Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Independently develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains an integrated plan and schedule to meet program and/or project requirements in accordance with project management industry standards
• Performs studies, analysis (trend, variance, impact), risk assessments to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives
• Creates schedule, reports, metrics, change activity, communicates and updates plan regularly throughout lifecycle of program or project
• Works to improve project management processes, business systems, and implement best practices that support project decision makers
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives
• Assists customers to develop performance recovery plan and ensure all project control systems are in place to support ongoing support to stakeholders
• Leads, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs and change driven activities
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning and refines the business case
• Develops and establishes lead time requirements
• Facilitates and ensures integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry
• Coordinates commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies

Requirements

• More than 3 years of experience in program or project management
• More than 3 years of experience in managing project schedules and managing programs and projects
• More than 1 year of experience in a leadership role, leading teams or projects to successful completion

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Experience working on products in the satellite industry pertaining to Propulsion, Batteries or Mechanisms
• Experience with critical business and financial acumen including risk, issue, and opportunity management to drive performance

Qualifications

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g., Bachelor) and 6 or more years of related work experience for Level 3
• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g., Bachelor) and 10 or more years of related work experience for Level 4

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
• Opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid/unpaid time off
• Total Rewards package designed to attract, engage, and retain top talent
• Pay range for Experienced Level 3: $93,500 - $115,500
• Pay range for Senior Level 4: $115,600 - $142,800