Tech Center Part Time Strategic Planner

Job Description

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Mission Technologies (HII-MT) is actively seeking Part-Time candidates with prior senior-level Government, Military, or Industry team & project lead experience to support our Tech Center SME team. This team provides needed expert level support & advisory to our operations program teams & Government customers. Our SMEs also serve as the foundation to our organization's technical advisory to our senior leaders, maintain our expertise & tech-base, and provide professional development & mentorship opportunities for our workforce.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Serving as a customer contact for program activities to support and lead program execution.
• Understand and interpret customer requirements to enable execution in partnership with customers.
• Direction, oversight (cost, schedule, etc.), and performance/outcome of all assigned programs.
• Establish milestone schedules and monitoring adherence to master plans and schedules.
• Identify program problems/risks and developing solutions or corrective actions.
• Execute program reviews, bi-weekly status updates, and report on cost, schedule, and performance when applicable.
• Contribute to or complete Monthly Status Reports, Program Management Plan updates, Quarterly Program Reviews, and Scientific and Technical Information submission with the appropriate transmittal documentation.
• Functional leadership and management advisory to the Tech Center SME team.
• Identifying personnel demand and serving as hiring manager of the Tech Center SME team.
• Support identification and capture of follow-on and new opportunities supporting existing customers across the portfolio of programs.
• Support development of strategic & technical roadmaps with program leadership.
• Support identification and capture of new opportunities with new customers.
• Participate in preparing and evaluating proposals, Statements of Work (SOW), specifications, budgets, and financial terms/conditions of supporting contracts.

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years relevant experience with a Bachelor's in a related field; 13+ years relevant experience with a Master's in a related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19+ years relevant experience.
• C clearance eligible
• Experience leading and influencing multifunctional teams.
• Collaborative, team-oriented, and able to align business objectives to meet customer needs.
• Self-Motivator. Successful candidates must be able to work without appreciable direction.
• Advanced level experience at minimum with Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project.
• Experience in preparing and executing briefings/presentations to senior-level customers and internal executive leadership.
• Independent thinker with the ability to multitask and strong problem-solving skills within a matrixed organization.
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Preferred Requirements

• Active TS Clearance
• Background in a technical S&T related field, or management experience of diverse technical teams.
• Experience in using collaborative cloud-based environments for team & project management.
• PMP Certification or ability to gain PMP certification
• Experience running programs for Government and Government Prime contractors.