Senior Technical Project Manager -Space Program - Peraton
Greenbelt, MD
About the Job
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager in support of our premier customer, NASA, Exploration and Space Communications (ESC) Division, based in Greenbelt, MD. This is primarily a remote position for a candidate within commutable distance to the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD; the candidate may commute periodically to GSFC and travel to other NASA locations as needed.
As prime contractor on the NASA Space Exploration Networks Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract, Peraton is responsible for the development, operation, maintenance, sustainment and systems engineering of NASA’s worldwide satellite communication networks. In this position, you will conduct terrestrial ground-site development and sustainment for earth-moon communications and earth-sun Lagrange-L2 communications in support of NASA’s Return-to-Moon and Roman Space Telescope missions. You will be an integral part of a world class team that builds and ensures NASA’s space-ground communications are reliable and meet mission requirements.
This position will consist of project management and technical leadership duties for the NASA Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS) and Antenna for Roman Mission Support (ARMS) ground-site development projects. In this role, you will be responsible for directing execution of all aspects of the projects and be responsible for overall performance from a financial, technical, schedule, contractual, and customer satisfaction perspective. You will ensure master plans and schedules are followed and will guide your team to develop solutions and apply critical thinking to program challenges, while collaborating with stakeholders to seek opportunities to maximize customer satisfaction.
In this position, you will:
- Manage team execution to achieve financial, delivery, and contractual performance targets for assigned projects/programs under guidance of the Group Lead
- Develop, manage and status-update the integrated master schedule (IMS) for all programs
- Direct engineering work execution in accordance with requirements
- Manage a team of direct reports and associated team activities
- Identify, analyze, quantify, track and report status of program risks
- Lead regular internal program reviews to track performance against targets and metrics
- Conduct regular on-site customer program reviews to communicate project status (schedule, budget, contracts and seek new areas to add value)
- Meet with customer and other stakeholders to keep open and transparent communication of program issues and decisions
- Collaborate with other program teams to ensure products and services effectively meet the requirements and expectations of the customer programs and contracts
- Coordinate and collaborate, as needed, with international partners in coordination with NASA
- Ensure that all programs are supported with appropriate processes and documentation across all functional areas (Engineering, Finance, Contracts, Subcontracts, Human Resources, Mission Assurance, etc.) in the organization
- Occasionally travel to NASA sites for project-related activities
Qualifications
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Math, or other applicable technical discipline and 12+ years of related experience or a Master’s degree and 10+ years of related experience
- Experience in US Government project execution
- cost, schedule, performance and risk
- mission-level understanding and associated impact on the project
- IT security and related impacts
- Experience leading teams to convert statement-of-work scope to requirements to a level adequate for estimating work package efforts within an IMS and managing requirement change
- Experience interfacing with Government and/or Prime customers to provide status of projects
- Experience directing development, integration, and testing of space communication systems with teams executing systems engineering, development engineering, sustaining engineering, operations, and maintenance
- Experience working with a supply chain team to execute project procurements, to include statement of work authorship, evaluation of quotes and developing technical justifications for selected vendors
- Experience working with a Program Management team to develop cost estimates, schedules, and technical responses to task order requests
- Experience managing and leading a team of multiple direct reports, to include performance management, time approvals, salary planning and other management tasks
- Experience managing subcontractors, from SOW and RFP authorship through post-award execution and delivery
- Experience using Microsoft tools such as Project, Excel and Word
- Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance (US Citizenship Required)
DESIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Aerospace, Computer Science)
- Experience managing and supporting all aspects of government or commercial facilities-related construction, upgrade or renovation projects
- Experience developing or supporting NASA space and/or ground communication systems
- PMI certification as a PMP
- Experience using Deltek tools such as PM Compass and Open Plan
- Experience with selection and hiring of candidates for technical and management positions within a department
- Experience in performing in fast-paced and dynamic environments in development and program execution
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience interfacing with international organizations
- Active Secret security clearance
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Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.