Senior Program Director
تفاصيل الوظيفة
Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com. Job Details: Job Summary Leadership of Cubic Transportation (CTS) assigned program(s), reporting directly to the APAC General Manager. Responsible for developing and executing the annual operating plan (AOP), accountable for profit and loss, program performance and growth of the assigned area aligned to the strategic business plan. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Leadership & Team Management
- Lead direct and indirect teams, including subcontractors and partners.
- Provide direction on goals, feedback, and manage performance to achieve individual and team targets.
- Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Develop and mentor the next generation of talent.
- Overall responsibility for program execution ensuring contractual compliance, defining goals, objectives, scope, key milestones, governance, and deliverables.
- Monitor progress, track milestones, manage resources, and ensure program activities are completed on time and within budget.
- Manage program financials (sales, operating profit, return on net assets, cash), including identifying opportunities for cost optimization, monitoring KPIs, and mitigating risks.
- Regularly report to senior leadership and customers on program performance and improvement areas.
- Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams, customers, partners, and subcontractors.
- Address customer concerns proactively, manage expectations and function as an escalation point.
- Represent the company at industry events and promote CTS's reputation as an industry leader.
- Travel to customer sites for face-to-face meetings as and when required.
- As a member of the APAC leadership team contribute to the regional business plan and development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and strategic plan.
- Collaborate with internal, regional, and global teams to drive innovation and continuous improvement across programs, systems, and processes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including customers and partners and actively seek to build CTS’s reputation as the industry leader.
- Ensure programs are managed in accordance with contracts, company policies, procedures, and industry standards.
- Keep abreast of industry and market trends and represent the company at conferences and networking functions.
- Four-year University degree, or equivalent in electronic, software or mechanical engineering or related technical discipline, plus fifteen years of related technical or engineering experience including twelve years of project engineering/management, program management or other supervisory responsibility on high risk and/or high value programs.
- Experience leading a large infrastructure, technology focused project with over $250m in value.
- Five years leading a portfolio of programs is desirable. PMP required, advanced engineering degree or MBA is desirable.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practice.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional program teams.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Requires knowledge of government procurement, contracting, and standards and specifications, prior experience of delivering complex technical programs in a regulated industry, transportation experience desirable but not essential.
- Advanced leadership and analytical skills to organize, plan and direct a portfolio of programs.
- Effective interpersonal skills to interact in sensitive and/or complex situations.
- Ability to make comprehensive and coherent presentations before groups of senior executives, including governmental agencies.
- Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System
- Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures
- Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organisations
- Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures
- Other duties as requested
Apply safely
To stay safe in your job search, information on common scams and to get free expert advice, we recommend that you visit SAFERjobs, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organization working to combat job scams.
