Description:The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact.
What is the mission?
By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.
What does this role look like?
The GeoXO Deputy Program Manager (PM) and Spacecraft Director is responsible for developing and delivering hardware and software products on cost and schedule across all GeoXO vehicles. This involves managing a cross-functional team to deliver products from design through production and subcontracting to the Integration and Test (I&T) organization until product verification is complete. The successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of all aspect of the spacecraft product lifecycle from development through delivery, will understand interrelationships throughout the spacecraft, and will have significant experience leading a large, matrixed team.
The Deputy PM and Spacecraft Director will be responsible for fully deploying cross function resources to achieving 100% mission success while meeting all business commitments and program objectives in a dynamic, firm fixed price environment.
In this role will offer you the following daily key primary responsibilities:
• Oversee a team of approximately 150 shared and fully dedicated matrixed employees across Electrical Power Systems (EPS), Command and Data Handling (C&DH), Communications (COMM), Structures, Mechanisms, Thermal, Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C), Software, and Propulsion disciplines
• Total lifecycle responsibility from drawing release through hardware and software delivery to I&T; to include both make and subcontracted subsystems
• Cost, Schedule, and technical ownership of approximately half of the $2 Billion contract
• Lead the cultural transition from a cost plus to a fixed price contract execution model across the spacecraft IPT organization.
• Establish strong customer counterpart-relationships and maintain quality communications with key customer personnel.
• Provide open, honest, and effective management communication and enable technical communication to leadership and team members, as well as external stakeholders.
• Participate in programmatic reviews to assure related programmatic and technical, schedule and cost opportunities, risks and issues are identified and resolved per plan.
• Proactively keep program executive management apprised of issues and recovery plans and employ positive interpersonal and communication skills that encourage and guide organizations and employees and advance teamwork, ensuring “no surprises”, and including external stakeholders as necessary.
• Work in conjunction with Program Office (F&BO, Contracts, Chief Engineer), Space, and ATLO segments to assure engineering development and production activity is effectively executed. Includes working with Supply Chain to assure Supplier SOWs (Statements of Work).
Basic Qualifications:To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications: • 10 years of highly effective leadership experience with a proven ability to manage through complex, firm fixed price environments
• Project or Program management / leadership experience with demonstrated ability to meet cost, schedule, and technical objectives on firm fixed price contracts
• Experience as a (CAM) Control Account Management or with (EVM) Earned Value Management principles
• Prior Program Management, IRAD, or CRAD execution experience
• Experience interfacing with company executives, customers and external agencies.
• Experience with risk and opportunity management
• Experience with integrated planning or equivalent
Desired Skills:To be effective, ideally, you should also have:• Strong understanding of P&L, functional support, enterprise capabilities, Production/Manufacturing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven track record of successfully interacting with LM Executives, Domestic/International Customers, and Partners
• Strong Revolutionary Leadership skills and capabilities with proven ability to build large, diverse, inclusive teams that are geographically dispersed
• Proven ability to work across the Enterprise to partner with the functional organizations and the Executive Leadership Team to ensure the full capabilities of LM Space are leveraged
This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility one of the Coolest places to work: Denver, Colorado , and be expected to work in the office.
PLEASE NOTE-Other important information:
• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match.
• Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Benefits of Employment:
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Clearance Level: None
Other Important Information You Should KnowExpression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $180,000 - $287,500. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year. This position is incentive plan eligible.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.
With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.
If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you’re invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on
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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: No
Career Area: Program Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
