Divergent

Program Manager (Aerospace & Defense)

In short

Program Manager supporting business operations planning, forecasting, and reporting for Aerospace & Defense customers and programs at Divergent, a company building advanced engineering and manufacturing systems for automotive, aerospace, and defense clients. The role focuses on analyzing revenue, awards, pipeline, and workforce capacity data, translating customer demand into headcount and resource requirements, and resolving forecast inconsistencies across Finance, Sales, Program Management, Operations, and Engineering stakeholders. Requires strong Excel and Jira skills, analytical ability, and experience in business or financial planning; this is a hybrid role in Torrance, California requiring U.S. export control eligibility.

Location
Hybrid role in Torrance, California, United States; candidates must be able to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls and be eligible to work in the United States.
Salary
$100,940–$138,790 USD annually.
Company
Divergent designs, manufactures, and assembles advanced systems through an integrated engineering and manufacturing platform for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.
What you will do
•Support business operations planning, forecasting, reporting, recurring business reviews, planning cycles, and ad hoc analyses for Aerospace & Defense customers and programs.
•Maintain and analyze awards, revenue forecasts, pipeline, bookings, and related operational data using business planning and forecasting tools.
•Gather and validate inputs and assumptions with Finance, Sales, Program Management, Operations, Engineering, People, and other stakeholders.
•Translate customer demand, revenue, program timing, and other business inputs into headcount, workforce capacity, and resource requirements.
•Monitor forecast inputs and outputs, identify data gaps and inconsistencies, and drive issues to resolution.
•Prepare reporting, analysis, and presentations; identify trends, risks, and opportunities while improving forecast accuracy, data integrity, and planning efficiency.
Requirements
•Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls.
•Experience in business operations, financial or business planning, forecasting, capacity planning, program operations, or a related discipline.
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, comfort working with business data, and experience with revenue forecasts, awards, bookings, pipeline, workforce planning, or similar operational metrics.
•Strong Excel skills and ability to learn and use business planning, forecasting, reporting, or ERP tools.
•Experience working on the Jira platform, including user access, workflows, dashboards, reports, troubleshooting, and alignment with organizational processes and operational needs.
•Ability to understand relationships between demand, revenue, workload, staffing, and capacity.
•Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to work across teams and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
•Ability to challenge assumptions, ask questions, and drive issues to resolution.
Nice to have
•Experience supporting Aerospace & Defense customers, programs, or government contracting environments.
•Familiarity with workforce or headcount planning and capacity models.
•Experience with business intelligence, forecasting, ERP, CRM, or financial planning tools.
•Experience translating business forecasts into operational or resource requirements.
•Understanding of program management, customer contracts, or long-cycle customer demand.
•Experience in a matrixed, cross-functional organization.
Culture & Benefits
•Regular full-time employment in a collaborative, dynamic, high-performing, mission-driven environment.
•Competitive salary with equity plan and discretionary results-based incentive bonus opportunities.
•Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and paid parental leave.
•HMO and Premium PPO health plans, company-sponsored life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
•Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.
•Equal employment opportunity employer participating in E-Verify; no agencies, solicitations, or calls.

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