Program Manager - Aerospace

If you want to discover your greatest potential, Saint-Gobain provides one-of-a-kind opportunities for innovative problem solvers.

We're one of only two companies in the world that is consistently recognized as both a top Global Employer and a Top 100 Global Innovator, but Saint-Gobain's remarkable story and culture of innovation begins with a team of nearly 200,000 creative, diverse and passionate team members collaborating across the globe. We are committed to our mission to improve lives because, every day, we witness the enormous impact of our efforts on the world around us.

Join our Aerospace team where engineering excellence meets customer impact. As our Program Manager in Ravenna, OH , you will utilize your strong project management skills to focus on our customer’s needs and requirements.

You will be be technically proficient on project management, product application, technology, design and manufacturing process. Managing large projects to introduce new products from the design/development phase through certification, first article qualification and final transition into production, is a key aspect of this role.

Projects will also support improving the efficiency of the business in areas such as improving the responsiveness to customers, reducing costs and increasing the value to customers of company offerings. Innovation and the ability to drive change are critical to meeting the goals of these projects.

While primary customer management will be handled by the Commercial Managers and Customer Service, you will be an important link in the supporting customer needs and be a direct resource during the project and assume primary contact status for all aspects of assigned projects.

Key responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Program/Project Management – Lead and manage the introduction of new products and customer programs. Responsible for building program scope, developing schedules in coordination with all functional departments, monitoring risk, tracking schedule & financial performance against budget and quote, reporting status, and ensuring compliance to contractual and technical requirements. Assists in the development of program cost estimates and monitors resource availability to ensure capacity utilization aligns with customer scheduling requirements.

• Customer Communications – Assume primary customer point of contact role for project requirement activities during the full term of assigned programs from contract review to product release to manufacture. Tactical customer support for: program schedule maintenance, scope and changer order management, and adherence to customer application requirements and design specifications.

• Resource Management and Monitoring – Establish, communicate and monitor entire program effort including: schedules, profitability, communication and customer changes. Responsible for internal and external program reviews to ensure adequate resources, program effectiveness and margins are achieved; ensuring that customer needs and deadlines are balanced and satisfactorily met.

• Document Control and Delivery – Managing the delivery of QA documentation, compliance test plans, and product documentation, including draft document creation and editing, and coordinating certification documentation submission in support of key program milestones.

• Business Process Improvement – manage and support initiatives to streamline processes that impact new product introduction, continuous improvements and improved responsiveness to customers.-

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, a Technical discipline, or Business.

• 5-7 years of Project and/or Program Management experience.

• 5-7 years of experience supporting technical products.

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, processes, and best practices.

• Microsoft Project Desktop Professional 2024 experience.

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs and projects, building trust, influencing stakeholders, and driving results.

• Ability to assess stakeholder requirements and align organizational resources to achieve program and business objectives.

• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with statistical analysis and financial analytics.

• Experience with proposal development and contract review.

• Experience with organizational resource planning and capacity planning.

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.

• Ability to travel approximately 15-20% of the time for customer visits and other business-related needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, a Technical discipline, Business, or a related field.

• Knowledge of FAA regulations and certification processes.

• Project Management Professional (PMP).

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This position is subject to export controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Qualified applicants for the position must meet the ITAR definition of “U.S. Person” at 22 C.F.R. 120.15 as a: U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, or otherwise a protected individual (including for example refugees and asylees).

Applicants for roles based in Washington state or remote roles that would be worked from Washington state are encouraged to direct any concerns regarding the state’s Pay Transparency laws to the SGNA HR Compliance team at [email protected] .

Certain locations require pay information be provided in job postings. Saint-Gobain aims to deliver a comprehensive Total Rewards package to support our employees’ wellbeing and help improve daily life for themselves and their families. We believe in the importance of pay transparency in what we offer potential candidates. Provided is the national pay range for this position which is $102,000 to $158,000 per year. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.-

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus. The targeted bonus amount is 13% of base salary based on company and individual performance measures. The Total Target Cash range (base pay and annual bonus) for this position, is $115,200 to $178,500. Bonus payments are part of variable compensation and by nature can vary based on company and individual performance and is not a guarantee.

Saint-Gobain is committed to helping you and your family be well in all aspects of your life. Be Well. Be You brings together inclusive programs and meaningful resources to support all aspects of your physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. Employees have the flexibility to choose the benefits that best fit their individual needs.

Health and Well-being – Supporting your wellbeing, to thrive in life and work.

Medical, Prescription Drug, Vision, and Dental Insurance

Healthcare Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account options

LiveWell Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave

Retirement and Protection - Helping to make the future life you want a reality.

401(k) with Company Match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP) Cash Balance Pension Plan

Company-provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-Term Disability

Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

Additional Benefits – Helping shape the experience and impact you want

Commuter Benefits

Group Legal

Identity Theft Protection

Auto and Home Insurance

Pet Insurance and Discounts

Back-up Child and Elder Care

PerkSpot Employee Discount Program

Volunteer Day

Saint-Gobain’s innovations touch almost every major industry around the world, moving us forward, making meaningful connections, and inspiring us to go beyond the impossible. Within Aerospace our teams design and engineer critical, high-performance materials and proven solutions – most in challenging conditions and core systems that play an important part of our daily lives. We are driven to collaborate with our customers and communities to improve and engineer the world of tomorrow!

Our team members recognize that we all create the environment for people to succeed, with a culture built on respect, open and honest communication, and honoring our commitments to our customers and each other. And at the heart of our culture, we’ve learned working together makes good ideas, great ones.

With a legacy dating back more than 350 years, Saint-Gobain offers employees the stability and security of a leading Global 500 corporation while operating like multiple small and agile start-ups, where entrepreneurial spirit, pioneering teamwork, and bold, forward-thinking ideas pave new paths.

Every team member is encouraged to develop and leverage their unique expertise and strengths to make the greatest impact on the company and our end users. At Saint-Gobain, you’re empowered and equipped with countless opportunities and resources for professional development. You will find the support you need to create a vision and roadmap for your career, and make that vision a reality.

Join Us at Saint-Gobain Aerospace.- Together, we’ll achieve the impossible!-