Supplier Program Manager

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Supplier Program Manager to join our team… areas. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here ! Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today! Leidos seeks a Project Manager to work with the Indirect Fire protection Capability (IFPC) here in Huntsville, Alabama. This role will support the All Up Round Magazine (AUR-M) team and involves strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, risk management, and customer engagement. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience managing complex projects across internal teams and external vendors, with hands-on involvement in contract operations, staffing, finances, and deliverables. Position is based onsite up to 5 days/week with some telework flexibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering, or a related field and at least 8-12+ years of related experience or a Master’s Degree and at least 6+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a Degree.
Experience working with Risk Management Tools
Experience in understanding Statements of Work (SOW)
Experience with Supplier Documents Requirement Lists (SDRLs).
Experience working on large projects under DoD-sponsored Contracts.
Demonstrate experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms.
Experience with engineering program and project management activities including reading engineering drawings, developing requirements, coordinating subcontracts and subcontractors, scheduling, project execution and wrap-up, and reporting.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills for communicating with customers and or clients; strong problem solving and people skills for collaborating with team.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Earned Value Management system (EVMS) process.
Familiarity with modern-day Cybersecurity and Cryptographic Key Management solutions.
PMP Certified
Master’s Degree in a relevant technical or management field

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate and manage large projects.
Managed Supplier Costs, schedule, and technical performance.
Provide strong, proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis.
Create project management plans, Statement of Works (SOW), set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
Ensures projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope.
Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, and report monthly accruals.
Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards and project updates.
Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.