Integrated Lifecycle Engineering Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan IPS strategies and establish standard processes and tools for development, and acquisition and sustainment programs.
• Establish tailored strategies to ensure the ability to support late stages of the product lifecycle, while in earlier funding-constrained, developmental phases.
• Provide input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility.
• Direct all contract IPS activities for compliance with standard processes.
• Manage subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity.
• Identify issues and provide leadership in developing solutions.
• Act as the primary contact for IPS activities and lead progress planning and review sessions to discuss costs, schedule, and technical performance.
• Direct the development and implementation of annual and long-term technical, schedule, quality, business, and financial objectives for IPS activities and participate in the development of overall unit/Division/Group annual and long-term objectives.
• Consult on contract negotiations and contract modifications.
• Participates in the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets, and financial terms/conditions of contract(s).
• Develops hours estimates (basis of estimate) in support of capturing new work, planning work activity, and executes to those budgets and timelines.
• Supports performance assessments of personnel, monitors performance across the department, and provides coaching and feedback.
• Participates in the the planning, attraction, selection, retention, and development of management, professional, and technical talent.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related discipline and thirteen or more years of progressively complex logistics experience in a manufacturing environment, with at least seven of those years managing logistics processes.
• Additional equivalent experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
• Logistics or Program Management experience in the U.S. defense industry working in the Operations & Support phase of the defense acquisition lifecycle.
• A thorough understanding of the 12 elements of logistics and product support management, with demonstrated experience of tailored implementation for developmental programs is required.
• Knowledge of the following standards: DoD 5000 series, GEIA-STD-0007, S1000D.
• Comprehensive project management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Ability to resolve extremely complex management and technical problems and serve as spokesperson on IPS issues.
• Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Customer focused; must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.