Principal, Program Management Excellence - Secret Clearance - to $225,000

Principal, Program Management Excellence – Maritime Acoustic Systems

Location: Candidate can work out of any of the following offices (but must be onsite) - Millersville or Hanover MD, Ashaway RI, Herndon VA or Palm Bay FL.

Base Salary: $200,000 to $225,000

Relocation available to one of the target office locations

Note: This role will require up to 50% travel

Industry: Aerospace / Aviation / Defense

Ideal Candidate:

• Experienced defense industry program manager with P&L experience running programs with Earned Value Management reporting.

Job Description:

• The Program Management Excellence (PMX) team within the Maritime Sector is looking to fill a PMX role.
• The successful candidate should be an experienced Program Manager or Proposal Manager who is well-versed in People, Process, and Tools best practices within the Aerospace & Defense industry.
• The successful candidate will serve as the single point of functional program management execution for the Acoustics System PMX Lead.
• The candidate will work effectively with the other members of the Maritime PMX staff, functional partners and the sector program teams.

Essential Functions:

• Drive predictable program execution across Division Programs
• Own Program Performance Analysis / Reporting for the Division
• Partner with programs to ensure executable baseline plans (cost and schedule)
• Drive R&O best practices into execution across all programs for the Division
• Manage Division PM training
• Program Leadership Team (PLT) Certification program
• Program Management (RPM) rotational program
• Coordination of training requirements and training instruction for program teams
• Training metrics
• Organize Gate and Independent Reviews for the Division
• Own implementation of tools across the Division
• Common Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS)
• Common Data Matrix (CDM)
• Cobra Standardization
• Opportunity & Risk Register
• Schedule Metrics Analysis & Reporting Tool (SMART)
• Program Health Dashboard (PHD) & Automated Program Review Template (PRT)
• Support various sector and division reviews
• Ensure appropriate PMO staffing for program proposals, baseline activities, and execution
• Enforce Program Management policy and process requirements
• Continuous improvement projects
• Coordinates support of internal and customer audits
• Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience or Post-graduate degree and 10 years of experience or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance which requires US citizenship
• 10+ years of prior program management, proposal management, program planning, and EVMS experience
• Experience working DoD projects in a Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) environment

Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to present to executives/management on important topics
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify problems and propose solutions
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, across geographically-disbursed teams
• Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Security Clearance preferred
• Prior experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L)
• Prior experience managing direct reports
• Prior experience providing instructional training to program team(s)
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
• Knowledge of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP)
• Ability to Travel – up to 50%

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:

• MS WORD Resume
• Required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.