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Operations Program Manager, Printed Circuit Assembly Development

BAE Systems

Endicott, NYFull-time$88–150K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$88–150K/yr
Location
Endicott, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Operations Program Manager supports the Printed Circuit Assembly Development line by coordinating development work with manufacturing, planning, and new product introduction engineering. The role ensures priorities, schedules, and need dates are communicated and met. It also tracks production performance, analyzes metrics, and works with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and achieve productivity, quality, and departmental goals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Improvement EffortsProject ManagementCommunicationOrganizational LeadershipCross-Functional AlignmentProduction SchedulingProduction KPI TrackingOperations Program ManagementCross-Organizational Collaboration

Qualifications

Related Four-Year Degree or 3-4 Years Work ExperiencePrior Operations Program Management Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

You don t see it, but it s there. Our employees work on the world s most advanced electronics from saving emissions in the City of Lights to powering the Mars Rover to protecting the F 35 fighter jet. At Electronic Systems, you ll be among the brightest minds, working on the aerospace and defense industry s most difficult problems. Drawing strength from our differences, we re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first exemplified by our missions: We Protect Those Who Protect Us and We Innovate For Those Who Move The WorldTM. Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

The Operations Program Manager (OPM) supporting our Printed Circuit Assembly Development line will be responsible for interfacing with the development OPMs ensuring schedule and priority commitments are understood and met in the Printed Circuit Assembly ( PCA ) department. This will include coordinating work required to get development jobs to the manufacturing line and scheduled to run. The development OPM will interface closely with the planning team and new product introduction engineering team in the PCA department to ensure priorities are communicated and need dates are met.

Responsibilities:

  • Technical Coordination: Coordinate the incorporation of necessary modifications and engineering design changes into assemblies.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Quality and Manufacturing to ensure all requirements are satisfied.

  • Production Tracking: Monitor progress through the PCA shop from job start to ensure all need dates and commitments are met.

  • Performance Management: Track and maintain PCA department KPIs, including:

  • Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)

  • On-time delivery

  • Delivered quality

  • Defects per unit

  • Labor hours

  • Work-in-Progress (WIP) levels

  • Continuous Improvement: Analyze metrics, assess issues, and develop resolutions with the team to achieve productivity, quality, and departmental goals.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • 4 year degree in related discipline or 3-4 years work experience.

  • Experience leading improvement efforts and project management.

  • Demonstrates exceptional communication and organizational leadership, serving as a primary liaison between Operations and Program Management to facilitate effective meetings and cross-functional alignment.

  • Demonstrates the ability to anticipate future needs and align production and scheduling across all parties to meet critical delivery, quality, and cost objectives.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Prior Operations Program Management experience.

  • Experience maintaining and tracking production KPIs.

  • Experience working between different organizations in the business including operations, engineering, and program management.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $88189 - $149922

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Operations Program Manager, Printed Circuit Assembly Development

131718BR

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How this job compares

Set against the 10,739 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$88–150K/yr
  • New York median$126–185K/yr570 salary ranges
  • US median$127–201K/yr7,724 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $119K, is 24% below the New York median midpoint ($156K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 798 open Program Management jobs in New York and 10,739 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (9,193 postings).
Education
4,186 of the 10,739 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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