Sr. Manufacturing Operations Project Manager

Position Overview

The Senior Operations Project Manager (Senior OPM) is responsible for leading complex, high-value manufacturing and operations projects with significant scope, risk, and cross-functional impact. This role provides strategic execution leadership, owns operational outcomes across multiple projects or major programs, and serves as a subject matter expert and mentor within the Operations Project Management function.

The Senior Operations Project Manager (Senior OPM) is responsible for leading complex, high-value manufacturing and operations projects with significant scope, risk, and cross-functional impact. This role provides strategic execution leadership, owns operational outcomes across multiple projects or major programs, and serves as a subject matter expert and mentor within the Operations Project Management function.
The Senior OPM operates with a high degree of autonomy, sets execution strategy, resolves complex operational challenges, and partners with leadership to drive continuous improvement, standardization, and scalability aligned with TAS operational excellence objectives.

• Lead end-to-end execution of large, complex, or high-risk manufacturing projects and programs, ensuring alignment with contractual, financial, and operational objectives.
• Define and drive execution strategy, including labor planning, capacity management, sequencing, and risk mitigation.
• Serve as the primary Operations authority for assigned projects, making independent decisions that impact cost, schedule, quality, and customer commitments.
• Translate business strategy, demand forecasts, and backlog into executable operational plans across fabrication, assembly, test, and shipment phases.
• Develop and maintain work breakdown structure for projects.

• Own project and program-level financial and schedule performance, including CPI/SPI, ETC/EAC forecasting, and long-range capacity implications.
• Develop and execute recovery strategies for projects experiencing cost, schedule, or performance variance.
• Provide executive-level reporting and analysis to Operations and Project leadership.
• Actively challenge baseline assumptions, budgets, and schedules to ensure achievable, risk-adjusted commitments.

• Lead and influence cross-functional teams across Manufacturing, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Quality, Logistics, and Planning.
• Act as a senior escalation point for execution issues that span functions or impact enterprise objectives.
• Mentor and guide OPM I and OPM II team members, supporting capability development and consistency of execution practices.
• Drive alignment between shop-floor execution realities and project/customer expectations.

• Proactively identify systemic execution risks related to labor, materials, suppliers, design maturity, or process capability.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action implementation for significant operational issues, rework, or non-conformances.
• Drive lessons learned and best-practice sharing across projects and facilities.
• Establish and maintain forward-looking risk registers and mitigation plans for major programs.

• Lead or support operations process improvement initiatives, including standard work, planning tools, metrics, and execution methodologies.
• Partner with leadership to improve scalability, predictability, and efficiency across TAS manufacturing operations.
• Champion standardization of OPM tools, dashboards, and reporting cadence across projects.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by TAS.

• Advanced leadership and decision-making capability in complex operational environments
• Expert-level understanding of manufacturing execution, project controls, and operations finance
• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate strategy into executable plans
• High proficiency in Earned Value Management, forecasting, and performance analytics
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Excellent…