Senior Project Leader - NNSA

Senior Project Leader - NNSA

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This position will support the National Nuclear Security Administration Programs Directorate through integration and coordination of a team of technical contributors. The candidate will coordinate efforts across the Aerospace support to NNSA, identify issues, prioritize tasks, facilitate communications, and scope requirements for and initiating acquisition of technical support from across Aerospace to include cost and market analysis support. This will require the candidate to work collaboratively with program development and program execution staff to fully leverage the Aerospace Corporation's technical capabilities in all relevant areas to best support the NNSA.

This position is a hybrid position that can be based in Albuquerque, NM, El Segundo, CA or Crystal City, VA. The position will ask the candidate to be on-site 1 day a week.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide overall day-to-day technical support and guidance to NNSA staff across the NNSA Line-of-Business (LOB) managing the NNSA support.
• Work with the principal points of contact in Aerospace Contracts, Pricing and Financial Management at the contract level, to assist with consistent contracting, pricing, processes and reporting across the NNSA LOB and Sub-Lines of Business.
• Coordinate with NNSA's Agency Contracting Officers' Representative (COR), as well as all Aerospace NNSA Task Managers to ensure task order (TO) alignment with core competencies and FFRDC SE&I functions, and execution of TOs and deliverables in accordance with the task requirements.
• Lead monthly NNSA status update reports to include but not limited to:
• NNSA-level monthly report generation
• Monthly LOB-level report reviews and processes
• Tracking and reporting financial status, working with Aerospace Financial Management
• Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) vetting for all NNSA-affiliated tasks
• Non-Disclosure Agreement Compliance Tracking
• Develop cost and schedule reports and other technical materials for customers, Aerospace executives, and the CSG leaders
• Support integration activities for NNSA growth to include working with Aerospace facilities for future NNSA enclave requirements.
• Lead systems studies and analyses that support technical, programmatic and organizational decision-making on a variety of projects.
• Lead collaborations with program development and program execution staff to fully leverage the Aerospace Corporation's technical capabilities in all relevant areas to best support the NNSA.
• Lead task execution and integration of technical analyses into high quality, unified final products.
• This role focuses heavily on the Strategic, Innovation, Accountability, and collaborative aspects of the People portions of the Leadership Competency Model

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree from an accredited university in engineering, science, or other field of study coupled with equivalent experience in technical operations and/or management of advanced technology national security systems.
• Twelve years of experience in mission assurance related activities; the application of system engineering, risk management, quality, and management principles to achieve success of a design, development, testing, deployment, and operations process, and identifying and mitigating design, production, test, and field support deficiencies that threaten mission success.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a self-motivated and self-directed manner.
• Demonstrated teaming and leadership skills in tasks such as formulating plans, leading studies, and utilizing internal technology competency organizations.
• Demonstrated capability to perform analysis and lead technical product delivery
• This position requires a current Top Secret or DOE Q-clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
• Some travel is required.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• A formal degree or certification in systems engineering and/or project management.
• Experience in systems engineering, program controls and quality, programmatic risk management, cost, schedule and performance trades, interface definition, resource loaded schedules, documentation repositories, change control processes, and technology development investment analyses.
• Experience interacting with customer personnel on a variety of technical, programmatic, and administrative issues.
• Experience in the analysis of complex technical, programmatic, and management environments at a high programmatic level.
• Knowledge of NNSA Defense Programs and Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation missions.
• Knowledge of Aerospace Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) skills and capabilities.

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

We are all unique, from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other-the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you're an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at ieo.mailbox@aero.org . You can also review The Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law and the supplement , as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement .