Mgr - Program III

Company: BAE SYSTEMS Inf&Elec Sys Intg Location: NH 03060 Job Category: Other View this video View our Career Video Length: 2:39 min BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. With 97,500 employees worldwide, BAE Systems' sales exceeded $31.4 billion in 2007. The Electronic Warfare Line of Business concentrates on integrated avionics requirements for military tactical aircraft. Programs include advanced radar warning, radar jamming, electronic warfare systems, and electronic combat and self-protection systems. Electronic Warfare provides the electronic countermeasures suite for the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor aircraft and is the lead electronic warfare system integrator for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Its Integrated Defensive Electronic Radio Frequency Countermeasures (IDECM) system protects U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F aircraft against radar-guided missiles. Its Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) is the next-generation, directable, laser and lamp-based countermeasure that protects aircraft against heat-seeking missile threats - and the advanced sensors in the ATIRCM's counterpart Common Missile Warning system (CMWS) provide missile warning capabilities. Defines the objectives and strategies of the program, to include strategic and company objectives consistent with customer and contractual requirements. Facilitates the timely planning of the program consistent with program requirements and objectives. Assigns areas of responsibility for the program and communicates the plan to all. Drives the implementation of the program plan utilizing the tenets of proactive teamwork. Ensures the completion of tasks assigned to function organizations (or Integrated Product Teams). Coordinates the program activities with cognizant support functions. Assures the optimum utilization of manpower and program resources. Assures effective management of subcontracts and execution of the program material plan. Conducts regular reviews of program performance, evaluating the current and projected status against the approved plan. Implements an effective issues resolution process. Assures regular team identification, action planning, and review of program issues. Controls the timely start and completion of program tasks to assure fulfillment of program cost and schedule objectives. Makes effective use of program tasks directives (PTDs), program memos, and directives, to formally communicate program direction and changes. Collects, analyzes and distributes program metrics to assure objective measurement of the program performance. Allocates program management reserves. Initiates and communicates changes to the program plan when indicated by program developments. Maintains a program change control log. Implements a proactive risk management process. Assures regular team identification, mitigation planning and review of program risks, both during the program-planning phase and regularly during program execution. Measures and improves program performance through the investigation of improved processes, tools, staff training, facilitates and team dynamics. Performs regular reviews of task estimates, challenging the team to eliminate wasteful approaches. Establishes a management reserve to provide resources for unexpected program challenges. Establishes an objective roadmap for creating new business opportunities from the present program. Manages customer satisfaction to assure a high rate of repeated business. Participates in planning of company capital, IRAD, B&P resources. Trains program personnel to be alert to new opportunities and equips them with "state-of-the-art" skills to remain competitive. Utilizes existing lessons-learned in planning program objectives. Requires the documentation of program-lessons learned. Communicates lessons-learned within the program team and within the company. Establishes a program completion checklist and manages the program to assure closure of program objectives efficiently and as early as practical. Maintains accurate records of program data, deliverable items, and material. Provides training and mentoring of program management skills to subordinate and assigned employees. Performs other duties and responsibilities as required. QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university or its equivalent, and usually a minimum of fifteen years work experience; or a Master's Degree and twelve years experience; or a Ph.D. and ten years experience. Effective Program Management Production Experience Development Experience as it relates to technology refresh and major DMS events. Strong positive interpersonal skills. Proven experience working well with Operations. Excellent Customer Interface experience. Solid Proposal Development, Fact Finding and Negotiation experience. Masters Degree. 15 years experience working in areas related to the above. Active Secret Clearance People are the greatest asset in any Company ... BAE Systems is committed to a high performance culture and provides an environment that challenges our employees to be remarkable and obtain their full potential. We are an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer that understands the value of diversity and its impact on a high performance culture. Join us ... To Apply for this position, please CLICK HERE Learn about BAE Systems  |  View all BAE Systems opportunities  |