Director, Program Management Excellence (PMX)

About the job

Job Title: Director, Program Management Excellence

Job Code: 44898

Job Location: Plano, Rockwall, or Greenville, TX

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

Job Description:

Lead the Program Management Excellence (PMX) team for the ISR Sector, guiding the program management function across a $4B+ business portfolio. This role is responsible for building and developing high-performing teams, advancing people, processes, and tools, and promoting program execution best practices across the Aerospace & Defense business. The position partners closely with cross-functional leaders to drive continuous improvement and strengthen program team performance across the sector.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

• 25% travel based on business needs (CONUS or OCONUS).

• Oversee predictable program execution across Division Programs.

• Oversee Program Performance Analysis / Reporting for the Sector.

• Partner with program PMX leads to ensure executable baseline plans (cost and schedule).

• Drive R&O best practices into execution across all programs for the Sector.

• Oversee PMX leads Manage Division PM training.

• Program Leadership Team (PLT) Certification program.

• Program Management (RPM) rotational program.

• Oversee coordination of training requirements and training instruction for program teams.

• Training metrics.

• Organize Gate and Independent Reviews for the Sector.

• Own implementation of tools across the Sector.

• Opportunity & Risk Register.

• Schedule Metrics Analysis & Reporting Tool (SMART).

• Program Health Dashboard (PHD) & Automated Program Review Template (PRT).

• Support various sectors and division reviews.

• Ensure appropriate PMO staffing for program proposals, baseline activities, and execution.

• Enforce Program Management policy and process requirements.

• Coordinates and adjudicates PMX support priorities.

• Collaborate with Segment and Corporate PMX function to develop and disseminate policy, tools, and training.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 13 years of prior relevant experience.

• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience.

• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.

• Demonstrated business accumen and highest level of technical mastery in functional area. Leadership capability to guide business or functional teams without formal management role.

• Demonstrated program management, proposal management, program planning, and EVMS experience.

• 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 disbursed teams.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience managing Profit & Loss (P&L).

• Experience providing instructional training to program team(s).

• Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.

• Knowledge of the Business Acquisition Process (BAP).

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