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One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

The Supply Chain team is a global organization focused primarily on Procurement and Supplier Performance management. We are guided by our mission of delivering exceptional supplier performance and minimizing risk. We span multiple sites in North America, Europe, and Asia, managing approximately $1B in spend for Viasat, and buy everything from common COTS electronic components to integrated satellite subsystems, and from paper to streaming sporting events. We are servant minded, embrace excellence and Viasat values, and set the bar high for both our team and our supplier partners. And we like to have fun, too!

As a Viasat Supply Chain Program Manager, you will serve as a key leader for new product launches at Viasat, lead major subcontract efforts, and be an enabler of continuous improvement for the Procurement and Sourcing organization. You will work closely with external suppliers and internal cross‐functional partners in Program Management, Contracts, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Finance and more to ensure high-level supply chain performance. You will manage major subcontracts through all phases of a product’s lifecycle from contract execution, hardware design and development, ramp up through the end of production. You will act as a senior point of escalation for individual procurement contributors and be a key staff member of the Procurement Management team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the main focal point within supply chain for assigned products/suppliers while maintaining internal/external supplier relationships.
• Presenting to the Program Management Office (PMO) and executive leadership on the status and issues affecting schedule performance and program cost.
• Assisting development and execution of Supply Chain initiatives to support business area strategies including, but not limited to, improvement in efficiencies, global scaling, business capture and execution, and responsive compliance.
• Leading collaboration between all supply chain functions (Procurement, Sourcing, Planning and Material Control).
• Ensuring all supply chain commitments are met, plans are developed and carried out, and risks are mitigated for assigned products/suppliers.
• Facilitating effective supplier New Product Introduction (NPI) execution and ensuring the supply base can ramp up from design and development to production. This includes supplier resource planning, process development, capacity ramp up, and material clear to build.
• Driving Supplier Design for Manufacturing engagement and material cost reduction activities.
• Passionately driving supply chain improvements that exceed internal and external customer’s expectations.
• Providing proposal input and support.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years mix of Program or Supplier Management experience ideally working in an entrepreneurial, high‐tech environment.
• Direct experience with contract management, project management, and supplier relationship management within a low volume high mix environment or complex environment.
• Experience working with development and ramp up with contract manufacturers/electronics hardware manufacturing.
• Ability to lead in a matrix environment to achieve schedule, cost, quality targets.
• Understanding of program milestones and design/development phase gating processes.
• Skilled user of Microsoft Office suite of business software: Word, Excel, Project and Power Point.
• US citizenship.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

• Experience with supplier development and/or top tier supplier management.
• Project Management certification preferred.
• Technical degree.
• Master’s degree.
• Working knowledge of FAR/DFAR strongly preferred.
• Experience with ERP system, Oracle or similar.
• Experience with PLM, Agile or similar.
• Security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one.

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here.