Project Planner

Senior Staff Integrated Program Planner (mid-career level) to join our mission supporting our Commercial Civil Space (CCS) line of business at either our Highlands Ranch facility in CO or Huntsville, AL

In this role, you will:
-Partner with Program & Senior Management to drive cost, schedule, and technical performance by facilitating integration across all functions.
-Responsible for developing compliant Integrated Program Schedules which accurately validate the flow, budget, and resources required to execute contractual scope and overarching program strategy.
-Provides the program with time-phased critical path predictive analysis and actionable planning data, and develops recommended solutions to programmatic execution conflicts.
-Ensures all commitments are tracked, monitored and statused.
-Prepares/coordinates the development of planning artifacts for solicitation response.
-Interfaces with program management, senior management and the customer as the programs planning integrator.
-Ensures vertical and horizontal integration, and cost/schedule integration between all schedules and other program artifacts.
-Devises modeling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baseline, and to perform schedule risk assessments.
-Utilizes performance and health metrics analyses to drive actions resulting in improved program performance.

Basic Qualifications :
• 6-10 years of previous planning/scheduling experience
• Earned Value Management experience
• Ability to perform critical path and risk analyses
• Ability to communicate and work effectively across multiple disciplines
• Thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates a willingness to adjust to changing priorities
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills

Desired skills :
• Experience with Microsoft Project Server, Open Plan, Acumen, and One Pager Pro
• Understanding of the end-to-end lifecycle of a spacecraft/satellite program
• Understanding of the Program Performance Management Process
• Demonstrated competency in integrating cost/schedule
• Prior team lead experience
• Past Lockheed Martin Space Experience
• Ability to work independently as well as part of an integrated team
• Strong sense of follow-up and closure with attention to detail
• Self-starter able to operate with minimal guidance
• Desire and willingness to support dynamic proposal activities
• Strong influencing and relationship management skills
• Excellent problem solving skills to identify and resolve challenges arising in dynamic situations
• Makes sound decisions quickly and efficiently, even with limited information or under time constraints