Cargo Mission Manager

Leidos has an opening for a Cargo Mission Integration Support Lead to support NASA’s Mission Integration and Operations (MI&O) Office in Houston, Texas. The Lead will be part of the Cargo Mission Contract team and will perform mission support to the MI&O office, including analytical assessments, cargo trade evaluations, and management of the cargo mission.

Responsibilities

• Review the flight-specific schedule milestones and identify/resolve issues or challenges by communicating with NASA and contractor teams.
• Establish cargo priorities and evaluate hardware trades to ensure vehicle manifesting and integration meet VV mission and increment objectives to support on-orbit crew operations.
• Identify Points of Contact with hardware providers, VV Integration Managers, and ISS CAMs and subsystem managers to negotiate and manage the integration mission, including trades and hardware deliveries to meet milestones.
• Serve as NASA’s primary point of contact to the VV team to ensure deliveries and manifest complement support the launch schedule, providing data products (Cargo Summary, Mass Properties Report, big bag planning, etc.) to the VV and reporting to the ISS Program.
• Perform Cargo Certification of Flight Readiness for the ISS VV mission.
• Identify off-nominal requirements, requests, and problems pertaining to the VV mission and hardware, utilizing prior experience, standard procedures, and basic analysis to resolve issues. Communicate challenges to MI&O and ISS management and coordinate with the VV Office for resolution.
• Manage the flight-specific schedule and coordinate milestones with MI&O support contractors, resolving schedule constraints or challenges throughout the mission timeline.
• Communicate with resources across contractor CMC teams to ensure milestones, requirements, and product deliveries are met.
• Identify issues and off-nominal requests related to hardware requirements and delivery to CMC and the Next Level Integrator, resolving them through communication with internal and external organizations, including contractor management, hardware providers, Visiting Vehicle Team, and NASA representatives.
• Communicate flight status as needed, including in weekly Integrated Product Team, MIOCB (Mission Integration & Operations Control Board), TICB (Transportation Integration Control Board), and SSPCB (Space Station Program Control Board) meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of relevant experience, including project management experience.
• Experience with the NASA ISS program.
• Organized, proactive, and communicates clearly with the ability to present concisely to program-level boards to facilitate management decisions.
• Computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Experience with Microsoft Project is desired.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident due to the length of investigation required for non-U.S. persons.

Pay

Pay Range: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00. 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 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.

Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Leidos offers competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

About the Company

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos employs 47,000 global employees and reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.