Lockheed Martin

Strategic Planning Mgr - L5

Lockheed Martin • $129K — $239K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college
  • Experience in strategy, finance, program management, or related discipline
  • Experience in leading teams or cross-functional initiatives
  • Ability to manage significant workloads with competing priorities
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience influencing across organizational boundaries

Responsibilities

  • Lead NBF allocation and execution processes for the Senior Leadership Team
  • Oversee NBF portfolio management, identifying risks and opportunities
  • Develop insights integrating NBF with other funding sources for strategic decisions
  • Prepare executive-level reports and presentations on the investment portfolio
  • Drive continuous improvement in NBF planning and execution processes
  • Establish standard work for efficient execution of investment activities
  • Build relationships across various departments to align competing priorities

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career growth
  • Leadership and coaching role that fosters team collaboration
  • Culture centered on accountability and continuous improvement
  • Support for analytical tools and resources to enhance decision-making
  • Exposure to cross-functional leadership and enterprise initiatives
Full Job Description
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Description:

The Aeronautics Strategic Planning organization is seeking a Strategic Planning L5 to lead a team responsible for New Business Funds (NBF) investment planning, allocation, execution, and portfolio performance management across the Aeronautics enterprise. This position sits within the centralized Aeronautics Strategic Planning organization and supports the Aeronautics Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Lines of Business, and Functional organizations.

This role leads the execution and continuous improvement of established investment management processes while providing strategic resource and portfolio decision support to senior leadership. Responsibilities include translating investment performance and business data into executive-level insights, identifying portfolio risks and opportunities, and supporting strategic investment decisions.

The role operates across Finance, Strategy, Business Development, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and the Aeronautics Lines of Business to drive alignment, resolve issues, and execute enterprise investment priorities.

Investment Planning & Portfolio Management:
  • Lead the Aeronautics NBF allocation and execution processes on behalf of the Aeronautics Senior Leadership Team.
  • Oversee execution-year management of the NBF portfolio, including performance monitoring, risk and opportunity identification, and escalation of issues requiring leadership attention.
  • Develop portfolio-level insights that integrate NBF with other funding sources and business performance indicators to inform strategic resource decisions.
  • Prepare executive-level investment portfolio reporting, presentations, and messaging.
  • Lead execution and ongoing management of the Key Investment portfolio, including performance monitoring, governance cadence, and identification and escalation of risks and opportunities to support leadership decision making.

Process & Tool Optimization:
  • Lead continuous improvement of NBF planning, allocation, and execution processes to improve speed, transparency, accountability, and decision quality.
  • Establish efficient and repeatable standard work that enables reliable execution while creating capacity for higher-value strategic activities.
  • Identify data vulnerabilities, process inefficiencies, and opportunities to automate, simplify, or improve analytical outputs.
  • Support development, stabilization, and adoption of the 1LMX OppHub tool to meet NBF allocation and execution requirements.

Leadership & Talent Development:
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of strategic planning and investment analysts through clear expectations, feedback, career development, and Full Spectrum Leadership behaviors.
  • Build a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop analysts' ability to independently identify opportunities, initiate work, solve problems, and engage stakeholders.
  • Provide direction and escalation support for issues requiring judgment, cross-functional coordination, or executive engagement.

Cross-Functional Leadership:
  • Build effective relationships across Finance, Strategy, Business Development, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and Lines of Business.
  • Lead through influence to establish alignment across organizations with competing priorities.
  • Identify issues, establish paths to resolution, and coordinate stakeholders to drive closure.
  • Represent Strategic Planning in cross-functional forums and enterprise initiatives.


Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college
  • Experience in strategy, finance, program management, business operations, or a related discipline.
  • Experience leading teams, projects, or cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience managing significant workloads with competing priorities and interdependencies.
  • Experience developing executive-level presentations and communicating complex information to senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking experience.
  • Experience influencing across organizational boundaries.
  • Experience prioritizing, delegating, and driving work to closure.
  • Strong written and verbal communication experience.
  • Experience Operating effectively in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment.


Desired Skills

  • Experience with New Business Funds, IRAD, Capital, or other discretionary investment planning and execution processes.
  • Financial modeling, forecasting, business case development, or investment analysis experience.
  • Strong financial and business acumen.Experience with portfolio management, resource allocation, or strategic planning.
  • Experience leading continuous improvement, process transformation, or organizational change.
  • Experience developing performance reporting and translating data into actionable insights.
  • Experience with data visualization and analytical tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar platforms.
  • Experience supporting executive governance and senior leadership decision making.
  • Experience with enterprise transformation initiatives or implementation and stabilization of business systems and tools.
  • Familiarity with 1LMX or similar enterprise transformation initiatives.
  • Knowledge of Aeronautics Lines of Business, Functions, and business operations.
  • MBA or advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Operations Management, or related field.


Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00

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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Net Income
$6.8 billion
Founded
1995
5 Year Trend
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