Lockheed Martin

Deputy Program Manager

Lockheed Martin$154K — $267K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PMP certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
  • Minimum 5 years of technical or management leadership experience
  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in a government-contract environment
  • Strong knowledge of Agile development methodologies and DevSecOps practices
  • Proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) and Control Account Management (CAM)
  • Experience budgeting for Firm-Fixed-Price and Cost-Plus contracts
  • Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI with a CI Polygraph (US Citizen)

Responsibilities

  • Drive daily execution, cost, schedule, and technical performance
  • Manage attendance, recruit, hire, onboard, and mentor staff
  • Guide RTEs/RTMs and coordinate releases across Agile teams
  • Engage NGA COR/CO and key stakeholders; maintain transparent status communication
  • Present concise, data-driven status briefings to Lockheed Martin engineering leadership
  • Support capture efforts for extensions, bridge contracts, and follow-on awards
  • Execute EVM/CAM and manage budgets, mitigating program risks
  • Champion Agile practices, ceremonies, metrics, and tooling
  • Conduct technical reviews and resolve critical issues
  • Maintain program architecture and realign processes and resources as needed

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Education Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid time off and Holidays
  • Incentive plan eligibility
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Strata program's GEOINT Visualization Services (GVS) system has been delivering secure, on-demand geospatial intelligence since its first fielded deployment in 2006 and earned Program-of-Record status in 2008. GVS enables Federal agencies to access, explore, and integrate GEOINT data through a versatile, web-based suite of visualization tools, APIs, and utilities that support a wide range of client technologies and applications. By turning massive geospatial data sets into actionable insight, GVS directly supports the warfighter and federal decision-makers, protecting lives and securing the homeland.

Lockheed Martin's Strata program is seeking a Deputy Program Manager / Engineering Program Manager to provide full-spectrum leadership for both the day-to-day execution and long-term strategic direction of the program. The DPM/EPM will serve as a "leader-of-leaders," guiding multiple first-line managers and a workforce of 70+ FTEs, while owning program finances, staffing, technical direction, and customer engagement. This role blends high-impact program-management expertise with deep technical acumen, ensuring that the Strata portfolio delivers on schedule, cost, and performance objectives for our NGA customer.

Key responsibilities include:
- Program & Technical Leadership - Drive daily execution, cost, schedule, and technical performance; chair program forums and deliver PMR artifacts.
- People Leadership - Manage attendance, recruit, hire, onboard, and mentor staff; provide performance feedback and career coaching.
- Release & DevSecOps Oversight - Guide RTEs/RTMs, ensure tooling and processes for CI/CD and DevSecOps, and coordinate releases across Agile teams.
- Customer & Stakeholder Interface - Engage NGA COR/CO and key stakeholders; lead on-site meetings and maintain transparent status communication.
- Engineering Leadership Reporting - Present concise, data-driven status briefings to Lockheed Martin engineering leadership.
- Capture & Business Development - Support capture efforts for extensions, bridge contracts, and follow-on awards; shape capture strategy and proposals.
- Financial & Risk Stewardship - Execute EVM/CAM, manage budgets for FF-P and Cost-Plus contracts, and mitigate program risks.
- Staffing & Vendor Coordination - Direct hiring and subcontractor staffing to align workforce with mission needs.
- Enterprise Agile Adoption - Champion Agile (Scrum/SAFe/DevSecOps) practices, ceremonies, metrics, and tooling.
- Technical Oversight & Issue Resolution - Conduct technical reviews, adopt emerging technologies, and resolve critical issues.
- Strategic Program Structuring - Maintain program architecture and realign product lines, processes, and resources as customer needs evolve.

Basic Qualifications

- PMP certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months).

- Minimum 5 years of technical or management leadership experience.

- Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in a government-contract environment.

- Strong knowledge of Agile development methodologies and DevSecOps practices.

- Proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) and Control Account Management (CAM).

- Experience budgeting and financial stewardship for Firm-Fixed-Price and Cost-Plus contracts.

- Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top-Secret/SCI with a CI Polygraph (US Citizen).

Desired skills

- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

- Certified Agile Project Manager (CAPM) or equivalent certification.

- Certified Control Account Manager (CAM).

- Experience leading virtual, multi-organization teams (Lockheed Martin, subcontractors, customers).

- Cloud-computing expertise (architecture, design, tooling, certification, deployment).

- Experience leading and/or managing Agile processes (defining, refining and enforcing agile ceremonies, metrics and tooling to keep teams productive and aligned).

- Demonstrated success in capture management and contract extensions.

- Knowledge of and/or experience with Lockheed Martin policies and procedures.

- Familiarity with the GEOINT community, its products, and customer set.

- Demonstrated aptitude for rapid learning, ownership, and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $134,000 - $236,325. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $154,100 - $267,145. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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