Principal, Program Management Excellence- Acoustic Systems

Principal, Program Management Excellence- Acoustic Systems

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Job Location

Millersville or Hanover MD, Ashaway RI, Herndon VA or Palm Bay FL.

Schedule

9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

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
• Ability to travel ~25%

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

Preferred 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
• 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%