Director SF Platform Programs

Director SF 5X Platform Programs at Cirrus

Platform project initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing with primary focus on project scope, schedule and program budget, product bill of materials budget for the assigned aircraft platform’s projects simultaneously. The Platform Director must be able to manage multiple projects using a deliverable and task Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) methodology, MS Project scheduling and MS Power

BI. This role is responsible to work with a cross‑functional Integrated Project Team (IPT) in driving, coordinating, scheduling and measuring activities to obtain desired project or program results. This position requires a high degree of interaction and communication with multiple departments as well as internal/external stakeholders for success and therefore communication skills are critical. The Platform Director should be seen as the program visionary leader for the overall platform execution.

This role will report directly to the VP of Platform Programs.

• Supervises assigned program and project managers.
• Uses Cirrus New Product Introduction System (NPIS) and phased gating system methodology, applies PMBOK standards, Cirrus standards, and continuously improves program management tools to manage multiple projects with competing timelines and resources for predictable results.
• Drives transparency of program execution health through quantitative execution/deliverable measurement week by week, month by month, quarter by quarter.
• Effectively uses and project teams on Cirrus Program Management tools and standards.
• Responsible for delivering projects individually or as part of a program to the approved scope, timeline, and budget.
• Uses Program Management tools regularly (e.g., IPT, Rolling Action Item List (RAIL), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Project Charter, Risk Management Tools).
• Works with teams to implement PM standards and support continuous improvement based on PMBOK standards.
• May develop and deliver training content or courses.
• Facilitates all aspects of a project charter to final state, including professional presentations and coordination of facts and data for business plans and financial models.
• Facilitates new project proposals, driving decision‑making with business information from cross‑functional teams.
• Works with finance on business model templates for consistency and planning, drafting business cases as needed.
• On product development projects, collaborates closely with the Platform Chief Engineer (CE) and Platform Product Line Manager (PLM) as core team members, ensuring Integrated Project Team (IPT) collaboration.
• Supports development and measurement against business plans, Market Requirements & Objectives (MR&O), and Design Requirements & Objectives (DR&O), potentially including Business Requirements & Objectives (BR&O).
• Drives project and program decisions and ensures alignment with strategic goals.
• Leads strategy development and implementation for current projects to achieve deliverables.
• Acts as a bridge between cross‑functional departments, ensuring inputs/outputs and lead time requirements are integrated into project plans.
• Oversees program‑level oversight to ensure goals are met by supporting project activities with broader decision‑making capacity.
• Develops project work breakdown structures, estimates costs/resources, and maps dependencies to achieve goals.
• Provides insight on risk, issues, requirements, and design to effectively manage projects and dependencies.
• Maintains a 36‑month platform program plan, resource management, and product roadmap, addressing issues and prioritizing needs.
• Balances needs and constraints collectively with other Project and Program managers.
• Develops project deliverable metrics and schedules using MS Project, considering strategic objectives for milestone completion.
• Performs critical path analyses, change impact assessments, and risk management, developing mitigation plans.
• Organizes data, supports process flow exercises, and ensures accuracy in estimating and tracking project metrics.
• Tracks progress to plans, supports project budgets, and manages expenses…