Program Manager, Cabin Interiors, Senior

Senior Program Manager - Strategic leadership for major aircraft cabin interiors programs with end‑to‑end accountability for program execution and financial performance. The role leads cross‑functional teams across Jamco’s global organization to deliver profitable, high‑quality solutions that meet customer, regulatory, and contractual requirements. Serves as the primary interface with customers, OEMs, and executive leadership, driving program strategy, managing risk and opportunities, and ensuring successful execution throughout the program lifecycle while protecting margin, schedule, and customer satisfaction.

• Program Leadership and Execution
  • Owns the full lifecycle and profit‑and‑loss performance of assigned customer interiors programs across multiple airlines (development, production, and in‑service).
  • Leads cross‑functional teams (engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and finance) through influence rather than direct authority.
  • Develops and executes program strategy to deliver within cost, schedule, margin, and requirements.
  • Defines program schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Creates and maintains program plans and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
  • Supports the RFQ and bid process by validating scope, cost, margin assumptions, and resource needs.
  • Manages program scope and configuration changes against contract, cost, and schedule baselines.
  • Dispositions and negotiates customer change requests to protect program margin and schedule.
  • Establishes and holds delivery schedules and customer milestone commitments.
  • Tracks, forecasts, and communicates the cost and margin impact of program changes.
  • Partners across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality to drive program execution and continuous improvement.
  • Monitors program performance and customer feedback to identify cost‑reduction and improvement opportunities.
  • Provides program and pricing input to business development to support follow‑on capture and new program pursuits.
• Customer and Stakeholder Management
  • Acts as the primary customer interface for program and contractual matters.
  • Acts as the primary interface with the OEM or STC Applicant.
  • Conducts program milestone reviews with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., ITCM, PDR, CDR).
  • Reports program financial, schedule, and technical performance to executive management.
• Financial Management
  • Owns full profit‑and‑loss accountability for assigned customer interiors programs, including revenue recognition, cost‑to‑complete, and margin performance against bid and the annual operating plan.
  • Builds, defends, and manages budgets and forecasts; reports variance to plan and corrective actions to executive management.
  • Manages Estimate‑at‑Completion (EAC) and Estimate‑to‑Complete (ETC) and applies Earned Value Management (EVM) to track cost and schedule performance and drive corrective action when a program trends off‑margin.
  • Identifies, prices, and negotiates contract change notices (CCNs) and claims to protect and grow program margin.
  • Leads cost‑reduction and margin‑recovery initiatives across the program value stream.
• Risk and Opportunities Management
  • Identifies and manages program risks (technical, financial, schedule) and develops mitigation strategies.
  • Identifies and pursues opportunities to expand scope and capture follow‑on and new program contracts.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in business management or engineering, or equivalent related work experience; engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of program management experience in the aircraft or aerospace industry with proven experience leading full profit‑and‑loss on major customer programs (EAC/EVM management, margin recovery, and change and claims negotiation).
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams through influence without direct authority, and to operate effectively across global sites and cultures.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships across languages, cultures, and organizational styles.

Travel within the U.S. and internationally is required to support Jamco’s global programs and…