Your Job
As the PMO Manager, you will establish and lead the Project Management Organization (PMO) for the Aerospace and Defense Solutions (ADS) division. Your primary responsibility is to provide ADS project teams with the structure, tools, and guidance needed to successfully execute their projects, while enabling clear and consistent visibility of project status across the organization. The PMO is envisioned as a lightweight, supportive framework designed to empower project teams to own and run their initiatives. You will ensure project health, risks, and progress are transparent to leadership, enabling better decision-making and supporting ADS’s growth objectives.
Our Team
You will join a high-impact leadership team committed to operational excellence and strategic execution. The PMO is integrated with engineering and project teams to enable repeatable success, reduce reinventing the wheel, and support ADS’s path toward becoming a $1B organization.
What You Will Do
- Establish and maintain frameworks, standards, and processes for project management across ADS. Ensure consistency and compliance through gate reviews, documentation, and change control. Define what “good project management” means for ADS.
- Lead a small team of project managers that are directly responsible for managing larger scale, division wide initiatives.
- Maintain visibility into all active and proposed projects, helping teams prioritize and allocate resources based on strategic value and capacity. Provide insight into overall project portfolio status when new initiatives compete for resources or funding.
- Track project execution against KPIs (schedule adherence, cost variance, risk exposure). Develop dashboards and reporting cadences for leadership.
- Train and mentor project managers and cross-functional teams on best practices. Build scalable tools (templates, playbooks, systems) to make project execution easier and more predictable. Institutionalize project discipline as part of ADS’s culture.
- Connect executive vision to project execution by translating company goals into executable projects and programs. Provide feedback to leadership to ensure the project portfolio remains aligned with ADS strategy.
- Facilitate weekly PAC meetings and help continuously improve the ADS NPI Stage Gate process.
- Release and maintain a unified project management playbook to guide all projects—big and small.
- Provide leadership with timely updates on project health, risks, and progress to enable faster, better decision-making and resource allocation.
- Support strategic initiatives directly and coach others through the project management process.
- Represent the PMO in leadership meetings and strategic planning sessions.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in project management, with at least 3 years in a PMO or project leadership role.
- Previous experience developing and/or leading a PMO function.
- PMP or equivalent project management certification/training.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive project accountability.
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Master’s degree in Project Management, Engineering Management, or Business Administration.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, or regulated manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies.
- Working knowledge of project management software and portfolio management tools.
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a leader in aerospace and defense electronics, AirBorn, a Molex company, is a leader committed to engineering and manufacturing excellence.
With a legacy of over six decades, we take pride in our team of passionate and skilled professionals who play a pivotal role in developing and manufacturing mission-critical products. Our cutting-edge solutions are not only found on Mars, in fighter jets, submarines, and in the far reaches of space. We understand the mission critical environments in which our products operate, and our commitment to excellence drives us to ensure their unwavering reliability. Whether you are a seasoned industry expert or have fresh talent seeking to soar in your career, we invite you to embark on a journey of creativity, growth, and achievement with us.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
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