Product Line Director

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory • Clearfield, UT

12d • $200,000 - $340,000

About The Position

Overview: Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com . Job Description Summary: Reporting to the Air Force and Missile Defense Strategic Systems VP/GM, the Air Force Strategic Systems Product Line Director will be responsible for overseeing the performance and growth of the product line to include setting strategic direction, delivering Profit and Loss (P&L) consistent with business plan, interfacing with external customers, and managing internal stakeholders and a staff of project managers (PMs) charged with executing a portfolio of projects. In addition to extensive business acumen and personnel management experience, this role requires in-depth knowledge of Draper projects, technologies and customer community as well as highly developed strategic leadership and change management skills to balance execution, growth, and organization development goals while collaborating across the corporation and adhering the corporate policies and procedures. Job Description: Duties and Responsibilities:

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to develop a multi-year strategic plan and deliver outcomes that impacted critical National Security missions.
• Proven, metric driven success in managing P&L for a growing full lifecycle portfolio with challenging external and internal commitments including a strong track record of financial accountability to include both forecasting and delivery.
• Demonstrated thought leadership in Draper’s markets with well-established customer relationships across the National Security ecosystem.
• Proven track record of translating thought leadership into new programs by leading complex shaping, capture, and proposals using standard Shipley Business Winning processes
• Demonstrated track record of successfully leading technical, cross-functional project teams using industry standard Program Management Institute (PMI) Competencies through all phases of the project lifecycle and diverse contract types particularly on large, complex projects (including research, development, and production) to deliver the project’s objectives including technical, cost, schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Proven skills partnering across the business and the ability to collaborate within and across organizational boundaries.
• Executive level communication skills with experience presenting complex information in a concise and appropriate manner to senior leaders.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time to engage with current and prospective customers and partners.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications
• Ability to be persuasive and a strong relationship builder.
• Bachelor's degree in technical or business-related discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of directly related experience reflecting increased responsibilities over time.
• Minimum of 10 years of demonstrated strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to achieve results through others. This includes leading large teams preferably including leadership of leaders.
• Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Secret Clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year strategic business plans to scale mission impact consistent with the goals and objectives of the Business Area and Corporation strategies.
• Analyze market trends, incorporate intimate customer mission knowledge, identify gaps and opportunities for product line innovation.
• Lead an efficient and effective product line including full lifecycle portfolio P&L with the full range of contract vehicles that consistently delivers on challenging external and internal commitments with accurate business development pipeline, financial, talent, and facility forecasts.
• Cultivate relationships with the customer community in support of current projects and shaping future growth opportunities.
• Demonstrate thought leadership in the mission and market space by staying actively engaged with our key external stakeholders.
• Responsible for recruiting, retaining, developing, and overseeing high-performing, diverse PM talent execute projects - spanning contracts, shaping & capture, proposals, internal research and development, and capital improvements - using industry standard objective performance measures, i.e. technical, cost, schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Accountable for adherence to all corporate policies and procedures defined in Draper’s Operational Framework.
• Create, demonstrate, and promote a positive culture, and ensure an environment of collaboration, inclusivity, and respect in alignment with the company’s goals and values.

Benefits

• Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees