Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery
About The Position
What's it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Information Technology team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you’ll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights. BAE Systems, Inc. is looking for an experienced and results-driven Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery, to join our team. This role will report into our IT Program Management Office and lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments. As a Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery, you will play a critical role in driving project delivery excellence, building and maturing project managers, and promoting a culture of ownership and transparency.
Requirements
- Requires advanced conceptual thinking in complex and/or complex new situations.
- Impacts quality, timeliness of results, planning and revenues or budget.
- Enterprise wide.
- Skilled communicator who influences and shapes the image of a complex Program, Business Area, Sector or Enterprise wide.
- Negotiates mainly internally, at higher levels, and occasionally with external relationships.
- Project/Program Manager responsible for oversight of diverse project team or small program ($7.5 to $25M in revenue). The project typically has well-defined goals and follows a well-established process. Typically completed within 12 months.
- Bachelor's Degree.
- More than 10+ years of relevant work experience.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
- Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices
- Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to achieve results through others
Nice To Haves
- Master's Degree preferred.
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- More than 12+ years relevant management experience preferred.
- IT Service management, product management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments.
- Build and mature Project managers through targeted coaching, mentorship, and development in execution excellence and leadership.
- Coach team members across IT to drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, risks and delivery milestones.
- Provide strategic direction, prioritization, and oversight to ensure consistent, high quality program delivery across all initiatives
- Ensure projects follow established practices for successful project lifecycle management, leveraging BAE LifeCycle Management frameworks.
- Promote a culture of ownership, transparency, and results driven- performance.
- Embed Agile practices to enhance execution speed, transparency and adaptability
- Support IT Operations teams as they shift to a product management team structure. Coach program and delivery teams on applying Agile principles within a structured, hybrid program management environment.
- Guide leaders and teams in balancing Agile ways of working with governance, planning and delivery commitments.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- employee assistance program
- legal plan
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental leave
- military leave
- bereavement leave
- any applicable federal and state sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
