The Strike, Deterrence and Missile Defense (SDMD) Mission Strategy and Advanced Capabilities (MSAC) organization is seeking a Project Engineer who will support the development and execution of the SDMD IRAD portfolio. You will drive a tailored program management discipline, stakeholder management, internal/external customer engagements, and enterprise collaboration. You will provide leadership and guidance for the preparation of IRAD planning, statements of work, and R&D technical, cost, and schedule baselines. You will own required Space-Level processes to get efforts baselined and executing efficiently on an annual basis.
The program manager will work collaboratively with IRAD principal investigators, technical leads, and portfolio managers to drive technology developments within the SDMD portfolio.
Responsibilities include:
- Support development of IRAD proposals, business plans, statements of work
- Engage with portfolio leads to track and report monthly program status against IRAD technical, cost and schedule baselines (Tailored EVM)
- Lead milestones and stage gate reviews
- Support the development of strategy-driven roadmap products
- Support down-selection of annual IRAD portfolio through alignment to strategies, roadmaps, and prioritized investments
- Track rolling portfolio of IRAD program investments to align with the allocated budget, and plan for future longer-range investments
- Cultivate new process improvements for more effective and efficient IRAD processes
1. Technical Project Management
- Experience planning and executing technical efforts with schedules, maturation metrics, and budgets
- Demonstrated ownership of processes required to supprt efficient project kick-off
- Solid understanding of earned value management
- Direct experience with development, implementation, integration, and testing
2. Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Demonstrated leadership of diverse technical teams
- Confident interaction with peers and executive stakeholders (internal/external)
3. Mission & Product Knowledge
- Broad knowledge of SMD products and overall mission
- Direct experience with DoD lab customers (DARPA, AFRL, ARL, SCO, etc.)
- Supporting IRAD/CRAD effort shaping, capture, and execution
4. Organizational Navigation
- Experience coordinating across multiple lines of business and multi-functional organizations
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a virtual, matrixed organization
5.Bachelors Degree
6.US Citizen -Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance for mission-sensitive work.
- Ability to think critically and strategically to align projects with mission objectives and broader organizational goals.
- Proven ability to multi-task, manage complex priorities, and maintain strong organizational skills across project lifecycles.
- Effective written and verbal communication with the ability to interface and interact successfully across all organizational levels.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance for mission-sensitive work.
- Consistent growth into roles of increasing responsibility, reflecting expanding technical and leadership impact.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $95900.00 - $178100.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Experience planning and executing technical efforts with schedules, maturation metrics, and budgets
- Experience owning processes for efficient project kick-off
- Solid understanding of earned value management
- Direct experience with development, implementation, integration, and testing
- Demonstrated leadership of diverse technical teams
- Ability to interact confidently with peers and executive stakeholders
- Broad knowledge of SMD products and mission
- Direct experience with DoD laboratory customers, such as DARPA, AFRL, ARL, or SCO
- Experience supporting IRAD or CRAD effort shaping, capture, and execution
- Experience coordinating across multiple lines of business and multifunctional organizations
- Ability to work effectively in a virtual, matrixed organization
- Bachelor's degree
- U.S. citizenship
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance
- Ability to align projects with mission objectives and organizational goals
- Ability to manage complex priorities across project lifecycles
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Progressive growth into roles of increasing responsibility
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