Job DescriptionAre you a highly motivated and emerging leader eager to launch your career in program management? The Advanced Compact EW Solutions (ACES) organization in Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solution (CEMA) business area is seeking a motivated Program Manager I to join our team to support a growing portfolio. This role is ideal for a person with program execution experience who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is ready to develop robust program management and leadership skills.
In this role, you will:
- Provide program management oversight assuring the assigned projects meets financials, schedule, and technical objectives, and achieves the highest level of customer satisfaction.
- Develop program/project plans specifying goals, staffing needs, schedule milestones, risks and contingency plans.
- Direct program activities to meet work objectives and serves as a liaison with customers to coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, and solve problems.
- Identify and mitigate risks and document program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, quality and successes measures to meet contractual requirements.
- Communicate with all levels of BAE Systems senior management regarding program performance status (cost / schedule / resources / risk) as well as performance to annual financial objectives.
- Manage program scope and cost estimating, including estimate to complete/estimate at completion (ETC/EAC) processes.
This position has a need for consistent, in-person collaboration and many job requirements must be done onsite due to the nature of this particular role, therefore full-time on-site work is preferred although occasional hybrid work is possible. This means the majority of work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility.
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.
Required Skills and Education- US Citizen with Secret clearance and ability to achieve SAP/SAR
- Bachelors degree in a technical or business related discipline
- 8+ years Defense industry experience
- Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across functional teams
- A desire to learn and an aptitude for working in a fast paced, highly technical environment
- Project management or program office experience or experience leading a team
Preferred Skills and Education- Experience interfacing with customers
- Experience on development and production programs
- Risk and opportunity management experience
- CAM and EVM experience
- Proposal experience
- PMP Certification
