Description
The Tactical and Advanced Hypersonics Division of Leidos Defense is seeking a talented Control Account Manager to join the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile – Nuclear (SLCM-N) team. The successful candidate will lead discussions to define Control Account (CA) scope and decompose work into discrete, deliverable-oriented tasks.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead discussions to define Control Account (CA) scope and decompose work into discrete, deliverable-oriented tasks.
- Fully direct technical and functional resources to perform work and meet project objectives.
- Communicate and review staffing needs with functional managers across multiple product teams.
- Evaluate daily execution activities and metrics to ensure successful CA performance.
- Enter monthly inputs into the Leidos EVM tool(s), including IMS status, BCRs, ETCs, and VARs.
- Review and analyze EVM data (SPI/CPI/TCPI) and schedules (BEI/CEI) at the WP and CA levels.
- Review weekly labor reports to validate actual costs incurred versus baseline and forecast.
- Review, approve, and disseminate Control Account Work Authorizations (CAWA) throughout the program lifecycle.
- Generate timely Estimates to Complete (ETC) and write formal cost and schedule recovery plans.
- Manage risks, identify opportunities at the CA level, and work with the IPT on mitigation strategies.
- Support the PMO in identifying and mitigating cost, schedule, and technical risks.
- Develop business cases for the Change Control Board and assess supply chain vulnerability for contemplated changes.
Basic Qualifications:
- BA degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience.
- Demonstrated track record in a prior Control Account Manager (CAM) or Earned Value Management (EVM) role.
- Experience developing, maintaining, and tracking the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
- Direct experience validating actual costs, generating Estimates to Complete (ETC), and forecasting Estimates at Completion (EAC).
- Knowledge of compliance and customer reporting standards, including IPMR and IPMDAR.
- Mastery of baseline change control processes (BCRs), monthly schedule status processes, and the work authorization process (CAWAs).
- Ability to conduct root-cause analysis, develop variance rationale, and implement formal cost/schedule recovery plans.
- Proven ability to partner with multiple program functions to protect cost and schedule baselines.
- Experience coordinating near-term schedules and execution plans directly with Manufacturing.
- Experience integrating EVMS with risk management and supporting proposal or business development activities.
- Proven capability to perform effectively both independently and within a collaborative team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Mechanical, Computer, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline from an ABET-accredited institution.
- Strong understanding of engineering lifecycle processes (systems engineering, software engineering, mechanical engineering, hardware integration and production).
- Ability to communicate with executive leadership (internally or externally) regarding matters of significant importance to the organization/project, serving as a primary briefer on Cost, Schedule, Performance, IBRs, EVM reviews and other program control events inside the Program and for Leidos leadership.
- Experience supporting complex defense programs, particularly with the U.S. Army or Navy