Principal Resource Planning Manager

About the role

The Principal Resource Planning Manager is a key member of the team in Palo Alto, CA, responsible for the front-end program Resource Planning (RPM) of a commercial or government program. The role involves ensuring comprehensive program planning, schedule development, execution, and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Be the spacecraft program focal point for Supply Chain and Material need dates and plans to meet contract deliverables
• Identify and elevate program risks and create management plans in concert with PMOs and upper management
• Lead regular and detailed collaboration with subsystem functional managers and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads to track and identify late handoffs and deliveries that may affect spacecraft schedule
• Communicate, both internally to management and externally to customers as appropriate, schedule status and issues to ensure appropriate management & cross-functional team's response to supplier delivery challenges
• Cook up and coordinate with other PMOs and RPMs for internal resource conflicts and communicate critical path implications to support optimum facility usage
• Act as focal point for Business Development for various concurrent proposal schedules for IM 300 and IM 1300 product lines; identifying critical path analysis, providing factory loading charts, and possible impact from other ongoing proposals
• Lead Risk Assessment Tool (RAT) discussions as proposals become new program awards
• Understand and continuously improve RPM processes and provide strong and timely communication to key stakeholders across the company wide
• Create, maintain, and communicate detailed spacecraft Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), ensuring the satellite team is aware of tasks and deadlines, including resource identification and acquisition
• Aid PMO, SCM and other CAMs with WBS alignment of tasks and resources for monthly financial updates

Requirements

• U.S. citizen and willing and able to obtain a U.S. government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline or STEM field (or 2 years of work experience for a Master's degree)
• At least 15 years of engineering or technical program management experience; a Master's degree counts as 2 years of work experience
• Cost Account Management (CAM) and Work Breakdown structure (WBS) experience
• Excellent interpersonal communications skills with ability to distill relevant information for the audience
• Record of implementing innovative methods that resulted in cost savings to the customer
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, or a comparable scheduling software platform

Preferred Requirements

• Master's degree in engineering, business, or related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP), or equivalent, certification
• Proficiency in using financial software for planning, budgeting, and forecasting and familiarity with earned value management
• Familiarity with spacecraft components and build processes
• Experience transitioning products from design to manufacturing as part of a cross-functional team
• Demonstrated capability to solve complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team using appropriate problem-solving tools
• Experience and/or certification with statistical process control such as Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma
• Experience with SSI Analysis or equivalent report tool

Benefits

Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

Pay

The base pay for this position within California is: $151,000.00 - $251,000.00 annually.

Schedule

The Principal Resource Planning Manager is expected to work onsite, or if remote, be able to travel onsite quarterly.