Precision Guided Munitions Transition to Production Product Manager

About the role

The Precision Guided Munitions (PGM) Transition to Production Product Manager works Manufacturing Test and Operations Quality to represent program office ownership and interests for PGM products, components, projects, and programs.

• Leading value and lean cost reductions for margin expansion
• Responsible for lean manufacturing processes
• Ensuring high pass for component builds
• Creating and advancing products and manufacturing flows to optimize for cost
• Development, support and continuous improvement of product strategies
• Managing and protecting BAE Systems intellectual property and IP strategy
• Contributing to Munitions product, program and product line campaigns
• Contributing to plans for managing subcontractors
• Effective risks and opportunity management
• Administrative and compliance oversight of BAE Systems and lifecycle management (LCM) policies and procedures IAW USG policies and procedures
• Continuously improving program performance including capturing, evaluating, and sharing best practices
• Meeting financial commitments

Responsibilities

• Managing value engineering for cost reduction (DTUPC)
• Managing product obsolescence
• Negotiate with and manage customer and stakeholder expectations across the entirety of the product lifecycle
• Ensure program/project risks are identified and proactively managed by developing the risk management plan, leading initial risk identification and mitigation planning, and ensuring team is properly trained in risk management and participating in monthly risk reviews
• Identify direct and indirect threats and opportunities, and implement actions to mitigate threats and capture opportunities
• Assess and identify quality, design, materials, facilities, and workforce requirements required to reduce manufacturing risk
• Initiates make/buy and make/where strategies to support programs
• Support development of long-term supplier strategy, multi-year strategic plan for the business area, and BAE Systems PGM strategy, identifying and developing new business opportunities
• Represent the company at appropriate supplier, customer or sponsor meetings
• Proactively keep upper management informed regarding proposal status and any technical, cost, schedule, or administrative problems within assigned proposals

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or business management and 10 years of related experience or equivalent experience
• Active Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain
• Experience in:
  • Aerospace & Defense Engineering Development
  • Engineering/Technical Program/Project Management
  • Relevant Development/Agile Program Management or managing the startup of similarly complex, high dollar value, strategic programs for the Department of War (DoW)
  • Leading complex Engineering Programs, Matrixed Teams, Program Lifecycle Reviews, and Financial reporting and analysis
  • Leading Program Risk and Opportunity (R&O) management activities to include identification and development of risk mitigation plans, scope management, program/project plans specifying goals, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources
• Knowledge of:
  • Department of War (DoW) acquisition and process to transition to program of record
  • Manufacturing/Production, Operational Excellence (OE), reducing AUPC through early implementation of DTUPC best practices
  • Competitive Proposal Development, Capture Management, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) within Firm Fixed Price Environment
  • Scope Management and Cost Estimating including estimate to complete/estimate at completion (ETC/EAC), and Design to Unit Cost (DTUPC) and Standard Cost processes for components
  • Program/Project Management methodologies, toolsets, process, and governance
• Ability to effectively manage program complexities and structuring activities in times of ambiguity; manage and influence with internal and external stakeholders; operate independently and proactively
• Customer focus and relationship building skills; strong communication skills, written and verbal; highly effective critical thinking skills

Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Graduate Degree
• PMP Certification or similar
• Experience in Lifecycle Management (LCM)
• Experience as Control Account Manager (CAM) and/or Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Experience in Oracle or ERP
• Advanced Excel skills
• Lean Six Sigma or Blackbelt

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $149,603 - $254,317

This range is based on market pay structures. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
• Paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and applicable federal and state sick leave
• Company recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards
• Other incentives based on position level and/or job specifics

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is a defense, aerospace, and security company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, with more than 40,000 employees worldwide. We serve, supply, and protect those who protect us. As one of the most geographically diverse international defense companies, we deliver a full range of products and services spanning air, land, maritime, space, and cyber, including advanced electronics, intelligence solutions, and dedicated customer support. Our culture is performance-driven and values-led, built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Purpose isn't a tagline here. It's what drives us. We're developing breakthrough technologies that defend national security and make a lasting impact on our communities and our planet. When you join BAE Systems, you're not just building a career. You're contributing to a mission that truly matters.