Support the director in developing the vision and direction for the department to execute and enhance corporate capabilities that inform our customers’ architecture, systems-of-systems, and enterprise decisions.
Ensure Portfolio Analysis Department and related corporate activities fully leverage expertise from across Aerospace, incorporating best practices in enterprise systems engineering.
Assist in the management of the department, including staff performance reviews, resource allocation, and personnel management, and recommend performance improvements, career development, personnel actions, and awards.
Serve as a contact for program office inquiries, frame problems, develop implementation plans, and identify appropriate personnel based on expertise.
Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, maintain robust relationships with peer organizations, and lead multi-discipline analyst teams.
Identify new partnerships for future portfolio analysis growth in customer impact.
Coordinate and manage complex technical tasks among customers, ensuring quality and accuracy of work products.
Recruit, onboard, and develop staff through performance management, mentoring, and coaching.
Collaborate with subdivision leadership to cultivate an effective national organization.
Lead technical activities, organize project teams, and execute a variety of architecture conceptualization, assessment, analysis, and portfolio analysis activities.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and equivalent technical experience
Typically 10 or more years demonstrated experience leading engineering studies and analysis teams, managing/coordinating complex technical tasks among team members, and translating customer needs into actionable tasks for analysts
Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams involving system design, acquisition and/or operations in one or more of the following areas: space systems, ground systems, launch systems, or operations
Experience in hiring, supervising, mentoring, and inspiring staff
Proven ability to initiate and lead project teams, develop project plans, identify high‑impact deliverables, and manage schedule commitments
Exceptional time‑management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and to lead cross‑functional teams
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to present methods and results effectively
Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment, adapt quickly to change, manage ambiguity, and demonstrate initiative under pressure
Ability to travel approximately 15–25 % of the time
This position requires a current and active TS/SCI clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government, and the ability to pass a CI Polygraph. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.