Manager III – IT Project Delivery

Job Description

The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.

What Youll Do:

• Project Delivery: Lead and develop Project Managers responsible for delivery of sector-specific IT programs and projects. Drive consistent, high-quality execution across multiple concurrent initiatives within an assigned delivery area.
• Project Manager Development: Build and mature project managers through targeted coaching, mentorship, and development in execution excellence and leadership.
• Project Reporting and Oversight: Monitor delivery health across projects, including progress, risks, dependencies, issues, and execution constraints, and intervene as needed to improve outcomes. Partner with business, technology, and PMO stakeholders to resolve delivery challenges and maintain forward momentum across initiatives.
• Team Coaching: Coach team members across IT to drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, risks, and delivery milestones.
• Best Practices Reinforcement: Ensure sector IT projects and initiatives align with enterprise standards, best practices, and IT strategies, leveraging BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS) LifeCycle Management frameworks. Ensure project managers apply consistent project lifecycle, governance, reporting, and delivery management practices. Support adoption of PMO tools, standards, and best practices to improve consistency and execution quality.
• Culture and Performance: Promote a culture of ownership, transparency, and results-driven performance across sector IT delivery teams. Contribute delivery insight and operational perspective to broader portfolio and PMO discussions as needed.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.

Short Term Incentive: Subject to business performance and recommendations of management, this role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelors degree in a related field plus 12 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Masters Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Previous leadership experience.
• Proven track record of delivering projects and programs.
• Leadership and management skills, with experience managing project managers and teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to interpret data and inform decisions.
• Experience with Agile and/or Waterfall project management methodologies.

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A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Masters degree.
• IT Service management, product management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $153377 - $260743

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but its what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a teammaking a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, youll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Multiple positions may be available on this opening.