Principal, Program Management Excellence- Operations

Job Title: Principal, Program Management Excellence- Operations Job Code: 45217 Job Location: Anaheim CA, Herndon VA, Camden NJ, Palm Bay FL, Northampton MA or Millersville MD. Schedule: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Job Description: The Program Management Excellence (PMX) team within the Maritime Sector is looking to fill a Functional Lead role. The successful candidate should be an experienced Program Manager and Operations Manager who is well-versed in People, Process, and Tools best practices within the Aerospace & Defense industry. The successful candidate will serve as the enabler for Operations execution across all programs in the Sector. The candidate must be able to lead cross-functionally with the other members of the Maritime PMX staff, operations functional partners and the sector’s IPTs to drive predictable program performance.

Essential Functions:

· Drive and support predictable performance across all sector programs for the Operations function · Manage Sector CAM training & certification for the Operations function · Partner with program, other IPT members with Operations function to support ensure executable baseline plan (cost and schedule) · Drive and support program baseline planning for the Operations function · Partner with program, IPT members with the Operations function to ensure operations IPT lead / CAM excellence · Serve as an IPT support member and advocate for Operations functional initiatives within sector programs · Assist and support the function for Gate and Independent Reviews for the sector · Drive program R&O management for the Operations function · Support the program, IPT and Operations function for preparation of various sector and division reviews · Emphasize Program Management & Operations policies and processes are applied within programs · Support continuous improvement projects · Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities · Ability to Travel at least 25%

Qualifications: · Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience

· 10+ years of prior experience in Aerospace & Defense program management, Operations management and EVMS · Prior experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L) · Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills: · Demonstrated ability to present to executives/management on important topics · Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify problems and propose solutions · Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, across geographically-dispersed teams · Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance · Prior experience managing direct reports <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.25in;line-height:normal;margin:0