General Manager - NASA Programs Division (NPD)

We are seeking a strategic General Manager, with a strong mix of technical expertise, business acumen, and customer focus, to lead and integrate the NASA Programs Division (NPD). This position will report to the Senior Vice President of the Civil Systems Group (SVP, CSG).  NPD provides independent, objective systems engineering and integration expertise to support NASA human exploration and spaceflight, civil space science, technology development and operational missions. The portfolio encompasses low Earth orbit, deep space, and planetary exploration missions, as well as the development and operation of next-generation space and ground systems. The General Manager will possess a proven ability to develop strategies, lead and inspire a distributed team, and deliver high impact results to a diverse customer set, while making resource allocation investments for our future. Do you want to do work that makes a positive difference for the nation by leading an elite team? This is the opportunity! This position requires full-time onsite presence (5 days/week) in Houston, TX; El Segundo, CA; or Chantilly, VA— this is a proactive leadership role requiring regular visibility with the team, government customers, and cross-site collaboration. What You'll Be Doing - Overall leadership and management of NASA Programs Division. Develop division vision, strategy, and objectives consistent with corporate goals and initiatives, the CSG strategic plan, and NASA customer expectations. Provide direction and planning for achieving both strategic and tactical goals. - Establish trusted relationships with key NASA leaders across human spaceflight, exploration, science, and mission operations organizations.  Establish and maintain Aerospace’s positive reputation with new and existing customers as a problem solver and thought leader that works at the enterprise level. Anticipate evolving customer needs and develop an agile, high-quality technical workforce. - Lead and support cross-corporation and cross-organizational teams to deliver systems engineering and integration, technical assessments, and analyses of national significance across NASA programs. Partner with Aerospace technical organizations to apply enterprise capabilities to customers’ most challenging problems. - Maintain division focus on mission success from cradle to grave across the portfolio, track and communicate the risk posture, and facilitate enterprise teams as appropriate to provide viable solutions to mitigate mission risk and promote mission viability and strategic alignment to national policy. - Provide strategic leadership and support to NASA in program planning, acquisition strategies, requirements development, architecture alternatives, technical and programmatic assessments, and investment portfolio decisions. - Position Aerospace in the highest value functions across the NASA portfolio, translate customer technical operating plans into technical priorities, manage budget constraints, and plan and execute staffing and resource allocation as required. - Provide leadership for team members, setting expectations and direction, mentoring, providing critical feedback, succession planning, and coaching aimed at developing an agile management team and technical staff. What You Need to Be Successful Minimum Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, business or other relevant degree. - Substantial relevant experience (typically 15+ years) with program management of highly complex and technical multi-disciplinary systems and teams. - Proven financial, business and technical leadership and management experience, with multi-million-dollar budgets. - Strong understanding of both federal and commercial acquisition processes, especially federal procurement cycles, contracting mechanisms. - Ability to deliver strategic plans aligned with corporate and customer priorities and positioning for sustainable performance and growth, demonstrating agility in a fast-paced environment. - History of establishing and sustaining trusted relationships with government customers. - Excellent communication skills - clear, concise, persuasive; builds consensus; organize complex materials and concepts in clear and logical manner. - Ability to travel up to 30% to other customer and Aerospace locations. - This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance. How You Can Stand Out It would be impressive if you have one or more of these: - Experience running a profit and loss (P&L) center. - Advanced graduate technical and/or business degree. - In-depth management experience with budgets, staff development, planning, and customer accounts. - Established professional relationships with NASA leaders across human exploration, spaceflight, science, and civil space operations. - Experience leading human spaceflight programs, launch campaigns, extravehicular activity support, deep space or planetary exploration missions, or complex mission operations. - Familiarity with Aerospace’s Engineering & Technology Group (ETG) matrix and associated expertise, skills, tools, analytical capabilities, computing resources and laboratory facilities. We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.  The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below.  Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills. (Min - Max) $268,000.00 - $402,000.00 Pay Basis: Annual Leadership Competencies Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who: - Operate Strategically - Lead Change    - Engage with Impact    - Foster Innovation    - Deliver Results   Ways We Reward Our Employees During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits. Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type.  A few highlights include: - Comprehensive health care and wellness plans - Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation - Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options - 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire - Flexible spending accounts - Variable pay program for exceptional contributions - Relocation assistance - Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career - Education assistance programs - An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect