Lockheed Martin

Wargaming Project Lead - TS Cleared / Suffolk VA

Lockheed Martin$109K — $203K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of project/program management experience
  • Expertise in IRAD/CRAD processes
  • Exceptional customer relations skills
  • Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leadership
  • Active Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and execution of wargame campaigns and experiments
  • Provide subject matter expertise during wargame events
  • Design and develop planning processes for experiments
  • Create professional presentations and documentation for stakeholders
  • Establish partnerships through informed research and development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Flexible work arrangements, including 4x10 schedules
  • 401(k) with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
  • Parental leave and education assistance programs
  • Life insurance and disability coverage options
Full Job Description
What You Will Be Doing:
In this role, you will serve as a principal point of contact and liaison with the Lockheed Martin (LM) Business Areas, Enterprise Operations, and government partners on operational matters. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of concurrent projects for the CFI that focus on wargames, analysis and experimentation, integrated demonstrations, and modeling & simulation applications and capabilities.

Your key responsibilities will include the following:
  • Participating in and conducting all phases of planning and execution for various wargame campaigns, experiments, workshops, and demonstrations, encompassing strategic, operational, and tactical level planning, management studies, assessments, and outreach to Lockheed Martin business areas, as well as overseeing the development, approval, and ongoing maintenance of plans
  • Providing subject matter expert insights in conjunction with wargame campaigns, experiments, workshops, and demonstrations
  • Participating in the design and development of these types of events through application of a planning (system integration) process
  • Developing professional presentations, worksheets, and documents for leadership and customers
  • Developing partnerships and events through fully informed IRAD/CRAD work


Who You Are:

You are an experienced project/program manager and strategic thinker who shapes customer-focused solutions, with hands-on IRAD/CRAD expertise and a clear grasp on unique IRAD/CRAD dynamics. Ideally, you bring Space-related expertise and domain experience related to war-gaming. You excel at guiding complex programs from planning to execution using tools such as Microsoft Project to create, approve, and maintain detailed plans. Skilled at cross-functional coordination, you align diverse stakeholders, drive decisive actions, and consistently deliver results on time and on budget, while representing the organization to customers, teammates, executive leadership, and staff with superior interpersonal and communication abilities.

Further Information About This Opportunity:
This role is fully onsite in at our Lighthouse facility in Suffolk, VA. An active Top Secret clearance is required to start, with eligibility for a TS/SCI. This position may require some travel.

Basic Qualifications

  • Proven/demonstrated project management experience including full-cycle project planning/execution
  • Experience with IRAD/CRAD work
  • Strong Customer Relations expertise and excellent written and verbal communication skills sufficient to comfortably and effectively present at senior leadership (business and military) level
  • Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for a TS/SCI


Desired Skills

  • Background in LM Space, SPACECOM, or Space Force
  • Knowledge of DoW mission and concept of operations
  • Knowledge of or experience with DoW future capabilities and concept development, experimentation, war gaming and analysis in support of the acquisition process
  • Experience interfacing with a variety of customers to include military, inter-company, and industry partners
  • Experience managing multiple disparate teams concurrently
  • PMP certification
  • Experience or advanced degree in operations analysis/planning
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance


Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $109700.00 - $203700.00

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
  • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

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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