Technology Portfolio Lead

Enterprise Lab (eLab) is an organization in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) managing key investment portfolios and shaping internal research efforts through situational awareness and strategy integration. eLab has three primary functions: (1) guide technical investment strategies and priorities; (2) manage and evolve the Aerospace Technical Investments Program (ATIP) Technical and Strategic Investment Priorities (TSIP) Ventures and University Partnership portfolios; and (3) increase situational awareness and outreach to understand customer needs the external environment and internal Aerospace capabilities. The ATIP portfolio focuses on core areas of research and development in support of our customers in the near-term (1 5 years). The TSIP portfolio reflects our corporations top priorities to meet current and emerging customer needs and to advance our capabilities.

The Technical Portfolio Lead (Engineering Specialist - Engineering Program Management) in eLab will serve as the technical manager of one or more eLab internal investment portfolios. These portfolios are designed to promote ideation or low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) project development to address critical corporate or space enterprise problems. The Technical Portfolio Lead will work alongside other eLab staff project leaders scientists engineers and managers throughout the company to provide an avenue for innovative solutions to our customers hardest problems. The Technical Portfolio Lead will have primary responsibility for portfolio oversight and direction high-level understanding of the projects in execution within the portfolios communicating the merits of the projects to management and leveraging corporate and customer needs to shape future investments.

This is a full time onsite position in Chantilly VA. or El Segundo CA.

What Youll Be Doing

• Provide operational management to multi-million dollar internal investments portfolios ensuring organizational strategies are well formulated selected projects are aligned with strategy and deliverables meThist expectations

• Work in partnership with technical managers and program office advisors to ensure Ventures and University Partnership portfolio investments address customer needs

• Work with the eLab management team to define portfolio strategy lines of effort and performance measurement metrics

• Prepare monthly quarterly and annual reports of portfolio performance for eLab OCTO and corporate management

• Coordinate marketing and messaging of portfolio highlights for internal and external audiences

• Mentor staff to adopt and implement situational awareness and collaboration techniques to ensure research is properly scoped and informed relative to the internal/external landscape and customer needs

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM subject area

• Eight or more years of applicable professional or educational experience

• Direct experience conducting and managing R&D portfolios

• Experience with project program or portfolio management and in managing project schedules

• Proven business and financial acumen and experience in managing dynamic budgets and project allocations

• Ability to translate detailed technical information to relatable material for a broader audience

• Willingness to occasionally travel and to work off-business hours to support customer needs approximately 10% (as required)

• 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

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanced degree in a STEM field or equivalent

• Experience with Aerospace core functions FFRDC operations and company business processes

• Direct experience in creating R&D agreements with U.S. Government academic and/or commercial organizations