About us

Saft is a global battery company like no other. Thanks to our historical expertise, combined with our unique industrial approach, we have a leading position to meet the demands of the most demanding customers. Our batteries and battery systems make a difference for all the market sectors they serve.

Established in 19 countries and supported by our 16 production sites, Saft has more than 4,000 employees across the planet.

Since 2016, Saft is a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity.

Their 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, cleaner, more reliable, and accessible to as many people as possible. The Company is active in more than 130 countries and puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.

Description:

• Manage Programs aimed at the development or production of Lithium-Ion Battery Systems including, but not limited to direct responsibilities for the following activities:
  • Planning - Generate detailed plans for the execution of the required work scope in line with approved budget and schedule. Generate detailed financial plans including program funding, revenue, invoicing, spending, by type, over time. Generate a detailed program functional schedule tool to serve to communicate appropriate details to team, management, and customer, and to utilize for your own benefit in tracking/managing work on program. Develop other program plans as appropriate such as manufacturing plans, test plans, deliverable documentation plans, etc.
  • Project Execution - Oversee the overall execution of the project work scope. This includes necessary communications (including primary point of contact with external customers), leadership/attendance of daily, weekly, monthly, or other meetings as appropriate, good decision making on a day-to-day basis to resolve issues, checks/reviews to ensure quality of all project deliverables.
  • Monitor and Control - Setup appropriate program metrics and adhere to established practices to use in monitoring the progress in comparison to the baseline established by the initial detailed planning. Utilize available data to drive informed decisions. Analyze the actual results for any gaps against planned progress, estimated spending, or technical achievement. Together with site management determine a plan of action to correct any gaps that exist, to ensure program success. Particular attention should be given to management of risks and opportunities in the form of identification, mitigation, and tracking.
  • Closeout - Perform program closeout including confirmation of all deliverables, performance of all scope, final financial invoicing, etc. in accordance with applicable procedures.
  • Manage Proposal efforts to external customers or seeking internal funding for the initiation of new contracts, projects, or programs in accordance with procedures and practices of the company including, but not limited to direct responsibilities for the following activities:
  • Scope Definition - ensure that the effort required is matched to Safts capabilities and in line with a budget and schedule that can be agreeable to all parties.
  • Financial Cost/Price Estimation - From the appropriate Scope Definition ensure that an accurate and complete financial estimation is developed (in accordance with the necessary fidelity of the proposal) and is approved according to internal procedures.
  • Schedule Development - From the appropriate Scope Definition develop an overall schedule estimate using timings for required activities including contracting, development activities, material lead times, manufacturing spans, test/qualification efforts.
  • Generation of necessary/ap ropriate content to accompany proposal such as technical proposal, management section, cost volume, other documentation, forms, etc. as required to explain the effort proposed and to facilitate the initiation of the effort.
  • Actively collaborate with:
  • Program Coordinator (a direct report) to guide and oversee toward day-to-day management of routine activities and assigned tasks.
  • Contracts team to establish baseline information for new awards in accordance with established procedures and for subject matter expertise on obligations under existing or potential future contracts.
  • Development and Engineering teams to execute any programs of a research or developmental nature, ensure adequate management of product lifecycles, and for reliable subject matter expertise.
  • Sales team to strategize and pursue new opportunities for existing products or for developments to meet customer needs.
  • Operations team on execution of existing and potential programs to ensure compliance and alignment with Saft capabilities (timing, quantities, etc.).
  • Site Management on established program reporting and actions in response to management reviews.
  • Customers on the execution of existing programs and any additional opportunities to meet their needs.

Experience:

• A Bachelors degree in Engineering, Science, or a business-related field.
• Qualified applicants will have at least 5-7 years of program management experience, gained within an industrial, engineering or research and development setting.
• Qualified applicants will have at least 3-5 years of program management experience with budget responsibility >$1M.
• Candidates should employ strong work habits, regarding codes and standards, time management, meeting preparation/participation and ethics compliance.
• Candidates must have a proven work history of creating technically accurate and high-quality documentation.

Desired Experience:

• Ideal candidates will have a background or strong familiarity with a DoD environment including MIL-STDs, FAR, DFAR, typical government document deliverable formats, and government contracting.
• Highly qualified candidates will also have experience with complex commercial / government proposal preparation and demonstrated ownership of lifecycle management for technical products.
• Knowledge of battery products would be extremely helpful but is not necessary.
• PMP Certification is a plus.

What we offer

Whether you are just getting started or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package to include generous compensation based on market standards, healthcare, wellness, adoption assistance, discounted stock purchase, career development and recognition programs. Some of our superior benefits include parental (maternal and paternal) leave, 401K retirement contribution match at 7%, educational assistance (tuition reimbursement), Short-term Disability (STD), paid holidays, paid vacation and paid employee referral award.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, and genetic information. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact us by calling Billy Slowikowski at 410-967-7034