NPD Program Manager

Job title: NPD Program Manager in Hollister, CA at Fortive
Company: Fortive
Job description: Job Description:As an NPD Program Manager, you can expect to be our go-to for developing new products and identifying the best product options.

• Lead the Integrated Project Team (IPT) for medium sized development programs from proposal through successful product launch and first production delivery, for customer funded or IR&D authorized funded development efforts.
• Have budget responsibility for assigned programs, including meeting Product Cost Targets based on future business projections determined with Product Line Management (PLM).
• Develop and maintain positive customer relationships and ensure the customer's contractual requirements are fulfilled. You will have responsibility for maintaining program schedule in accordance with customer and PSEMC requirements, controlling expenditures within the program budget, updating estimate to complete by program.
• Review customer requests for quote and makes bid/no bid recommendations for opportunities involving product development.
• Generate and release program work authorization documentation defining the scope of work, schedule requirements, program budget, contractual requirements, and data items.
• Prepare and present program review reports for Advanced Product Development management.
• Support presentations for assigned proposals/programs to management and customers.
• Maintain positive communication and relationships with all company functional areas to ensure program and customer requests and schedules are met, while maintaining an overall perspective of the goals of the company.
• Conduct analysis and modeling based on key pricing inputs to develop optimal pricing recommendations.
• Identify and highlight key strategic considerations, develop credible business cases, and communicating rationale to senior management.
• Gather input from the IPT to develop preliminary integrated master schedule (IMS) at the bid phase and manage and update the IMS when acting as primary PM on program.
• Ensure proposed schedules are achievable and facility capacity will be available at the time of anticipated order placement.
• Be responsible for the proposal schedule, cost to prepare proposal and budget.
• Conduct contract negotiations on assigned programs in concert with the assigned Contract Manager.
• Manage and lead major proposal efforts and programs across sites (CA and AZ).
• Lead presentations for assigned proposals/programs to Management and Customers

Qualifications:

• Project Engineering experience a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in a technical and manufacturing environment in the aerospace/defense industry
• DOD pricing and contract experience desired.
• 2+ years of leading a development IPT or supervisory responsibility preferred.
• Ability to work on site as needed with some remote options.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business/Marketing Degree with technical program experience.

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Location: Hollister, CA
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