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Airbus US Space & Defense, Inc. · 4 hours ago

Principal Senior Project Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

18+ years exp

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U.S. Citizen Only

Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Serve as program manager and/or Deputy program manager for identified space program(s).

Responsible for program management including technical, cost, schedule and risk management for high dollar amount/high complexity/large team programs.

Manage project planning, costing, scheduling and provide regular updates to the Managing Director and executive program management reviews.

Provide daily project direction and support. Coordinate with team members (engineering, support functions) to plan, update, and execute program plans against cost and schedule, with risks and risk mitigation, and within budget.

Develop detailed Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and track and manage project costs against the program spend rate baseline.

Work with master scheduler to develop schedules that identify major milestones, internal and external task dependencies, critical paths, and resources allocation requirements.

Create and submit status reports, briefings, summaries, technical reviews, revenue/budget reports, cost/benefit analysis, risk management and other documents as necessary. Provide current project and program updates to senior management and team members to report status on cost, performance and schedule.

Proactively track leading indicators, identify issues or delays and recommend corrective actions as needed. Provide the Managing Director with recommendations and implementation strategies to ensure project and program costs remain within the budget and schedule.

Manage and update project risks through a risk management plan that identifies, assess, documents, and mitigates program risks.

Coordinate and manage projects and ensure Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) are completed. Manage internal, external, and international organizations to ensure strict adherence to timelines.

Manage milestone progress and invoice for work accomplished.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, other external stakeholders, and internal stakeholders, working in a collaborative partnership to ensure successful program execution and business growth. This includes working with internal support functions across the company – finance, contracts, compliance, security, export, configuration management, etc.

Provide direct management of partners and affiliates, including program definition and scope, program reviews, deliverables, schedule and milestones management, risk management, payments, invoices.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, affiliates and other external stakeholders.

Coordinate with finance, contracting, supply chain, compliance and security team members to ensure project are being managed per financial, contractual and compliance requirements, within project scope and budget and following the approved schedule.

Apply guidance and redirection as required to ensure programs stay on track.

Leverage individual project management and industry experience to contribute substantively to company efforts to optimize company project management processes.

Qualification

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Required

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Physics or other STEM related scientific field.

18 years (15 years with a master's degree) of progressive experience in aerospace, systems, electrical, mechanical, or physics

Experience in technical or business project management or of small teams

Experience managing projects and teams, for space flight hardware or technologies, for U.S. Government or commercial space customers, with successful execution (cost, schedule, performance)

Understanding of space systems, technologies and products.

Experience and familiarity with U.S. government contracts.

Knowledge of program management metrics, tools, reporting methods.

Systems-thinker, entrepreneurial mindset and ability to perform in a fast-paced environment with complex issues and competing priorities.

Excellent listening, comprehension, interpersonal, communication (verbal/writing), skills as responsible for daily communication in all forms.

Excellent analytical and presentation skills; clear, concise, accuracy, and commitment to follow-up.

Collaborative spirit, diplomacy skills with inclusive and personable approach.

Professional demeanor, with ability to effectively engage and partner with stakeholders at all levels, internally and externally, from support functions to engineers to executive leadership to senior government officials.

Ability to work in a diverse, geographically distributed team to achieve successful program execution.

Excellent PC skills, specifically Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint

Experience with MS Office suite, MS Project

20% domestic and international travel

Ability to work extended hours on occasion, in support of requirements for program execution, proposals, customer events, international time zones, etc.

U.S. Citizenship required

Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance

Active DoD security clearance at Top Secret/ SCI desirable