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Engineering Program Management

The Engineering Program Manager provides business management and operational leadership for an engineering program; designs program infrastructure to ensure contract fulfillment; leads strategic planning efforts in order to advance program goals and expand impact; and oversees a program team.

• Provide leadership and oversight of an engineering program comprised of multiple projects, initiatives, and teams; manage and produce deliverables to meet sponsor expectations; responsible for successful and timely completion of contract deliverables
• Design program infrastructure; ensure organizational efficiency; allocate resources and identify resource needs; establish program climate, goals, and standards
• Responsible for all aspects of business development; identify potential partnerships and stakeholder engagement opportunities; pursue funding and new sponsorships; identify opportunities for program growth and expansion; establish the program vision and values; align program strategic plan with broader unit and University mission
• Lead strategic planning efforts including implementing, assessing, and revising processes and procedures; recommend changes that impact program direction, data reporting, analysis efforts, and long-range planning to advance and expand the program
• Provide regular oversight of budgets; prepare budget analysis and reports; coordinate and implement financial strategies integral to strategic planning to ensure cost effectiveness
• Prepare, review, and approve all financial, compliance, research administration, and contractual transactions and documentation
• Serve as the primary representative with the sponsor; propose and implement solutions; present reports; develop relationships to benefit program goals; evaluate and translate client/faculty needs into projects; negotiate contracts as needed
• Responsible for all safety, compliance, and risk management standards, requirements, and policies; manage and coordinate program specific security needs
• Engage industry partners to further program capabilities and impact; lead workshops, conferences, and outreach events to gain visibility and build network resources
• May conduct research and literature reviews on a breadth of complex concepts and technology areas
• Provide leadership for the program team; supervise, train, mentor, develop, and evaluate staff; oversee workflow and delegate assignments

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 17
• Minimum – $141,700.00
• MidPoint – $180,700.00
• Maximum – $219,600.00