Principal Director Structural Mechanics Subdivision

The Structural Mechanics subdivisionsolves challenging mechanism structures structural dynamics and environments problems across the lifecycle of space and defense systems spanning from concept design through development launch deployment and operation. The team produces timely decisiongrade technical products for customers across the national space enterprise.

As the Principal Director Structural Mechanics subdivision you will provide management and leadership to the organization establish and achieve strategic organizational objectives recruit and develop worldclass staff guide the direction of technical tools and capabilities and execute efficient and effective operations.

Work Model

This is a fulltime position based in El Segundo CA offering a hybrid work model that combines 4 regular onsite workdays and remote flexibility as the business needs allow.

What Youll Be Doing

• Manage and lead the overall operations of a dynamic and geographically dispersed team of world class engineers business professionals and technical support personnel

• Develop an understanding of current and future customer needs define subdivision goals and objectives consistent with this direction and ensure accountability for their completion

• Identify pursue and promote business opportunities with new customers and commercial and academic partners

• Partner with other Aerospace organizations to deliver timely innovative solutions to customers and achieve corporate and division goals

• Connect with stakeholders to organize subdivision projects and allocate resources to enable task completion

• Set organization structure estimate staffing needs recruit highquality teammates and provide leadership planning direction and managerial oversight to technical staff

• Provide organizational context encourage creative thinking and champion the development of enhanced and new processes tools and skills to increase organizational capabilities

• Execute daytoday management tasks including monitoring staff workloads and budgets coordinating technical positions ensuring timely highquality products managing computing and infrastructure resources performing personnel actions developing staffing and conducting succession planning

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum requirements for the Principal Director Structural Mechanics role:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM field is

• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a technical leadership role is required

• Significant experience leading and managing distributed functional technical teams including managing managers and senior engineering staff

• Demonstrated planning and skills in the areas of organizational strategy budgets and resources recruiting and staffing talent succession and personnel development

• A consistent track record of establishing and maintaining effective interpersonal and working relationships with appropriate levels of corporate staff peers management program offices customers partners stakeholders and contractors.

• Ability to successfully navigate ambiguity and lead crossorganizational teams to thrive in a fastpaced dynamic environment

• Familiarity with Aerospaces program offices customers and operating models

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Willingness to occasionally travel and to work offbusiness hours to support customer needs approximately 10 (as required)

• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

• Advanced degree in a STEM field is strongly preferred

• 5 or more years of managing highperforming teamswithin a professional and progressive environment is preferred

• Proven ability to impactfully engage with senior executives and external audiences

• Successful track record of managing change and developing growth mindsets in teams

• Demonstrated technical leadership experience in both customerfacing and matrixed engineering organizations including significant interactions with Aerospace and customer executive leadership

• Experience with relevant program activities and adjacent ETG organizations

• Experience in ETG and a Program Office or equivalentis preferred

• An active TS/SCI security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government is highly desirable. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance