Senior Program Manager — Aerospace & Complex Systems
Des Plaines, IL | Open to travel/hybrid
hi@troy.fyi | +1 (747) 717-7478 | troy.fyi
EXECUTIVE BRIEF
Senior Program Manager with 20+ years of enterprise experience driving complex program delivery, master scheduling, supplier management, and customer relations. Proven leadership across Big 4 consulting and high-stakes technical environments. Expert in cost justification, proposal creation, and managing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions on time and within budget.
CORE PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
Master Planning & Schedule Modifications
Customer Relationship & On-Site Alignment
Supplier Governance & Proposal Development
Cross-Functional Leadership (Eng, Ops, Fin)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Program Manager & Principal Consultant — Troy.fyi
2021 – Present
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs, establishing master schedules, planning worksheets, and action item tracking.
Manage daily customer relationships, leading progress meetings, addressing technical inquiries, and negotiating schedule modifications.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and finance to ensure adherence to budget and performance criteria.
Prepare formal proposals, cost justifications, and business cases for program expansions and executive reviews.
Director, Program Delivery — Thought Industries
2018 – 2021
Directed daily team execution and customer management for enterprise deployments across cross-functional workstreams.
Reduced program implementation timelines by 3 weeks by optimizing team execution strategies and supplier workflows.
Senior Program Manager — Strategic Delivery — KPMG
2014 – 2018
Governed multi-million dollar program portfolios ($20M+), implementing status tracking dashboards in Power BI and ServiceNow.
Prepared executive briefings and status presentations for customer and internal steering committees, accelerating decision cycles.
Program Manager / Senior Consultant — Deloitte & PwC
2005 – 2014
Guided cross-functional teams of 10–20 technical specialists, managing project monitoring systems, cost justification, and delivery schedules.