Program Manager

**Position**:Program Manager

**Location**:Richmond, BC, Canada

**About Us**:General Fusion is transforming how the world is energized by developing the first commercially viable fusion power plant. Fusion will deliver clean, safe and on-demand power at industrial scale, providing a powerful complement to renewables and a pathway to a zero-emission grid.

Combining new technologies, proven industrial processes, and advances in fundamental fusion science, General Fusion aims to be the first in the world to develop commercial fusion power. Key performance requirements have been demonstrated at the system level, setting the stage for building a pre-commercial fusion power prototype.

**Position Overview**:
Reporting to Chief Technology Officer, the Program Manager will be responsible for leading technical projects to achieve the desired business and technical objectives. developing and maintaining General Fusions technical risk portfolios, dives deep into processes, structure risk mitigation plans, provide cost control, change management, forecast and report to support overall program management for technical risk reduction.

The successful individual for this role is passionate about problem solving, demonstrate fast learning and data analytical skill to represent risk health metrics through decomposition and visual indicators. You are committed to achieving your goals and focus on “getting things done” as well as recognizing and taking advantage of opportunities as they arise. Working collaboratively with stakeholders across the organization, you make meaningful contributions, build on trust and inclusion, and work to establish effective relationships both internally and externally. You can provide guidance to senior staff through in-depth knowledge project management. The risk register and control are integral parts of the Project Team at General Fusion.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems and include, but are not limited to:

- Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
- Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
- Establishing a program organization that effectively addresses requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organization
- Leading and directing cross-functional teams to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
- Measuring and reporting program performance
- Delivering presentations to executive management and other program stakeholders
- Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
- Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test
- Creation, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work
- Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements
- Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines
- Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools
- Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
- Managing suppliers to meet program objectives
- Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities
- Development and adherence to master plans and schedules

**Relevant Skills and Experience**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in related Engineering discipline; post-graduate degree considered an asset.
- 10+ years’ related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Superior analytical skills, documentation, workflows, including the ability to comprehend, analyze and resolve complex issues
- Demonstrated large-team organizational and communication skills
- Demonstrated executive communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
- Experience in program-level financial management and reporting (Earned Value Management, Control Account Management, Risk Management)
- Issue & Problem Resolution: The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program
- Resources: The ability to plan for, identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints
- Resource planning and staffing to plan
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