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Associate Manager, Systems Eng - IT / Active Clearance / Onsite - CA

JOB ID: 637944BR

Date posted: May. 09, 2023

Locations: Palmdale, California

Program: ADP

Description:

This position is for a Systems Engineering IT Manager working for the Enterprise Business & Digital Transformation (EBDT) team located in Palmdale, California supporting the Aeronautics business area. This manager will provide leadership and functional management for IT Systems Engineers and Administrators.

The Manager is responsible for personnel and resource management including:

• Assign direct reports work tasks, collect feedback and provide performance appraisals, assist with career planning, and identify training development for direct reports.
• Conduct staffing and manpower planning to support current and anticipated projects, including interviewing and hiring personnel while balancing staffing demand, supply and affordability.
• Define, communicate and coordinate staffing priorities as well as funding requirements with the appropriate project leads.
• Facilitates and ensures functional team meets current and strategic requirements
• Fosters career development and employee growth as: Technical contributors, program leads, functional leaders, and future business leaders
• Establishes and implements organizational training and development plans
• Fosters employee feedback, recognition, and engagement
• Proactively communicates with all constituents
• Ensures flow-down of tactical information and strategic vision
• Implements hiring, recruiting, and retention initiatives to meet near and long-term business needs

In addition to personnel and resource management, the manager will be responsible for providing the leadership necessary to pro-actively identify and resolve issues that may impact the ability to achieve Mission Success. The individual will be engaged in program activities across the full development life cycle, ensuring the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools are applied on assigned programs. In addition, the individual will be given the opportunity to think strategically and guide programs to meet the needs of our customers now but ensure we are setup for future success. Duties also include:

• Guides resolution of technical issues across programs within technical discipline
• Provides technical leadership and oversight of program performance
• Ensures cost, schedule and technical commitments are met for all programs and products
• Ensures appropriate BOE’s are applied, risks and opportunities identified, and approves cost estimates
• Deploys engineering subject matter experts, best practices, and reuse of product, component, and infrastructure across Aeronautics
• Provides technology linkage and knowledge sharing across line of business
• Manages staffing and resource allocation across programs to meet technical, cost and schedule
• Supports strategy development and implements continuous improvements
• Process, tools, common products, infrastructure, and services and drives a Digital Data Environment wherever possible across our centers.
• Drive to ensure we are keeping pace with emerging technologies with current and future staff while supporting our IRAD and Functional Projects

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance; ability and willingness to obtain Top Secret
• Experience leading multi-discipline Systems IT teams
• Experience with effective project management
• Demonstrated ability to work seamlessly across organization boundaries
• Self-starter with the ability to spot potential for process improvement
• Capable of building effective relationships with teams and subject matter experts
• Experience with managing JSIG / Risk Management Framework (RMF)

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of Agile Processes
• Knowledge of Cloud Technologies
• Knowledge of DevSecOps Technologies
• Ability to lead change
• Knowledge of writing Basis of Estimates for future work
• Active Top Secret
• DoD 8570 Certification Level II
• Knowledge of Special Access Programs

Security Clearance Statement:

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level:

Top Secret with an investigation within 5 years

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest:

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely:

Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.

Work Schedules:

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position:

4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Pay Rate:

The annual base salary range for this position in California or New York City is $115,500 - $217,500. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Experience Level:

Experienced Professional

Business Unit:

ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SERVICES

Relocation Available:

Possible

Career Area:

Information Technology

Type:

Full-Time

Shift:

First