Deputy Program Manager of Engineering (DPME) - Torpedo Programs

Acara Solutions is seeking a Deputy Program Manager of Engineering (DPME) for our client in Canonsburg, PA.

• As a Deputy Program Manager of Engineering (DPME) in our Progeny Business Area, you will lead a program and manage a team of engineers responsible for successfully delivering advanced Torpedo Guidance and Control systems for the US Navy.
• This includes advancing the client's technical vision, meeting customer commitments, and fostering innovation.
• You are viewed as a technical lead with vast experience in various relevant development technologies.
• Lead as an excellent technical contributor to significant development and production systems, skilled at applying and executing highly advanced technologies principles, theories, and concepts, and effectively using problem-solving skills in complex environments.
• Oversee program technical performance (aligned with cost, scope, and schedule) for all engineering efforts to ensure project requirements are integrated, tested, and verified.
• This results in high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed all technical and schedule requirements.
• Lead and manage the resolution of technical issues, communicate the resolution, and ensure that the resolution is implemented.
• Develop and maintain engineering plans, risks, and opportunities, follow change management processes, and ensure all engineering processes adhere to client-and Program-specific standards and practices.
• Work closely with the Senior Engineering Leadership, Chief Engineers, and Program Managers to plan, authorize, and monitor the engineering work (including providing exemplary leadership to ensure all events occur as planned).
• Work with the functional manager to staff the project team with the appropriate engineering skills and capabilities.
• Conduct monthly engineering status reviews and provide material for monthly program reviews. Implement practical corrective actions as necessary.
• Motivate the engineering team and provide a clear understanding of project goals.
• Provide performance feedback and management for the project team.
• Take immediate and decisive action (positive and corrective) in dealing with technical and performance issues.
• Manage engineering resources (staff assignments, capital equipment), organizational interfaces, and engineering scope.
• Provide input to the engineering leadership for potential areas of Research and Development.
• Success building, leading, and developing high-performing teams.
• Build high-performing teams.
• Build consensus with all problem stakeholders and resolve conflicts.
• You can collaborate effectively with others and build teams that excel through the client's values.
• You collaborate effectively with others and reinforce the client's technical vision and culture.
• You have the respect of your peers and colleagues for your technical and management credibility.
• You can synthesize new opportunities by applying your technical skills and leadership responsibilities to new problem domains.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in system engineering and leadership, including cost, scheduling, and technical management.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing others.

• Master's Degree.
• Demonstrate leadership, team building, and motivational skills.
• Demonstrate effective communications with experience leading high-performing teams and interactions/presentations with senior members of the company and customer communities.
• Willingness to take educated risks to develop a technical solution or innovation further.
• Deep ownership that led to teams' success and demonstrated your ability to take immediate and decisive action in dealing with technical and performance issues.
• Exquisite brokering skills, regularly achieving consensus among stakeholders.
• You can bridge the various sections of the matrixed organization to find a path to problem resolution.
• You have technical and management credibility demonstrated through past experiences.
• You can lead and manage a geographically and chronologically separated team.
• You are willing to communicate to senior leadership areas where a program may be at risk or other issues so that additional resources can be applied as soon as possible.
• Good leadership capabilities and interest in learning and adapting to new technologies quickly, maximizing the potential of any new technology, and thinking critically about the warfighter's needs.
• Excellent communicator, passionate about technical progress and improvement, intellectually curious, and motivated to lead and nurture a cross-functional team.
• Technical excellence in engineering or related technology areas.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• Active Secret DoD Clearance.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.