Senior Program Management Office Leader

Senior Manager

Are you a Program Manager looking for a new opportunity?

Would you like to play a key role in a business which develops cutting edge technology essential to the energy transition, homeland security, space exploration and many other critical industries?

Join our Industry-leading Manufacturing Team
Reuter-Stokes designs, develops, and manufactures world-class sensor technology designed to provide precision measurements in the harshest environments, supporting critical industries across the globe, including:

• The nuclear sector, where our unique neutron detection technology is essential for the safe and efficient operation of nuclear reactors. Every operational nuclear power plant on the planet with a Boiling Water Reactor relies on Reuter-Stokes' technology
• In the oil and gas industry, Reuter-Stokes' downhole sensors are critical for enhancing directional drilling performance
• Reuter-Stokes' precise radiation measurement technology is widely deployed in homeland security, space exploration and other sectors
• Reuter-Stokes' flame trackers feature in half of the world's gas turbines accruing more than 500 million operating hours

Today, more than 100,000 Reuter-Stokes detectors are deployed around the world, providing accurate and reliable data that enable our customers to advance safety performance and productivity.

By joining our team, based in Twinsburg, Ohio (just outside Cleveland, OH), you will lead cross-functional teams of physicists, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and manufacturing engineers, sourcing specialists, quality experts, and a world-class group of technicians developing and deploying our sensors across the energy sector. We pride ourselves on collaboration, operational excellence, and investing in the future. With a strong track record in the markets we serve and an aggressive technology development plan, coupled with a talented and committed team, Reuter-Stokes is growing and has an exciting future.

Partner with the best

Reuter-Stokes' Project Management Office (PMO) Leader is responsible for developing the policies, procedures, and execution of Project Management for our team. This includes developing and implementing processes based on industry best practices, leading our most critical sensor/hardware design and development projects, introducing new products into production and the market, and ensuring we are delivering high-quality products on time and within budget for our customers, employees, and stakeholders.

As a Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Developing a regular cadence and template reporting to senior management working within our New Product / Technology Introduction process focusing on leading teams to develop the next generation sensors and hardware for deployment into Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Radiation Safety Markets.
• Leading cross-functional project teams throughout the entire Hardware Development Project Life Cycle (PLC) in accordance with Reuter-Stokes' product development process.
• Developing and improving project management and product development processes to ensure project success, including scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
• Driving project accountability and communicating project status at all levels throughout the business.
• Setting critical project Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and then providing formal project appraisal on these metrics regularly to the senior leadership team (minimally includes integrated objectives for quality, scope, cost, risk, and schedule).
• Developing and maintaining project schedules in Microsoft Project, including critical path identification/management.
• Developing and implementing work & cost breakdown structures
• Developing and managing risk registers across the Reuter-Stokes project portfolio
• Leading and assisting in business case development, including project financial benefits through the use of payback, Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) methods.
• Leading & supporting project estimation and bidding processes, including development and capture of assumptions on a Basis of Estimate (BOE)
• Leading a small team of direct reports to successfully execute Reuter-Stokes' projects and programs.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have 10 years successful project management experience in an industrial setting leading multi-million dollar, cross functional development efforts. This experience should include developing project scope, budgets, schedules, risk registers, and team building.
• Have 5 years' experience in managing hardware development programs from concept development through production into sustainment.
• Have a Bachelor's degree in an engineering, physics, business, or quality discipline
• Have excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills; proven written and verbal communication skills
• Have the ability to read/understand engineering drawings, part numbering systems, bills of materials, and material specifications.
• Be able to identify configuration and design change management
• Be able to identify and manage product requirements & qualification processes and associated quality standards.
• Experience developing and managing through and with key project management tools/metrics including risk registers, Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), WBS Dictionaries, Estimate to Completes (ETCs), and Estimate at Completes (EACs)
• Experience working within an ERP system
• Have the ability to work on U.S. Export controlled technology
• Have proven experience managing programs within the construct of ISO 9001, AS9100, or similar quality / regulatory requirements
• Have the ability to travel up to 10% out of the year

Preferred qualifications include:

• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification through the Project Management Institute
• Experience working in the Nuclear industry (inclusive of both power generation and defense)
• Nuclear Safety Experience
• Earned Value Management System Training / Certification

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged, and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.