J-2X Deputy Program Manager

Pratt & Whitney, a recognized leading producer of the world's most powerful jet engines, is looking for dedicated individuals to support our organization. If you would like to work in a dynamic environment and possess the motivation to incorporate new ideas into practice, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for!
The deputy program manager (DPM) is required to assist the Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) program manager (PM) in meeting all technical, cost, and schedule objectives associated with developing the J-2X engine variant. The deputy program manager shares responsibility for successfully meeting the program contractual requirements, achieving all the technical objectives, and performing within cost and schedule constraints.As part of this responsibility, the DPM will be collocated with the NASA Program Office at the Marshal Space Flight Center to become intimately familiar with the program plans and customer needs.This position includes developing strong working relationships across the entire program team, especially with the NASA program leadership and personnel, the PWR Program Manager and IPT leadership team, the Chief Program Engineer, the Business Manager, and the functional process integrators assigned to the program.This position requires strong communication skills, rapid team building in a cross-functional working environment, and demonstrated ability in the project management of technically challenging programs. This includes providing support in the preparation and in the presentation of program status briefings to the customer, the executive management, and to the program team members on a regular basis.This effort will be under an intense NASA oversight environment, which requires significant diplomatic and communication skills. The DPM must develop and maintain a healthy working relationship with all NASA counterparts.Will lead J-2X ACE Gold status for the Huntsville siteThe DPM must also support the capture activity for the contract follow-on efforts.The DPM will be responsible for implementing and enforcing the concepts of IPPD, DTC, CMMI, STOP, Wont Fail, ISO9001/AS9100, and all division initiatives in support of PWR vision goals.The DPM will assure that PWRs standards of Ethics and Business Conduct are adhered to or exceeded by all members of the J-2X team.This position will report to the J-2X program manager and must be able to act for the program manager whenever the program manager is not present.