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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems solutions and services covering land sea air space and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT large-scale intelligence systems command and control geospatial and data analytics cybersecurity logistics training and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions.
Leidos Defense seeks a Supplier Project Manager to work with the Indirect Fire protection Capability (IFPC) here in Huntsville Alabama. This role will support the All Up Round Magazine (AUR-M) team and involves strategic oversight of planning budgeting risk management and customer engagement. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience managing complex projects across internal teams and external vendors with hands-on involvement in contract operations staffing finances and deliverables. Position is based onsite up to 5 days/week with some telework flexibility.
Primary Responsibilities
Plan coordinate and manage large projects.
Managed Supplier Costs schedule and technical performance.
Provide strong proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis.
Create project management plans Statement of Works (SOW) set expectations execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope objectives goals and deliverables.
Ensures that requirements are gathered documented reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
Ensures projects are delivered on-time on budget and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
Manage project budget maintain financial plan track actuals vs. plan provide monthly forecasts and report monthly accruals.
Establish and provide high-quality informative written and verbal project communications including weekly status dashboards and project updates.
Actively monitor track and manage project tasks timelines attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Business or Engineering or a related field and at least 10 years of related experience or a Masters Degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
Experience working with Risk Management Tools
Experience in understanding Statements of Work (SOW)
Experience with Supplier Documents Requirement Lists (SDRLs).
Experience working on large projects under DoD-sponsored Contracts.
Demonstrate experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms.
Experience with engineering program and project management activities including reading engineering drawings developing requirements coordinating subcontracts and subcontractors scheduling project execution and wrap-up and reporting.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills for communicating with customers and clients; strong problem solving and people skills for collaborating with team.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Earned Value Management system (EVMS) process.
Familiarity with modern-day Cybersecurity and Cryptographic Key Management solutions.
PMP Certified
Masters Degree in a relevant technical or management field
At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.
If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
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Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.