Program Manager, Planning and Control

• Company:

  Skyroot Aerospace

• Location:

  Hyderabad (On-site)

• Experience:

  6 - 10 years in program or project management

• Qualification:

  B.E./B.Tech in Engineering; MBA or PMP certification preferred

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to plan, monitor, and drive the execution of complex aerospace programs. The role involves managing schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and finance, ensuring milestones are delivered on time and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

Program Planning & Monitoring

• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor progress against baseline schedules, tracking critical paths, dependencies, risks, and resource utilization.
• Generate dashboards, KPIs, and management reports, and support governance reviews and status meetings.
• Ensure timely milestone delivery through regular reviews and corrective actions.

Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement

• Identify bottlenecks and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive cross-functional teams to resolve technical, operational, and schedule-related issues.
• Maintain issue logs, action trackers, and lessons-learned repositories.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen delivery performance.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication across engineering, manufacturing, procurement, quality, finance, and leadership.
• Present program status, risks, financial performance, and mitigation plans to senior management.
• Manage customer expectations through transparent communication and timely reporting.

Cost & Budget Control

• Prepare and monitor program budgets throughout the project lifecycle.
• Track planned versus actual costs, analyse variances, and forecast expenditure.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities without compromising quality or schedule.
• Support procurement planning and monitor vendor financial performance where applicable

Conflict Management

• Identify and resolve conflicts related to priorities, resources, schedules, or stakeholder expectations.
• Negotiate solutions that balance business objectives and stakeholder interests.
• Escalate critical issues with recommended mitigation plans.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance work environment.

Technical Skills

Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI or Tableau, ERP systems (SAP/Oracle preferred), risk and issue management tools, and Smartsheet (preferred).

Core Competencies

Program planning and execution, schedule management, budgeting and cost control, stakeholder management, risk management, problem solving and root cause analysis, conflict resolution and negotiation, decision making, leadership, analytical thinking, communication and presentation skills, change management, and continuous improvement.

Why Join Skyroot?

Be part of Indias leading private space launch company and help drive the programs that take rockets from design to launch.