Contested Space Portfolio Manager
3 weeks ago
The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior leader to join our team as the Assistant General Manager for the Contested Space Portfolio within the Space Architecture and Integration Division. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong background in space systems engineering, program management, and leadership.
Key Responsibilities- Lead and manage Aerospace efforts in support of the Space Superiority Division (SSC/BZC) within the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO) and C3BM (Command, Control and Communication Battle Management)
- Establish trusted relationships with the SSC/SSIO leadership team to enable capability delivery for the space enterprise architecture
- Provide senior technical guidance to teams of Government, Aerospace, support contractors, and other FFRDC personnel to monitor program efforts, identify and resolve technical and performance integration risks/issues, and develop strategic roadmaps
- Lead the execution and implementation of the Systems of Systems Engineering process
- Conduct budget planning and allocation of resources, including identifying and hiring to fill needed positions and coordinating ETG support
- Provide proactive support to customers to identify high value work for Aerospace, translating customer requests into technical priorities and planning and managing the team accordingly
- Work across the company to build and maintain strong collaborative, mission-driven relationships between the engineering and technology groups and the corporate program offices
- Advise on acquisition strategies and program requirements affecting future architectures and operational integration to ensure successful delivery of warfighting capability that increasingly leverage enterprise solutions for improved efficiency and interoperability
- Drive the transformation of Aerospace and customer work programs to a digital engineering future
- Report on the organization's activities, progress, and achievements through written and oral reports
- Minimum 12 years of progressively demonstrated management and technical experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics or equivalent technical area
- Previous people management experience and the ability to perform resource planning, staffing, coaching and mentoring, and performance and development of team
- Demonstrated experience with building, leading, and maintaining integrated multidisciplinary mixed government, SE&I, SETA and FFRDC teams
- Demonstrated ability to make time-critical mission success decisions with ambiguous or incomplete data
- Demonstrated experience working across organizations and leading teams of technical experts and support staff; success as a relationship builder, complex problem solver, deep critical thinker, mentor, and coach
- Broad experience across a variety of space disciplines such as space acquisition, systems of systems engineering or space (or similar) architecture design
- Excellent social skills enabling effective communication and relationship building with customers, direct reports, colleagues, and senior management
- Ability to travel as required (approx. 25 %)
- Active Top Secret / SCI clearance with ability to obtain Special Access (SAP) and maintain clearance, issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
- 15 or more years of progressively responsible professional engineering/scientific experience
- Advanced technical degree in engineering, science or math
- A strategic vision for how you would transform the organization to outpace threat
- Experience leading a large technical organization
- Prior management role in direct support of a government customer in program office
- Proven ability to work in fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Experience operating across multiple security compartments
- Current Special Access (SAP) clearance
The Aerospace Corporation offers a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.
(Min - Max)
$230,000 - $275,000 Pay Basis: AnnualLeadership Competencies
Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:
- Operate Strategically
- Lead Change
- Engage with Impact
- Foster Innovation
- Deliver Results
Ways We Reward Our Employees
During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.
Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
- 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
- Flexible spending accounts
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
- Relocation assistance
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Education assistance programs
- An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
We are all unique, from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other-the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.
Equal Opportunity Commitment
The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion,genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you're an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at ieo.mailbox@aero.org. You can also review Know Your Rights : Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.
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