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Senior Project Manager

Empowering. Joining our Information Technology team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, youll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights. BAE is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to manage complex, enterprise impacting IT programs within our Information Technology Organization. The PM will be responsible for end to end execution of IT projects; IT infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, compliance projects on the cloud or on-premises. The candidate will have strong project management experience managing large complex projects or multiple concurrent projects. The candidate will be leading programs and projects through the project lifecycle including Planning and Analysis, Execution, Delivery, Stabilization and Benefit Realization.

Strong project management experience is required which includes:

• Business case development
• Effective design and development of Portfolio, Program, Project (P3) execution strategies
• Cross boundary integration, dependency identification & tracking
• Effective leadership and program & project execution
• Develop solutions to complex problems which require use of ingenuity, innovation and robust design
• Management of requirements, priorities and alignment with organizational objectives & success criteria
• Work breakdown structure, effort estimation, resource loaded schedule management and execution to the strategy/plan,
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation,
• Resource management including guiding and motivating team members,
• Cost breakdown structure, cost estimation, cost management throughout the project lifecycle including management of cost overrun/underrun
• Vendor relationship management including working with third-party systems integrators
• Organizational change management, communication, training, stakeholder engagement, enablement

The candidate shall be highly customer focused, meeting customer expectation and responsive to feedback. The candidate shall leverage servant leadership, emotional intelligence, strong communication and decision making skills to navigate effectively across all functional areas and organizational levels.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 10 years work experience.
• PMP Certification
• Enhanced servant leadership skills
• Effective customer ownership, customer centricity
• Effective leadership of program / project execution, program/project success
• Hands-on experience with agile project execution, release agility
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Detail oriented, organized, disciplined.
• Proactive, problem solving skills, innovative, change champion
• Business and strategic plan development.
• Project finance management experience.
• Executive level communication and presentation skills
• Learning agility, relentless improvement mindset
• Expertise in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

• Agile Certification
• Aerospace & defense industry experience
• Earned Value Management experience
• ServiceNow SPM experience

Pay Information:

Full-Time Salary Range: $120000 - $204000. Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.