Principal, Program Management Excellence- Operations
Listed on 2026-10-17
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Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management -
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Operations Management
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Job Title: Principal, Program Management Excellence
- Operations
Job Code: 45217
Job Location: Anaheim CA, Herndon VA, Camden NJ, Palm Bay FL, Northampton MA or Millersville MD.
Schedule: 9/80
- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off
The Program Management Excellence (PMX) team within the Maritime Sector is looking to fill a Functional Lead role. The successful candidate should be an experienced Program Manager and Operations Manager who is well-versed in People, Process, and Tools best practices within the Aerospace & Defense industry. The successful candidate will serve as the enabler for Operations execution across all programs in the Sector.
The candidate must be able to lead cross-functionally with the other members of the Maritime PMX staff, operations functional partners and the sector’s IPTs to drive predictable program performance.
- Drive and support predictable performance across all sector programs for the Operations function
- Manage Sector CAM training & certification for the Operations function
- Partner with program, other IPT members with Operations function to support ensure executable baseline plan (cost and schedule)
- Drive and support program baseline planning for the Operations function
- Partner with program, IPT members with the Operations function to ensure operations IPT lead / CAM excellence
- Serve as an IPT support member and advocate for Operations functional initiatives within sector programs
- Assist and support the function for Gate and Independent Reviews for the sector
- Drive program R&O management for the Operations function
- Support the program, IPT and Operations function for preparation of various sector and division reviews
- Emphasize Program Management & Operations policies and processes are applied within programs
- Support continuous improvement projects
- Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities
- Ability to Travel at least 25%
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience
- or post-graduate degree and 10 years of experience
- or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related experience
- 10+ years of prior experience in Aerospace & Defense program management, Operations management and EVMS
- Prior experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L)
- Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance
Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to present to executives/management on important topics
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify problems and propose solutions
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, across geographically-dispersed teams
- Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance
- Prior experience managing direct reports
- Prior experience providing instructional training to program team(s)
- Ability to Travel – up to 50%
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington State, DC and Virginia (Greater D.C. area), Denver, or NYC areas is $153K-$284K.…
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