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The Program Manager leads collaboration between Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Business Development, Finance, Operations, Quality, and Supply Chain, to meet program execution goals.\nEssential Responsibilities:\nCreate and maintain the integrated program plan, including scope, budgets, schedule, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, resources, decision points, and commitments.\nMonitor the execution baseline, critical path, forecasts, and variances; coordinate recovery actions with cross-functional team.\nCoordinate budget status, cost forecasts, and variance reviews with Finance and functional leaders.\nMaintain program risk, opportunity, action, decision, and change records; assess impacts and escalate unresolved issues.\nLead recurring cross-functional reviews that communicate factual status, identify decisions, assign actions, and drives action items to closure.\nCoordinate readiness and timing for design reviews, prototype builds, verification, qualification, production-readiness reviews, and deliveries.\nEnsure requirements, baselines, decisions, changes, and program records are maintained in approved systems with appropriate traceability and configuration control.\nCoordinate transition to repeatable production, including documentation, materials, suppliers, tooling, test capability, quality planning, work instructions, and support readiness.\nServe as the primary internal program-status interface and, communicate status, risks, impacts, decisions, and recovery plans to customers and partners.\nSupport proposals, statements of work, estimates, contract reviews, and change requests with execution plans, schedules, assumptions, risks, and resource inputs.\nCoordinate supplier, partner, post-delivery, corrective-action, configuration-update, and sustainment activities with the cross-functional team.\nPromote accountability, disciplined decision-making, customer focus, teamwork, continuous improvement, and clear communication; perform related program-management duties as assigned\nQualifications:\nBachelor's degree in engineering, business, program management, operations, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.\nTypically, 8 or more years of progressively responsible experience in program management, engineering program leadership, operations, or delivery of complex technical products.\nDemonstrated experience managing integrated schedules, risks, dependencies, budgets or cost forecasts, and cross-functional commitments.\nAbility to understand and communicate technical, contractual, operational, and financial information of the program.\nStrong written, verbal, briefing, facilitation, negotiation, conflict-resolution, organization, and follow-through skills.\nProficiency with Microsoft 365 and program planning/reporting tools; ERP, PLM, requirements, configuration-management, or CRM experience is beneficial.\nPreferred: experience with rugged computing, embedded systems, tactical communications, defense electronics, server platforms, networking, power systems, or electromechanical product development.\nPreferred: experience guiding hardware/software products through development, qualification, production launch, delivery, and field support; PMP, PgMP, or equivalent training is beneficial.\nAbility to satisfy applicable company, customer, export-control, information-security, facility-access, and travel requirements. Approximately 20 to 30 percent travel may be required based on program and customer needs.\nWhy Join Ultralife?\nAt Ultralife, you'll join a collaborative team where your contributions directly impact the company's financial operations and customer experience. We value accountability, continuous improvement, and teamwork while providing opportunities for professional growth within a global organization.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nUltralife Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and respected. We celebrate diversity and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants.\nIf you require reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact Human Resources at 315-332-7100.\nCompensation\nThe anticipated pay range for this position is intended as a general guideline and is not a guarantee of compensation. 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