Job DescriptionThe Military Space Strategic Business Unit delivers innovative space systems that drive mission success and provide resilient and persistent mission-level solutions to deter threats and counter emerging capabilities for the Department of War.
What You'll Do:- Lead the program management team to provide direction and guidance that ensures successful program execution in accordance with the budget, schedule, contract, statement of work, and technical requirements.
- Provide sound leadership and team building to motivate, influence, and effectively apply the program staff.
- Provide leadership for interacting with customers and stakeholders within the bounds of the contract.
- Develop and monitor fidelity of the program plan including definition of tasks, budgets, and schedules.
- Ensure that program requirements, purposes, objectives, and expectations are communicated and flowed down to the internal team and subcontractors.
- Resolve resource conflicts, demands, and priorities on assigned programs.
- Work unplanned program issues to a best solution, including development of plans-forward, escalation, and increased resources, as required.
- Communicate program status to upper management on a periodic basis.
- Coordinate needs with support organizations including contracts, engineering, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, security, and others as needed.
- Support business development activities and proposals when required.
- Develop and practice good internal and external communications.
- Engage in regular communications with other program managers and business leads on topics that include customer priorities, program execution, change forecasts, and their impacts on the overall business.
- Ensure all business is conducted with the highest ethical standards.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions: - Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.
Short Term Incentive: Subject to business performance and recommendations of management, this role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan.
Required Skills and Education- BS/BA in related field plus 12 years or more related experience.
- Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
- Background in space hardware and software development for classified national defense missions.
- Demonstrated experience managing program/project budgets or cost accounts from $20M to $100M.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple suppliers/subcontractors, and/or large sub-contracts.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing standard program management tools including Earned Value principles for program/project planning and budgeting, schedule development, change control, and variance reporting.
- Thorough understanding of the risk and opportunity management process as related to program plan.
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully with demanding customers, difficult schedules, and technically challenging projects.
- Direct experience with DoW program management.
- Experience with DoW acquisition and research & development agencies.
- Ability to self-start and understand the big picture as well as technical, cost, and schedule issues at the detail level.
- Mindset of leading a program to achieve operational mission objectives within the bounds of the contract.
- Excellent communication, presentation development, and delivery skills; competent with MS Office computer tools including Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Office.
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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.
