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With more than 90 large-platform industrial-grade 3D printing machines and a national footprint with more than 500,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity across 10 facilities, Fathom seamlessly blends in-house capabilities across plastic and metal additive technologies, CNC machining, injection molding & tooling, urethane casting, sheet metal fabrication, and design and engineering.\nWith over 50 years of industry experience, Fathom is at the forefront of the industry 4.0 digital manufacturing revolution serving clients in the technology, defense, aerospace, medical, automotive and IOT sectors. Fathom’s extensive certifications include ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001:2015 Design, ISO 13485:2016, AS9100:2016, NIST 800-171 and ITAR.\nPosition Overview\nFathom is seeking an experienced Senior A&D Program Manager to lead complex, multi-year Aerospace & Defense manufacturing programs from pre-award planning and customer onboarding through qualification, production launch, ramp, and sustained delivery.\nThis role serves as the single point of accountability for overall program performance, aligning customer commitments with execution across Fathom’s manufacturing sites and approved supplier network. The Senior Program Manager owns the integrated program plan, financial performance, delivery commitments, risk management, and customer communication-bringing together Applications Engineering, Sales, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver coordinated results.\nThe ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing programmatic manufacturing work involving multiple part families, interdependent workstreams, contractual milestones, and recurring production requirements. Success requires more than tracking individual projects or orders: it requires anticipating dependencies, managing competing priorities, protecting profitability, and building lasting customer confidence.\nWhat You’ll Do\nOwn the full program lifecycle\nLead assigned A&D programs from opportunity qualification and pre-award planning through onboarding, development, qualification, production ramp, and ongoing execution. Maintain continuity across phases, with clear ownership, measurable deliverables, and defined readiness criteria.\n\nBuild and manage integrated program plans\nEstablish program scope, work breakdown structures, integrated schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and customer milestones. Coordinate dependencies across engineering, material procurement, tooling, outside processing, first-article inspection, and production to protect the critical path.\n\nServe as the primary customer program leader\nBuild trusted relationships with customer program management, engineering, procurement, and quality stakeholders. Lead program reviews, communicate performance and emerging risks, manage expectations, and present credible recovery plans when commitments are at risk.\n\nLead cross-functional and multi-site execution\nCoordinate dedicated customer teams across Sales, Applications Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance. Align manufacturing sites and approved suppliers around one program plan, with clear responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths. Lead through influence in a matrixed organization.\n\nOwn program financial performance\nManage program budgets, revenue and margin forecasts, cost-to-complete estimates, and financial risks in partnership with Finance and Operations. Track nonrecurring engineering, tooling, launch costs, and production performance against approved assumptions. Drive corrective actions and support recovery of authorized customer-driven changes.\n\nShape executable pre-award commitments\nPartner with Sales, Applications Engineering, and estimating to develop proposals grounded in realistic capacity, lead times, qualification requirements, and delivery plans. Identify program-level risks, resource needs, assumptions, and dependencies before commitments are made, and lead a disciplined transition from award to execution.\n\nGovern requirements, scope, and configuration changes\nCoordinate contract and requirement reviews with Engineering, Quality, and other accountable functions to ensure customer obligations are understood and flowed into execution plans. Maintain visibility to drawing revisions, specification changes, quality clauses, and scope changes. Ensure cost, schedule, qualification, and delivery impacts are assessed and approved before implementation.\n\nProactively manage program risks and recovery\nMaintain an actionable risk and issue register covering technical, quality, schedule, financial, capacity, and supply chain exposures. Assign owners, establish mitigation plans, and escalate decisions early. Lead cross-functional recovery efforts with clear actions, dates, and customer communication.\n\nIntegrate supply chain and capacity planning\nTranslate customer forecasts, contractual milestones, and production releases into coordinated demand and capacity plans. Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to address long-lead materials, constrained processes, supplier readiness, and manufacturing transfers. Coordinate with Quality and Compliance so proposed execution paths and information sharing receive required approvals.\n\nEstablish disciplined program governance\nLead internal execution reviews, customer program reviews, and executive escalations at a cadence appropriate to program complexity. Maintain accurate dashboards covering delivery, quality, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and open risks. Ensure decisions, commitments, and corrective actions are documented and closed.\n\nStrengthen customer relationships and scale program-management practices\nPartner with Sales and Applications Engineering to identify follow-on opportunities, additional part families, and program expansion supported by demonstrated performance. Mentor program managers and contribute reusable onboarding playbooks, governance templates, lessons learned, and best practices that strengthen Fathom’s enterprise program-management capability.\n\nWhat You Bring\nExtensive A&D program-management experience\n10+ years of progressive experience in aerospace and defense program management or closely related manufacturing leadership, including at least five years directly accountable for complex, multi-year manufacturing programs.\n\nDemonstrated ownership of programmatic work\nA proven record leading programs with multiple part families, phased releases, interdependent projects, qualification requirements, and recurring production commitments-not solely individual orders or standalone projects.\n\nEnd-to-end manufacturing program experience\nSuccessful leadership across pre-award planning, contract review, new product introduction, qualification, production ramp, and sustained delivery. Experience managing programs across multiple facilities or external manufacturing partners is strongly preferred.\n\nStrong program-controls expertise\nHands-on experience developing integrated schedules, work breakdown structures, resource plans, budgets, financial forecasts, risk registers, and executive scorecards. Ability to identify critical-path exposure and turn complex dependencies into actionable execution plans.\n\nCommercial and financial acumen\nDemonstrated ability to manage program economics, explain performance against budget, forecast cost and margin exposure, and lead recovery actions. Experience with nonrecurring engineering, tooling investments, long-term agreements, and customer change management.\n\nManufacturing and technical fluency\nStrong working knowledge of precision CNC machining, complex assemblies, outside processing, and production qualification. Ability to understand engineering drawings, GD&T, material and finish requirements, and manufacturing constraints sufficiently to challenge assumptions and coordinate decisions with technical experts. Exposure to additive manufacturing, sheet metal, and molding is a plus.\n\nExperience in regulated A&D environments\nWorking knowledge of AS9100 quality-system expectations, ITAR-controlled work, customer-specific quality requirements, traceability, configuration management, and first-article inspection. Familiarity with Nadcap-accredited special processes is preferred.\n\nProven customer and executive leadership\nExperience serving as the primary program interface for aerospace OEMs, defense primes, or major tier suppliers. Ability to communicate clearly across engineering, procurement, quality, operations, and executive audiences-including during difficult performance discussions.\n\nStrong matrix leadership and judgment\nDemonstrated ability to align cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority, resolve competing priorities, hold owners accountable, and escalate with clear recommendations. A proactive, structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making is essential.\n\nRelevant education and tools proficiency\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Proficiency with program scheduling, ERP/MRP, CRM, and reporting tools. PMP or PgMP certification is preferred; experience mentoring other program managers is highly valued.\n\nWhat we offer:\nHealth Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage. Company paid for Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.\nAdditional Benefits: Paid time off, Floating Holidays, Volunteer time off, and sick time off (depending on state of employment). 401k Plan\nEmployee Perks: Discounts on products and services.\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled\nThis employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. 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