Program Manager III - Hybrid

Program Manager III - Hybrid at Panasonic Avionics Corporation

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is #1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and Bluetooth headphone connectivity.

Join us to be part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that’s here to stay. With over 40 years of history, we offer stability, career growth opportunities, and a diverse and inclusive culture.

• Maintain compliance with departmental operating procedures.
• Develop and maintain program plans that identify work scope, schedules, milestones, and program team members.
• Maintain superb communications between Panasonic and customers by regular follow up status reviews and correspondence.
• Assist Marketing in the pursuit of new business.
• Lead the program team by conducting regular team meetings, ensuring that action item logs are kept and integrated schedules are available.
• Arrange, attend and chair program team meetings, reviews, technical coordination meetings and design reviews as required.
• Ensure that certification and technical data requirements are defined and coordinated.
• Act as communication focal point to the airline customers, third‑party suppliers and/or OEM as required.
• Ensure smooth transition to in‑service operation by coordinating throughout the program with the Product Support Group/CSE and MMS.
• Close coordination with Order Administration/Program Administrator to monitor and provide status on customer's equipment orders and deliveries.
• Identify all potential delivery delays and notify Program Managers/Regional Directors on critical delays.
• Identify Fit Check, test parts and tester requirement in support of program requirements.
• Work with Engineering for drawing support and drawing change requirements.
• Update and maintain program parts list, Airbus evolution sheets, schedules and program plans.
• Communicate and coordinate spares certification and shipment on assigned programs as needed.
• Identify purchasing requisitions as needed for spares certification.
• Identify program requirement for procurement and shipping of test/fit check, testers to third‑party suppliers.
• Identify/Generate PGA to secure parts before customers purchase orders have been received.
• Maintain program costs and scope of work and issue change requests for all out‑of‑scope work.
• Support Regional Director as required.
• Ensure consistent and proper business processes are followed in accordance with departmental procedures and company policy.
• Prioritize daily workload in support of program needs.
• Assist members of functional organizations by providing direction of program activities and issues resolution.
• Ensure excellent communications between Panasonic internal and external customer are maintained within Panasonic standards.
• Monitor program schedule commitments and direct appropriate personnel of possible impacts or change.
• Coordinate third‑party suppliers to complete program requirements.
• Partner with internal stakeholders on an almost daily basis including Marketing, Sales Administration, Program Administration, Program Managers, System Installation Engineering, Advanced Systems Development Engineering, Structures, Engineering, Avionics Department in Osaka and Product Support Group to establish and monitor Program Plans.

• 4‑year university degree in a technical field or 4 years of related experience in engineering, software development, project engineering, systems engineering or project management. (11 years total). MBA highly desired.
• Minimum 7 years related work experience in technical program or project management, 4 of which must have been in a leadership capacity.
• Aerospace and/or IFE industry highly desired.
• Advanced Microsoft Project experience preferred.
• Demonstrated superb organization and planning ability to handle large complex accounts.
• Demonstrated excellent ability to articulate and resolve all delegated problems with minimal help from management.
• Strong team building and leadership skills required.
• May directly supervise Program Administrator. Responsible for monitoring performance, training, work assignments, guidance…