Chief Operations Officer COO
Chief Operations Officer COO
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USD 200000 - 275000
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Job Description
Who We Are:
Paragon celebrates almost 32 years of providing awardwinning life support and thermal control solutions for extreme environments. Weve always known that it is our employees that keep our business thriving. We are looking for a key one of those employees.
Position: Chief Operations Officer (COO)
This leader will have the proven ability to operate a line of business with multiple service and limited production product offerings a track record of building and sustaining a culture of operational excellence and a proven ability to develop and execute to an annual operating plan and to Program plans and schedule while meeting technical objectives. All forwardfacing operational sides of the business report to the COO.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Refine executing and supporting processes that enable Paragon to meet financial and operational business targets; assisting in the definition of longterm and shortterm business objectives that are aligned with the overall company Vision Mission and Strategic Plan.
- Support a culture of precisiondelivery and high accountability for meeting and exceeding schedule technical and cost targets.
- Enable and support integration of acquired assets and resources.
- Work with or direct the Business Development team to drive technical and process innovations and robust solution development into the operations current portfolio of contracts and customers.
- Supports the cultivation maintenance and expansion of exceptional customer relationships ensuring our solutions / service / product offerings address their needs.
- Work with the CFO and financial professionals to maintain financial visibility and drive action to maintain profitability
Basic Qualifications:
- BS/BA Degree from an accredited college or university; STEM degree preferred; Advanced Degree desired (e.g. MS MBA etc. with a minimum fifteen years leadership experience within diverse growthoriented aerospace businesses.
- Experience leading within a business component of an organization with revenues more than $50M and companies of 200 or more employees
- Experience providing products and services to the federal market both military and civilian
- Experience providing solutions and services to niche commercial markets
- Experience leading or supporting the integration of a P&L operation
- Experience successfully leading within a complex organization with multiple contracts revenue streams and product and service offerings.
- Experience in supporting and integrating Program Excellence functions that ensure excellent delivery of products and services to customers.
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships across all levels of an organization.
- Proven ability to support and extend a culture where employees are motivated to succeed through collaboration commitment and clear and open communications.
- Demonstrated ability to support and promote involvement across an organization.
- Must possess exceptional and interpersonal communication skills and can both inspire and motivate the employee population.
Other Desired Qualifications:
- PMP with experience running large programs
- Experience working in the government and commercial aerospace/space sector
- Ability to build crossorganizational teams with collaborative work styles and common desire for performance excellence and customer service.
- Willingness and desire to invest time in coaching and mentoring others including successors for key positions within the organization.
- Innovative and creative thinker willing to evaluate and challenge current practices and review alternative ways of viewing processes and procedures across the organization; and inspiring this behavior across the employee population.
- Security Requirements candidate must be a US Citizen and must be able to possess (as well as maintain) security clearance. Prior security clearances a plus.
Paragon Space Development Corporation is an equal opportunity employer M/F/DISABLED/VET
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
