Program Manager - San Diego, United States - Workday

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    Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) is seeking a highly motivated and tactical Program Manager to manage programs within its Electronic Warfare (EW) division R&D portfolio.

    The candidate will support our EW Signal Processing Business Area and be responsible for understanding customer needs to create new business and efficiently and effectively executing technical programs.

    The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff and peers within the division, as well as our external Government customers.

    Experience in communications, EW, and radar systems; hardware/software fabrication; vehicle/platform system integration; and/or test and evaluation is a plus.

    Primary Responsibilities
    Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale

    programs

    Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements

    Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule

    Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables

    Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs

    Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely

    Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures

    Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards

    Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope

    Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables

    Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances


    Basic Qualifications:
    Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs

    Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills

    Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently under stringent timelines

    Experience with captures, including business development, customer relations, and proposal management/writing

    Experience with agile scheduling

    Experience with financial systems and managing program budgets

    Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, external stakeholder networks, and teaming partnerships

    Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

    Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of prior relevant experience

    Active Secret clearance


    Preferred Qualifications:
    Master's degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of prior relevant experience

    Project Management Professional (PMP)

    Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

    LInC
    Electronic Warfare


    Pay Range:
    Pay Range $66, $119,850.00

    The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

    Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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