to ensure customer focus/need and engineering tradeoffs are aligned and communicated for Program development. Facilitate transition from understanding of end-user requirements to a formal system requirements document.
• Escalate and assist in the mitigation of conflicts between customer needs and Galvion capabilities, with a focus on driving for results.
• Identify and engage stakeholders as appropriate. Tailor and present information to allow informed decision making (both technical and programmatic).
• Be enthusiastic about working on site with customers and/or supporting internal programs and senior leadership, bringing order and efficiency to critical internal initiatives.
• Engage senior resource managers to build program, teams, develop work packages, identify and mitigate risk, and build concept of operations for program execution and progress monitoring.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to pursue agreed upon objectives while tracking, prioritizing and communicating top issues.
• Proactively manage cost, schedule, and quality across all aspects of projects.
• Establish and communicate (internal and external) program schedules and milestones, and monitor adherence to master plan.
• Manage white papers and proposals, including development of cost and pricing, to support the business development and sales teams to meet customer needs/interests.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Understand internal project requirements and documentation to develop and implement a plan to ensure all deliverables are met while controlling scope, cost, schedule, risk and quality.
• Provide value added input to the strategic planning process. • Use your technical expertise and experience to build a body of knowledge and educate your teammates on the fundamentals and tradeoffs for project development and execution.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• 6 to 9 years of experience in Program Management.
• Logical and rigorous thinker, with experience integrating new information rapidly, comprehending large amounts of information, drawing conclusions, and clearly communicating key findings preferred.
• Ability to drive outcomes a must.
• Intellectual flexibility, curiosity, and willingness to learn.
• Demonstrated excellence in leading cross-functional teams and managing product development projects for manufacturing of products.
• Ability to obtain US Government Security Clearance.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes.
• Deep understanding of manufacturing environment and challenges along with a grasp of Lean Manufacturing concepts a plus.
• Demonstrated negotiating experience.
• PMP certified or working towards PMP certification a plus.

WHY JOIN GALVION?

At Galvion, innovation, collaboration, and purpose drive everything we do. You'll work alongside talented professionals dedicated to developing advanced protective systems that help safeguard those who serve. We offer challenging work, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to contribute to products that make a real-world difference.

If you're passionate about excellence engineering and want to help shape the future of military protection, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of a team committed to protecting the world's most important missions.

Galvion provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Galvion complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.