Integrated Program Planner Mgr - Skunk Works Prgm Plng - Level 5

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How to be part of our Skunk Works® Team - Join Program Planning!

This position provides planning/scheduling support for Contracts within the Skunk Works® by giving Day-to-Day direction to the Integrated Planning and Proposals team. Exercise leadership on near-term to long-range PP&I initiatives. Lead the team to provide integrated program planning support for Skunk Works © Contracts and proposals. Lead and serve as the SME for scheduling matters related to proposal planning products. Ensure applicable scheduling practices are actively coordinated, at all levels, with related functional disciplines. This position regularly interacts with Aero Function on matters related to execution and proposal schedules and reviews and is instrumental in rolling out Start Green, Stay Green initiatives.

What is Program Planning to Lockheed Martin?

Integral to Lockheed Martin's Program Management & Enterprise Performance, it organizes tasks for mission success, scheduling design, development, and sustainability of products. It breaks down products into tasks, sets sequences & durations, ensuring on-time, in-budget, desired quality outcomes. Aeronautical program planning is an exciting process that combines creativity, science, and technology to create amazing machines that enable humans to explore and travel in the air and beyond!

What's In It For You:

From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Summary of Key Duties

The Skunk Works® Integrated Program Planning Manager for this position is an advanced planner & relationship builder supporting an integrated team within the Skunk Works® Portfolio to ensure successful program execution and performance, including all aspects of a validated Earned Value Management system. This position has shared responsibility for schedule baseline management and control as well as assisting in monthly variance analysis.

Responsibilities include the development and maintenance of schedules. Candidate will also integrate and assess schedule impacts of proposed work on both existing and future plans. Candidate will develop/refine knowledge of Critical Path Methodology and how to apply it in schedule network development and analysis. Position interacts across a variety of program functional organizations such as engineering, procurement, contracts, business management, production and quality control. This position will be an active participant in the evaluation of program and project planning and scheduling products and practices and will be instrumental in the resultant remediation activities upon identification of gaps.

A level 5 employee Typically has 9 - 15 years of professional experience in planning, program management and/or, finance.

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Basic Qualifications:

The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities

• Experienced at developing/maintaining Network Schedules including integrity checks, critical path analysis, and Schedule Risk Analysis

• Experiences delivering project briefings to internal and external customers

• Experiences with Earned Value Management (EVM) including Cost / Schedule Integration

• Demonstrated team building skills

• Demonstrated influencing and relationship management skills

• Bachelors degree

• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance

• 8+ years of professional experience in operational planning or scheduling

• Proficient with scheduling tools such as Open Plan, Primavera, MS Project, or ProjectView

Desired Skills:

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

• Degree in Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration

• Experience with networked schedules, integrity checks, and critical path methodology.

• Experience with Schedule Performance Management Techniques, e.g. Earned Value Management

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities

• Previous experience with Deltek OpenPlan

• Excellent Communication and Organizational skills

• Experience with Agile Methodology and use of Jira

• Experience as a planning team lead and/or contract planner

• Proposal experience

• Strong knowledge of LM Program Performance Management (PPM) Command Media

• Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) experience

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities 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.

Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Relocation Available: Yes

Career Area: Program Planning

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First