Senior Specialist Program Management

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Management

Job Code: 46152

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

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 Defense Advanced Concepts group is looking for a new Project/Program manager to support either development of the Undersea Warfare portfolio or the Advanced Energetics and Propulsion portfolio.  A successful candidate will be a motivated to support the American warfighter in development of the next generation of weapon propulsion.  A technical background in engineering or the hard sciences with demonstrated hands on experience building experimental hardware is desired.  The Advanced Concepts group works a high mix of internal and external development efforts across all domains, the group thrives on technical challenges and a “solve it” mentality. Work is performed with general oversight.

Essential Functions:

• Support program capture and growth within the undersea warfare portfolio, specifically including but not limited to torpedo propulsion.
• Support program capture and growth within the advanced energetics, rotating detonation engine, jet engine augmenter, and advanced weapons portfolio.
• Ability to travel 25%  to customer sites to support customer meetings, engagements and trade shows.
• Assess and communicate program earned value performance.
• Proposal cost and technical volume development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant program management experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related program management experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related program management experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering degree preferred. 
• Baseline understanding of Earned Value Management and Program Management (PMI Certification not required but viewed positively).
• Engineering degree and technical background with design and developmental program experience.
• Understanding computational fluid dynamics, stress analysis, flight dynamic or electrical and electronics systems.
• Systems engineering or controls.
• Understanding of industry procurement processes and challenges.
• Experience with Microsoft products such as Work, Excel, Power Point, Teams, SharePoint.
• Understanding and experience with MS Project.
• Navy, Air Force, DARPA, DTRA, NRO, AFRL acquisition program leadership experience.