Program Manager

What you'd do

• Own end-to-end delivery of a multi-year, defense-scale manufacturing build-out, including standing up the physical facility itself (permitting, layout, and utilities), through to full production qualification.
• Coordinate ongoing production operations once qualified, not just the qualification milestone itself, so output stays on schedule as volume scales.
• Sequence work across a growing set of robotic applications, including cutting, beveling, grinding, blasting, spraying, inspection, and material handling, so each application's output cleanly feeds the next.
• Coordinate design and scheduling decisions between GMR's engineering teams and a key external robotics collaborator to keep interdependent workstreams aligned.
• Own the qualification roadmap with the NAVSEA, translating federal requirements into a sequenced plan for robotic process approval.
• Report program status, risk, and milestones to senior leadership on both the customer and GMR side, including executive and government stakeholders.
• Identify program risk early and resolve cross-functional bottlenecks before they affect schedule, cost, or qualification timelines.
• Build and maintain the single source of truth for program requirements, milestones, and inter-company handoffs.
• Use AI-native tools to track program status, surface risk earlier, and keep documentation current across a fast-moving, multi-site build.
• Travel to customer and program sites as needed, up to 25% of the time.

What they want

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering field, or equivalent professional engineering experience.
• 10+ years of experience in program or project management within complex, highly regulated engineering environments such as aerospace, automotive, maritime, or defense.
• Demonstrated experience standing up new production capability, not just managing an existing line.
• Proven track record managing executive-level and cross-organizational stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to operate with significant ambiguity and evolving scope, and to turn that ambiguity into a clear, sequenced plan.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across multiple teams.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with quickly changing priorities.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites as required by the role.
• Must meet export control requirements in the United States and maintain ongoing work authorization beginning at the time of hire through the entirety of employment.