F35 Sustainment Program Manager (Onsite)
About The Position
Lead and transform sustainment operations supporting the F-35 program. The role manages a portfolio of sustainment activities in a matrixed organization, including depot-level repair, maintenance, logistics support, material readiness, sustaining engineering, and lifecycle management. The Program Manager drives performance improvements, expands repair and depot capabilities, aligns operations with customer needs, and delivers program results. This position is primarily onsite at the El Segundo facility. The role encompasses program cost, schedule, technical performance, contractual deliverables, budgets, forecasts, and financial performance. It also involves developing improvement strategies based on customer demand, operational capacity, and resource constraints; identifying and mitigating risks; collaborating across functions to activate repair lines and optimize repair pipelines; and supporting proposals, contract modifications, follow-on awards, and business development.
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations management, logistics, or a related discipline and at least 8 years of relevant professional experience, or an advanced degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience in aerospace and defense or a comparable complex technical environment involving sustainment, depot repair, manufacturing, maintenance, logistics, or product support.
- Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, financial performance, or business cases.
- Experience managing cost, schedule, technical performance, and contractual deliverables.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in engineering, operations management, logistics, or a related discipline.
- 10 or more years of experience in sustainment program management, particularly in military electronics, avionics, or line replaceable units.
- Experience developing new depot repair capabilities, activating repair lines, or expanding sustainment capacity.
- Experience conducting demand and capacity analysis, repair optimization, and repair pipeline forecasting.
- Experience with performance-based logistics (PBL), integrated logistics support (ILS), or military depot operations.
- Experience with defense sustainment contracts, including firm-fixed-price (FFP), time-and-materials (T&M), or cost-reimbursable contracts.
- Experience supporting sustainment proposals, follow-on awards, contract modifications, and business development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage cost, schedule, technical performance, and contractual deliverables for sustainment programs.
- Oversee depot repair, maintenance, and logistics support activities.
- Analyze customer demand, operational capacity, and resource constraints to develop and execute improvement strategies.
- Develop and implement strategies to expand repair and sustainment capacity, improve operational efficiency, and enhance financial performance.
- Identify program risks, develop mitigation strategies, and drive measurable performance improvements.
- Manage program budgets, forecasts, financial performance, and business cases to achieve profitability and customer satisfaction.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to activate new repair lines, develop depot repair capabilities, and optimize repair pipelines.
- Support sustainment proposals, contract modifications, follow-on awards, and business development initiatives.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional pet insurance
- Optional home and auto insurance
- Optional additional life and accident insurance
- Optional critical illness insurance
- Optional group legal coverage
- Optional ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Fertility and family planning benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Autism benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Wellness rewards program
- Virtual doctor visits
- Child and elder care services
- Second opinion medical service
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Paid time off and holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
