Senior Account Director - Bedford, United States - SAIC
Description
SAIC delivers innovative solutions to critical challenges facing the nation and the world. As a premier provider of integrated services for the U.S. government, we support the Department of Defense, intelligence community, space communities, federal civilian agencies and international customers.
SAIC is seeking an experienced leader that can foster teambuilding, establish relationships, and has a high business acumen to support in growing a diverse portfolio across NAVSEA's Surface Warfare Centers.
The Senior Account Director aligns to the Naval Business Unit (NBU) within the Defense & Civilian Sector at SAIC and supports the SAIC Combat and Strategic Systems (CSS) Account Leader.
This role is located in Crane, IN.The Senior Account Director is responsible for:
Supporting the Account Vice President in driving internal and external growth of the Strategic and Spectrum portfolio and be able to execute sound judgement that aligns to the Account strategy and as defined by SAIC guidelines and policies.
Position oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
Responsible for ensuring contract requirements and subcontractor responsibilities are being accomplished including working on the definition and implementation of project planning techniques to provide visibility on the contract.
Responsibilities may include developing budgets and schedules to meet contractual/project requirements for an assigned portion of a program, participating in and establishing and defining program plan requirements, and monitoring and reporting performance against plans to ensure that contractual, cost and schedule objectives are met.
Duties to include:
Assisting in identifying, qualifying, and capturing opportunities for a robust pipeline focused within the Strategic System and Spectrum Warfare focal areas that supports the Naval Business Unit growth objectives.
Creating a collaborate environment that supports diversity of thought and the intent to work across the entire SAIC Enterprise to bring the absolute best personnel and capabilities onboard to support the Navy's mission and objectives
Coordinating with team members including PMs, technical leadership, and SMEs to build and execute call plans to ensure task execution is exceeding customer expectations and to position SAIC for successful pursuits of future efforts
Working closely with Program Managers to gather, assess, and validate customer requirements
Assessing probable competition and evaluates relative strengths and threats well before opportunities are released to industry
Collaborating effectively with internal teams and external partners to sustain operational excellence, resolve conflicts, and achieve customer satisfaction
Identifying technical and facility gaps and develop strategies to overcome weaknesses and mitigate risks
Supporting development of strategic teaming agree alliances with other entities supporting the Warfare Centers
Briefing strategies and business metrics at the Account, Business Unit, and Sector level meetings when needed
Establishing Overhead, Capital Expenditures, and training budgets needed to support the long term strategy
Ensuring compliance with ethical and quality standards and escalate challenges to SAIC leadership
Qualifications
Required Education and Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or higher and 20+ years of experience in relevant business, technical, or professional field of study
Understanding of Naval Combat and Strategic Systems community to include current programs of record
Sound business judgment, keen conceptual skills, intellectual discipline, self-confidence, imagination, well-developed management skills, and the personal ambition to play a major role in the growth and success of a high technology company with a strong heritage for high quality and responsive service to its clients
Ability to develop relationships with NSWC leadership and technical leads at various locations
Ability to work and execute a quick response to data calls and informational requests
Demonstrate the ability to influence constructively and interact at the highest levels of the corporate structure
Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and business acumen
Confidence and experience dealing with senior executives; ability to work effectively in fast-paced, time sensitive, and often multi-tasking environment
Strong understanding of Naval Engineering and Integration
Ability to travel, as necessary in support of the Account or the Enterprise (around 20% of the time)
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
US Citizenship required
Covid Policy:
SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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