Lockheed Martin

THAAD Interceptor and Deputy Development Director

Lockheed Martin$180K — $309K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM or Business field
  • 10+ years of experience leading large multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience in Development Program Management and Missile Hardware/Software Development
  • Domain knowledge in Missile Development and Defense, Advanced Electronics, Agile Software Development
  • Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership skills
  • US Citizenship with a current US SECRET clearance and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Manage THAAD development contracts focusing on cost, schedule, and technical aspects
  • Interface with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army customers
  • Oversee proposal activities for development contracts
  • Lead initiatives to increase deployment velocity and efficiency
  • Ensure successful management of engineering development scope for THAAD Interceptor

Benefits

  • Opportunities for volunteering with over 850,000 hours supported annually
  • Commitment to helping transitioning veterans reintegrate into civilian life
  • Access to a competitive and comprehensive benefits package
  • Part of a global network dedicated to safety and defense capabilities
  • Emphasis on high business ethics and visionary thinking
Full Job Description
Job Description

What does this role look like?

This position will support the THAAD Development Program Director as a deputy in managing over 750 employees across three primary Lockheed Martin sites, leading the THAAD engineering services infrastructure and the development of enhanced THAAD capabilities, ensuring resources are appropriately aligned and managed to support successful program execution.

Program Management Director for THAAD Interceptor Development (~$150M/year sales and $100M/year in self investment execution) and deputy to the THAAD Development Program Director (~$400M/year in sales).

➥ The position manages all engineering development scope for the THAAD Interceptor, advancing technology capability, resolving obsolescence and second sourcing.
➥ The position delivers qualified THAAD Interceptor technical data packages ready for high rate production.
➥ The position is responsible for development work that is critical path to $4B/year of THAAD Interceptor production sales.
➥ The position advances THAAD Interceptor capability impacting the weapon systems ability to outpace the evolving threat and competition.

In this role you will have the following daily key responsibilities:
• Managing the execution of THAAD development contracts and programs for cost, schedule, and technical aspects.
• Interfacing with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army customers.
• Overseeing proposal activities for development contracts
• Leading organizational initiatives to increase deployment velocity and efficiency.

This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Sunnyvale, CA.

Basic Qualifications

To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:
• Bachelors degree in a STEM or Business field,
• Possess 10+ years' experience leading projects, people, and operations for a large multidisciplinary workforce with salaried and hourly represented employees,
• Development Program Management, Missile Hardware and Software Development experience,
• Domain knowledge in Missile Development, Missile Defense, Advanced Electronics, Agile Software Development,
• Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership skills,
• You will need to be a US Citizen, and currently possess and be able to maintain a US SECRET clearance, with ability of obtain Top Secret clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Desired skills

To be effective, ideally, you should also have:
• Experience maintaining positive working relationships with industry and government customers
• Proven ability to interface with company senior leadership and external customers at all levels
• Strong executive presence, business acumen, including negotiation and conflict management skills
• THAAD experience, and/or large weapon system level development leadership experience

PLEASE NOTE-Other important information:
• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.
• Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits of Employment:

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.

We are also committed to enabling transitioning veterans to connect with their communities and find new purpose as they reintegrate into civilian life. By clicking on the link, you can find out more on how we proudly support the Military/Veterans Network:
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