Description
We are seeking a Mid-Level Control Account Manager to join our team. As a Control Account Manager, you will lead discussions in defining the scope for Control Accounts (CAs) and decomposing discrete, deliverable-oriented tasks. You will plan and execute hardware-centric projects, define CA tasks, and determine required resources to maintain CAs and program objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Lead discussions in definition of scope for CAs and decomposition of tasks
- Plan and execute hardware-centric projects
- Communicate and review staffing needs with functional managers
- Coordinate CA-focused program activities across multiple functional groups
- Direct technical/functional resources to perform work associated with assigned CAs
- Review labor reports and compare to baseline and forecast
- Analyze EVM data at WP and CA levels
- Manage CA budgets and schedules
- Perform variance analysis, schedule analysis, and BCR submittals
- Develop and implement corrective actions
- Generate timely Estimated to Completes (ETC)
- Review, approve, and disseminate CA Work Authorizations
- Enter monthly inputs in Leidos' EVM tool (LENS)
- Participate in proposal process and provide schedule, cost, and resource inputs
- Provide inputs to risk, issue, and opportunity review board
- Evaluate and guide daily execution activities
- Routinely evaluate program technical and programmatic metrics
- Work with program schedulers to update/status required to maintain program schedule
- Manage risk and identify opportunities at the CA level
- Identify capability or process gaps and provide recommendations for improvement
- Actively participate in change management
- Provide support to PMO in mitigating cost, schedule, and technical risks
- Foster intra-project coordination and communication
Basic Qualifications:
- Typically requires a BA degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience in a prior CAM or EVM role
- Knowledge in development, maintenance, and tracking of IMS, PMB, change management process, work authorization process, forecasting EACs, and implementing corrective actions
- Knowledge of customer reporting (i.e., IPMR or IPMDAR)
- Project management or project control experience working with WBS, IMS, and work authorizations
- Understanding of cost and schedule development and controls
- Experience with development of ETC and EAC
- Experience with baseline change control processes and monthly schedule status processes
- Capable of working independently and within a team
- Familiar with integration of EVMS and risk management
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Computer, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline from an ABET-accredited institution
- Strong understanding of engineering lifecycle processes
- Ability to communicate with executive leadership
- Experience supporting complex defense programs, particularly with the U.S. Army or Navy