FAST Labs Campaign Strategy Director

Job Description
The FAST Labs Campaign Director will lead the shift to mission-focused campaigns in the FAST Labs Business Area in the BAE Systems Electronic Systems Sector, reporting directly to the Vice President/General Manager of FAST Labs.
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a shift to mission-focused campaigns across the FAST Labs business area. The Campaign Director will have responsibility for coordinating the work of product-line based campaign leads spanning multiple locations in Burlington, MA, Merrimack, NH, Arlington, VA, Reston VA, Austin, TX and Durham, NC. Specific job responsibilities include the following:

• Lead the shaping and communication of mission campaigns.
• Partner with internal ES Mission Integration Cell and FL Mission Assessments (MA) teams to help define descriptions of current and future threats, as well as current and projected future Blue force design and strategy. Develop strategic Red/Blue architectures in terms understandable to technologists.
• Support MA on defining key analytical tasks to help identify technology needs. Guide design of experiments for sensitivity analysis to define technology needs.
• Develop and execute a plan to communicate strategic architecture and threat to technologists. Develop an education and training approach to put operational trends, needs, and limitations in terms relevant to technology development and fielding.
• Provide insights into the complexities of employing and sustaining new technologies in an operational setting. Educate program teams of higher-maturity capabilities on these realities and help them develop their own campaigns to lead to fieldable programs of record.
• Possess a deep understanding of the government acquisition system and communicate this to program teams. Leverage this insight to help program teams develop new business models to transition and mature their capabilities faster and more adaptively. Help teams find interim government customers to support development of these business models and other transition experiment, bridging the gap between S&T and a traditional PEO.
• Develop and foster an entrepreneurial mindset throughout the organization for developing and executing strategies to rapidly and consistently develop impactful technologies and products and getting those technologies and products across the valley of death.
• Develop the approach and skills needed for strategic operational architecting, the art of converting operational problems into a mesh of inter-connected technical capability solutions. Develop the training methods to teach this type of thinking to FL scientists and engineers.
• Develop a cadre of strategic operational architects, the key contacts within Product Lines who will execute mission campaigns for their programs. Train and develop them for campaign thinking and build them into an integrated team. Lead and encourage campaign collaboration across Tech Areas and Product Lines to facilitate integrated mission campaign development and execution. Train the trainers to enlist them in further propagation of this thinking within their PLs.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
The Campaign Director candidate shall have demonstrated or obtained the following education, experience and skills:
>15 years of technical and management experience in across Research and Development, Engineering Manufacturing and Development, Production, and fielding for the Defense and/or Intelligence markets.
Ability to think strategically and formulate a strategic vision and strategies, as well as implement actions needed to achieve goals in a changing environment.
Capability to lead execution and rollout for new strategic initiatives, including leading organizations through complex culture change
Business and technical leadership, management, and decision making in technology development efforts.
Strong customer focus, marketing, influencing, and shaping with a demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships across a broad network of customers spanning the highly technical, programmatic, government bureaucratic, and operational users.
Ability to communicate at all levels within the customer community and the corporate community.
Business development mindset with in-depth experience in the development of growth strategies.
Proven ability to share and transfer know-how across organizational boundaries.
Competent in talent management and development, performance management, mentoring, coaching, and team communications.
Ability to achieve results through others and develop leaders in an organization.
Eligible for US Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, operations research, mathematics or physics.
• US government or military service as an operator and program manager.
• Active US Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• Experience leading a diverse organization across multiple geographic business sites.
• Domain expertise in one or more of the following areas: Electronic Warfare, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Mission Planning, Autonomy, Inherently Secure Computing, Data Analytics. Proven success in technology and product development from conception through deployment.
• Program management and leadership of S&T and or EMD program execution
• Joint military experience
• Experience in advanced training or higher education
• Proven breadth of business leadership from technology seedling and maturation through product development; from conception through deployment.
• Passion to deliver Electronic Systems Defense and Commercial Missions: 'We Protect Those Who Protect Us' and 'We Innovate For Those Who Move the World'.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $196296 - $333704
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 Electronic 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 it's 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 team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
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.