Technical Program Manager

Join Our Team as a Technical Program Manager – Aerospace & Defense Programs!

Are you an experienced aerospace and defense program leader who thrives on managing complex technical programs and driving successful execution? We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead programs from contract award through delivery, bringing together engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, contracts, scheduling, and risk management.

Thomas Global Systems is a leader in the design, manufacture and support of high-integrity aviation and defense electronics, operating out of locations in Sydney, Australia and Irvine, California.

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the overall planning and execution of complex aerospace and defense programs, ensuring technical, cost, schedule, and contractual objectives are achieved. Working across multidisciplinary teams and directly with customers, this role provides program leadership, evaluates performance and risk, and drives informed decisions to keep programs on track.

• A varied, fast paced role with an innovative and respected leader in mission-critical aerospace and defense products.
• Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefit package.
• Join a team of skilled and motivated people committed to innovation, collaboration, and national security outcomes.

• Lead overall program execution, including scope, schedule, cost, technical performance, risk, and customer commitments.
• Provide direction for development and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and ensure it accurately reflects the program execution strategy, key dependencies, milestones, and contractual commitments.
• Review schedule health, critical and driving paths, schedule margin, and emerging schedule risks, and lead development of corrective or recovery actions.
• Oversee Schedule Risk Assessments (SRA) and evaluate confidence-level, sensitivity, and risk-driver results to support program decisions and mitigation planning.
• Monitor Earned Value Management (EVM) and other program performance indicators, identify significant variances and trends, and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Work with the scheduler, risk management, contracts, finance, engineering, and other functional specialists to integrate program information into a coherent execution plan.
• Maintain overall ownership of the program risk and opportunity posture and ensure significant risks have appropriate mitigation plans and schedule/cost impacts.
• Ensure program execution complies with applicable contractual requirements, Statements of Work, SDRLs, and customer reporting requirements.
• Lead customer and management reviews, including PMRs, SMRs, earned value reviews, schedule reviews, and risk reviews.
• Manage customer expectations, contractual commitments, priorities, and changes in coordination with the Contracts function.
• Identify resource, supplier, technical, and cross-functional issues that may affect program performance and drive timely resolution.
• Provide clear program status, forecasts, risks, and recommended actions to executive management and customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or similar degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of technical program management experience in aerospace or defense, 10+ years preferred.
• Proven track record of government program management.
• Experience in earned value management and cost-plus type programs.
• Strong understanding of engineering practices and the ability to discuss and convey technical problems and solutions between the technical teams and upper management/customers
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