What are the responsibilities and job description for the AW609 Project Manager position at Leonardo?
Leonardo Helicopters is a multinational company, producing helicopters deployed in more than 150 countries across the globe. Leonardo Helicopters’ U.S. headquarters has been in Philadelphia since 1980 and is home to a world-class production facility, maintenance center, training academy and stellar engineering team. We offer competitive compensation, exceptional benefits with a free healthcare option, 401k match, generous paid time off and much more.
Summary :
The Project Manager is a core team member of the Program Management function that is responsible for the Product Line Management through the different phases of product lifecycle, from product roadmap to contracts’ delivery, ensuring the involvement of relevant stakeholders as needed. Program Management must ensure on cost, on time and on quality delivery.
The Project Manager provides direct support in the execution of development programs, government, and commercial customer programs. The Project Manager acts as the primary interface between Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement & Supply Chain, Customer Support Services & Training, and Sales to drive deliverables, resolution of issues and escalate as needed.
Responsibilities :
- Manage the daily project workflow and interactions with the various functions to track and coordinate project actions, reporting and deliverables.
- Develop project task-based schedules and report milestone progress against the integrated master schedule.
- Monitor actual project performance against planned performance to identify variances and help manage tasks on the critical path.
- Support in the preparation of company / contracted work orders. Interface with the contract manager during the acceptance process and manage ‘after delivery’ activities.
- Maintain strong relationship with procurement to ensure vendor performance supports the project / program goals.
- Liaison with Customer Support Services and Training (CSS&T) teams to ensure the activities are aligned with the contract schedule.
- Monitor configuration changes (change requests) and suggest solutions to minimize the negative impact on production cycles.
- Identify programmatic risks and suggest recovery / mitigation plans. Assist in the definition of the product roadmap and the yearly budget preparation.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to prepare technical and industrial feasibility tender summary sheets to support bids & proposals.
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