Proposal Operations Lead - Millennium Space Systems

Boeing•El Segundo, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation. Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen. This position's internal job is Business Ops Specialist. Our team is currently hiring for a Level 4.

Requirements

2 years of project and process execution as the individual contributor or project lead demonstrating ability to achieve desired outcomes on projects, on-time and within budget.
Ability to co-define the project, design and plan the project, and manage the project team.
Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the project, including the impact of changes in one area on another area
This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship.
A final U.S. clearance Post Start is required
Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance.
Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance.
To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

3 years of project and process execution as the individual contributor or project lead demonstrating ability to achieve desired outcomes on projects, on-time and within budget.
Ability to co-define the project, design and plan the project, and manage the project team.
Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the project, including the impact of changes in one area on another area
Industry awareness by understanding, building, and using industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners
Industry awareness by understanding, building, and using industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
Ability to synthesize aspects of industry events such as conferences into proposal campaign capture plans, pipeline updates, and identify gaps in Millennium Space System’s offerings
Knowledge and can coach others on the Millennium Space Systems proposal process and how it applies to at least two different customer proposal processes

Responsibilities

Organize, plan, schedule and lead the execution of proposal processes with proposal managers and capture managers to ensure proposals are properly staffed, Gated, and aligned with the company strategy
Coordinate across Boeing business units to align proposal efforts, Gates, and reporting of new business campaigns
Create, collect, report, and trend metrics for operational efficiency of proposal operations
Determine the process to be used to accomplish new business goals, properly document processes to enable seamless proposal operations, organize people and activities, separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow, identify opportunities for synergy and integration, and simplify complex processes
Lead of proposal and new business capture operations, processes, templates, Gated practice, and repositories.
Execution of proposals through the support of proposal managers and capture team leaders.
Assists in the development and integration of programs, plans, strategies and processes to meet business goals for authorization, such as sourcing strategy and cost imperatives.
Supports the coordination and clarifies the analysis with business partners to validate results and determine scope to meet long range business goals and develop business cases.
Coordinates the commitments with internal and external organizations to fulfill strategies.
Identifies risk and opportunity potential in proposal operations execution.
Meets with leadership to gain approval.
Provides implementation direction for work authorization.
Collects, organizes and provides data according to established processes within the management system to maintain status of proposals, customer and supplier relationships.
Ensures follow up action for issue resolution.
Provides coaching and guidance to less experienced personnel.