Business Area Product Transition Manager
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Reston, VA - USA
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Job Summary
Business Area Product Transition Manager
Business Operations / Program/Project Management
Position Summary
The Business Area Product Transition Manager is responsible for planning coordinating and driving the successful transition of strategic maritime products from Engineering into Production. This role serves as the central integrator across Engineering Technology Manufacturing Supply Chain Facilities Quality Programs Contracts Finance and Sector leadership to ensure new products achieve production readiness and are successfully scaled to meet customer commitments and Business Area strategic objectives.
The position provides senior leadership for the Business Areas productization strategy ensuring that transition activities remain synchronized risks are actively managed dependencies are resolved and production milestones are achieved on schedule.
This role is critical to executing the Business Area Long Range Plan (LRP) and enabling the successful industrialization of maritime systems including Medium Uncrewed Surface Vessels (MUSVs) Small Uncrewed Surface Vessels (sUSVs) Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) Undersea Sensors & Infrastructure Subsea and Surface vessel payloads Maritime Communications Systems related software systems and future product lines.
Location: This position may be based at any of the following Leidos locations with a preference for candidates who can be co-located with members of the team: St. Petersburg FL; Long Beach MS; Lynnwood WA; Northern Virginia (NoVA); or Huntsville AL.
Primary Responsibilities
Lead the Business Areas product transition strategy from engineering development through production readiness.
Develop and maintain integrated transition plans across multiple product lines.
Coordinate execution activities across Engineering Technology Manufacturing Supply Chain Facilities Quality Programs Contracts and Finance.
Establish governance processes milestones and metrics to monitor productization progress.
Identify schedule resource technical manufacturing and supply chain risks affecting production transition and drive mitigation strategies.
Ensure manufacturing readiness activities are completed in alignment with production schedules.
Facilitate cross-functional decision making to remove barriers and accelerate product transitions.
Coordinate with Sector leadership to ensure alignment with enterprise productization initiatives and strategic priorities.
Prepare executive-level status briefings dashboards and performance metrics.
Track key milestones supporting Long Range Plan objectives and production growth targets.
Drive accountability across functional organizations to ensure commitments are met.
Support production planning activities including transition readiness reviews production ramp planning and manufacturing handoffs.
Coordinate implementation of engineering changes affecting production schedules and product readiness.
Identify opportunities to improve transition processes governance and organizational efficiency.
Support strategic planning for future product introductions and production scaling.
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Operations Management Program Management or related field.
15 years of progressively responsible experience in program management operations engineering manufacturing business operations or product development.
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders.
Experience transitioning products from development into manufacturing or production environments.
Experience within the defense aerospace maritime or autonomous systems industries.
Experience supporting DoD acquisition or production programs.
Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and production readiness processes. PPM
Demonstrated ability to manage complex schedules dependencies and competing priorities.
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving abilities.
Experience developing executive dashboards metrics and program reporting.
U.S. Citizenship is required. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. An active clearance is not required to start employment but must be obtained as a condition of continued employment.
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree in Business Engineering or related discipline.
PMP certification or equivalent program management certification.
Familiarity with manufacturing readiness levels (MRLs) technology readiness levels (TRLs) and production planning.
Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience working in matrixed organizations.
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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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About Company
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.
