Description
Leidos' Defence Sector – Directed Energy Division in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join a team of scientists, engineers, and program staff focused on advancing Directed Energy systems.
The Senior Program Manager will lead a program team involved with design, development, integration, and testing of novel Direct Energy systems. The position involves planning, tracking, and execution of complex tasks within technical, schedule, and budget constraints. The Senior Program Manager will be the primary interface with the customer and will also be responsible for customer relationships.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Communicate regularly with government and prime customers and other external stakeholders to build and maintain strong relationships founded on trust, transparency, and collaboration.
- Set expectations and guide the direction of work of the internal team through clear, frequent, and compelling communication.
- Develop and implement execution and growth strategies for the program, leveraging the best available resources.
- Work with program team leads and Division leaders to develop staffing plans to execute the needed work.
- Develop financial budgets, metrics, and targets to successfully execute the required work.
- Work with customers, collaborators, vendors, program team leads, matrixed scheduling staff, and Division leaders to develop detailed schedules to successfully execute the required work.
- Provide regular, detailed, internal reporting as required.
- Travel up to 25% for test events and technical interchange meetings.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must be a U.S citizen.
- Must have an active DOW clearance at the SECRET level or higher.
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or business with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 10+ years of prior relevant experience.
- Prior experience in a program management or deputy program management role for a program with more than $30M in annual value.
- Prior experience leading programs or tasks involving the development, prototyping, and delivery of systems for Department of War applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading programs or tasks focused on Directed Energy systems.
- Advanced degree in business, science, or engineering.
- Active DoW Top Secret Clearance.
- Strong understanding of hardware development, manufacturing, procurement, production, and integration in an AS9100 environment.
- Proven experience developing, maintaining, and managing to detailed program schedules and financial plans.
- Proven experience leading through dynamic program start-up or substantial program growth phases.
- Proven experience communicating with senior company leadership regarding program status and expectation management.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a highly dynamic program environment with shifting priorities, requirements, and funding allocations.