Program Manager 3 - ESPASat Product Line (Active Top Secret required)

Description

The company's Space Systems sector is hiring a Program Manager 3 for the ESPASat product line, part of the Satellite Programs Portfolio in the Space Superiority Division.

The role suits someone who works well when the pace is quick and who wants to shape what the program can achieve.

The core goal is to deliver every contract requirement on budget and on time, meet all technical requirements, and build close customer relationships that support the company's value strategies.

You will lead a cross-functional organization working toward shared program performance goals.

Responsibilities

• Manage the program's life cycle from proposal work through startup, execution and contract closeout.
• Own cost, schedule and technical performance for company programs or subsystems.
• Lead and direct cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to hit cost, schedule and technical targets.
• Build and maintain customer relationships to create new opportunities in the customer community.
• Plan long-term strategy, capture activities, proposals and business plans to win new work.
• Set up a program organization that meets customer needs and brings in the right internal and external sub-organizations.
• Measure program performance and report it.
• Present to customers, executive management and other stakeholders.
• Take part in negotiating contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, milestones and key terms.
• Set design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for research, development, integration and test.
• Write, review and finalize the program Statement of Work.
• Identify, distribute, track and close out program requirements.
• Create and keep the program and subordinate baselines.
• Build budget baselines using Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost and schedule control methods and tools, and stay within them.
• Identify, assign and manage program resources, including workforce planning.
• Manage government or customer-furnished property and information, such as GFE and CFE.
• Manage suppliers so they meet program objectives.
• Make sure the team follows internal processes, policies and applicable industry standards.
• Keep the team within contract scope and handle changes through control board activities.
• Create and follow master plans and schedules.
• Run thorough risk and opportunity management, covering identification, mitigation and realization.
• These duties are not a complete list.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 10 years, or a Master's degree plus 8 years, supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries.
• 4 years of proven success leading teams or organizations toward a shared goal. Professional, academic and other relevant settings count.
• 4 years of leading work delivered on schedule, at cost and meeting all requirements, as project lead, on an integrated program team, or as cost account manager.
• Active Top Secret clearance at the time of application, and the ability to obtain SCI level access.
• Planning, Scheduling and Earned Value: you can start, build, integrate, run and control program plans and cost and schedule baselines that meet contract terms and stakeholder expectations.
• Program Integration: you can coordinate the management activities and processes that connect program dependencies across the life cycle to finish the program successfully.
• Preferred: active Top Secret clearance with SCI clearance.
• Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Preferred: experience in the space industry.
• Preferred: experience producing small satellites.
• Preferred: experience managing CPFF, CPIF and FFP contract types.
• Preferred Business Acumen: you apply business and financial knowledge to program decisions and results.
• Preferred Capture Management: you understand customer technical, business, financial, political and cultural needs and shape expectations with a solution that suits both customer and company.
• Preferred Communications: you run organized stakeholder communication so program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved to meet needs.
• Preferred Issue and Problem Resolution: you take a systematic, proactive approach to spot, report, track and quickly resolve conflicts at every level of the program.
• Preferred Proposal Management: you set proposal strategy, lead proposal teams, analyze and shape RFPs, deliver proposals that win, track Review Team comments, and handle post-submittal work such as orals and finding responses.
• Preferred Quality: you plan and run a project quality system that puts prevention ahead of inspection and drives continuous improvement.
• Preferred Customer Intimacy: you regularly seek customer input, meet their needs, build strong ties with strategic partners and key suppliers, and guide the team to meet customer expectations.

Conditions

Top Secret clearance is required to start.

The role depends on winning program award(s) and securing the related business or customer funding.

The role also depends on obtaining final clearances and program access within a reasonable period set by the company. Continued employment requires keeping the clearance and program access the role needs.

Travel is 25% of the time.

Base salary range is $193,000.00 - $289,600.00. This is a general guideline. Offers depend on the scope and responsibilities of the role, your experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date. It may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Depending on the position, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus on top of base pay.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let you share in company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.