Engineering Program Manager Jobs in Framingham, MA

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Program Manager to lead assigned Department of Defense programs and related defense contracts. This role will own day-to-day program performance, including cost, schedule, customer commitments, technical coordination, and overall contract execution. The Sr. Program Manager will be the primary customer interface and the internal lead for keeping programs on track. This requires close coordination with engineering, software, supply chain, contracts, finance, quality, security, and logistics support teams. This is a hands-on program leadership role. The right candidate will be comfortable bringing structure to complex work, driving decisions across functional teams, and addressing issues before they turn into customer or financial problems.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Own assigned program performance including cost, schedule, contract commitments, customer satisfaction, and delivery results.

• Lead the regular operating rhythm for programs including team meetings, program reviews, risk reviews, action tracking, and leadership updates.

• Serve as the primary customer point of contact for assigned programs.

• Manage customer expectations and make sure contractual commitments are understood, tracked, and met.

• Turn contract requirements, Statement of Work (SOW) language, Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs), Contract Data Requirement Lists (CDRLs), deliverables, milestones, and customer commitments into practical program plans.

• Develop and maintain program schedules, budgets, staffing plans, risk registers, issue logs, action trackers, and recovery plans.

• Track program financial performance including funding status, burn rate, actuals, forecasts, Estimate to Complete (ETC) / Estimate at Completion (EAC) inputs, revenue, margin, and cash flow impacts.

• Identify risks, issues, and performance gaps early and drive corrective action when programs move off plan.

• Coordinate work across engineering, software, supply chain, contracts, finance, quality, security, and logistics support functions.

• Work with Supply Chain, Subcontracts, Engineering, and Quality to manage subcontractor and supplier performance.

• Support contract negotiations, modifications, Request for Equitable Adjustments (REAs), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), and scope changes in coordination with Contracts, Finance, Engineering, and executive leadership.

• Ensure program work stays aligned with contract requirements, company procedures, quality standards, security requirements, and applicable DoD regulations.

• Prepare and present program status, financial performance, risks, staffing needs, corrective actions, and decision points to senior leadership and customer stakeholders.

• Support proposal and capture activities, including technical volume inputs, Basis of Estimates (BOEs), schedule development, risk inputs, basis of estimate reviews, and transition planning.

• Help identify follow-on opportunities, customer needs, contract growth areas, and lessons learned.

• Build a team environment that is organized, accountable, and focused on delivery.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, management, or a related field strongly preferred.

• 5-8+ years of relevant experience in program management, project management, engineering program leadership, defense operations, or a related field with 5+ years supporting or managing U.S. Government or DoD contracts.

• Experience managing program cost, schedule, customer communications, technical coordination, risks, issues, and corrective actions.

• Experience executing Department of Defense (DoD) contracts in a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) / Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) environment, including one or more contract types or vehicles such as Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Time & Materials (T&M), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Other Transaction Authority (OTA), prototype, production, sustainment, or services contracts.

• Experience managing contract execution elements such as SOW/Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements, CLINs, CDRLs, deliverables, milestones, funding, and change control.

• Ability to monitor and explain program financial performance, including budget, actuals, forecasts, funding status, burn rate, ETC/EAC inputs, revenue, margin, and cash flow impacts.

• Experience coordinating subcontractor, supplier, or vendor performance in support of program objectives.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.

• Experience briefing program status to senior leadership and/or government customers.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experience with Microsoft Project or similar schedule management tools.

• Ability to travel domestically up to 15-20%

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.

• Master's degree in business, engineering, management, or a related field.

• Experience with Earned Value Management System (EVMS), ETCs, EACs, variance analysis, or formal program controls.

• Experience supporting proposals, recompetes, Rough Order of Magnitudes (ROMs), Basis of Estimates (BOEs), gate reviews, color team reviews, or capture activities.

• Experience developing or supporting integrated master schedules, resource-loaded schedules, or program baseline reviews.

• Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Requests for Equitable Adjustment, contract modifications, and formal change management.

• Experience managing troubled program recovery, corrective action plans, baseline resets, or customer escalation recovery.

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Box, or other collaborative program execution tools.

• Active or prior DoD security clearance.

Applicants must be either a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, refugee or must be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

About Teledyne FLIR Defense

Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.

We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you're mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.

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Salary Range:

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.