Senior Manager, Program Controls

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Job Title:
Senior Manager, Program Controls

Job Code: 41204

Job Location:
Huntsville, AL or Melbourne, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Finance organization within the Missile Solutions (MSL) Segment is seeking an experienced Program Controls manager to drive segment program performance and execution excellence. This leader will be key in establishing and integrating the newly formed Program Control Analyst function on MSL’s Tier 1 and DFAR programs. This manager will partner with the Program Planning and Controls Center of Excellence team, ensuring adherence to MSL System Description, establishment of program business rhythms, baselining and management of program performance measurement baselines (PMB), program execution, EV analysis and reporting.

The successful candidate will have the ability to drive/guide a program team toward best business practices utilizing standard tools and processes in alignment with industry standards and L3

Harris policies/procedures. This position requires strategic vision and ability to deploy large scale projects to improve and sustain Program Controls capability across the Aerojet Rocketdyne segment. This individual will work on significantly diverse assignments, assist with standardization of processes, and foster a collaborative team setting.

Essential Functions:

• Lead organizational change and partner with various functional leaders to achieve organizational goals
• Lead initiatives to develop compliant program controls processes, training material and work instructions; providing guidance and consulting to high profile MSL programs
• Proposal adequacy and executability – assist program teams with the development of quality, compliant program Baseline plans and prepare programs for Integrated Baseline Review (I )
• Assist program teams with Comprehensive Estimate at Complete (CEAC) development
• Lead various continuous improvement initiatives for the Program Planning and Controls team
• Disciplined, self-starting professional who can bring projects to closure with minimum direction, guidance and oversight
• Ability to Travel – up to 50%

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related or Graduate degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Experience leading program team for large, high visibility projects
• EVMS expertise and knowledge of government reporting requirements including IPMDAR, IPMR, DoD EVMS SIG and NDIA EIA-748-D
• 1-3 years leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience on programs with responsibility for development and execution, including setup, baseline management, update/maintenance and CDRL deliveries.
• Experience with program health metrics for Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) environment (e.g. DCMA 14
  - Point assessment; DCMA EVMS Compliance Metric (DECM) and Schedule Metric Analysis – such as BEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.)
• Experience leading Non-Advocated Reviews (NAR)
• Ability to lead and develop relationships with geographically dispersed teams
• Objective thinker with a passion for problem solving and the ability to execute challenging tasks to completion
• Proficient with the use of Microsoft Project and/or Open Plan or Primavera P6, Milestones Professional and…