Project Manager
About The Position
The Strategic Hypersonics Division of Leidos is seeking a Project Manager to support production of advanced technology military missile systems and subsystems. The role oversees design and development, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of electrical ground support equipment and other test equipment. The Project Manager delivers the project's technical scope within cost and schedule constraints agreed to by the Program Manager and plans, tracks, and executes complex hardware deliveries within technical, schedule, and budget constraints. The role plans and directs technical and functional resources performing work to build, repair, troubleshoot, test, and maintain electrical ground support and test equipment hardware. It defines project tasks and required resources, coordinates staffing with functional managers, reviews earned value data, contributes to proposals and risk reviews, evaluates daily execution, and works with program schedulers to maintain the program schedule. The Project Manager also supports the PMO in mitigating cost, schedule, and technical risks related to program materials and fosters coordination and communication across the project.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
- At least 8 years of experience.
- Proven technical leadership skills in project lead roles.
Nice To Haves
- Earned Value Management (EVM) experience.
- Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Clear understanding and application of disciplined, metric-driven program management.
- Experience with multi-year development and production programs valued at $100M or more involving aerospace products such as missiles, space launch, or rocket launch systems.
- Proven leadership skills in program or Control Account Manager (CAM) roles.
- History of working effectively in a team environment, fostering communication, listening to teammate concerns, and reconciling internal issues or differences.
- Strong understanding of hardware development, manufacturing, procurement, production, and integration requirements.
- Proven experience managing to and meeting tight program schedules.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to communicate effectively across functional disciplines and experience briefing senior leadership.
- Strong interpersonal skills and measured, articulate communication.
- Ability to solicit and process complex information and data to solve complex problems and make sound decisions.
- Analytical and organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written communication.
Responsibilities
- Plan work and direct technical and functional resources for building, repairing, troubleshooting, testing, and maintaining electrical ground support and test equipment hardware.
- Plan and execute hardware-centric projects by defining tasks and required resources to meet program objectives.
- Communicate and review staffing needs with functional managers across the assigned project.
- Review and analyze Earned Value Management (EVM) data at the work package and control account levels in support of the Control Account Manager.
- Participate in proposal development by providing work-scope descriptions, schedule inputs, and resource inputs.
- Provide inputs to the risk review board.
- Evaluate and guide daily execution activities in support of program objectives.
- Work with program schedulers to provide updates and status information needed to maintain the program schedule.
- Support the PMO in mitigating cost, schedule, and technical risks related to program materials.
- Foster coordination and communication within the project.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
