Senior Program Manager, PMA-231

Title:

Senior Program Manager, PMA-231

KBR is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to join our team in support of PMA -231. This position supports the NAVAIR PMA-231 Advanced Hawkeye Command and Control platform office and will be based out of Patuxent River, MD. The successful candidate will work across all engineering disciplines supporting fielded aircraft as part of the In Service IPT.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provides engineering, technical, and managerial direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development and implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements.

• Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.

• Performs risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques.

Specific tasking will include but is not limited to:

• Assists in the technical planning of work across all engineering disciplines supporting the In Service IPT at the direction of the In-Service Systems Engineer.

• Review and coordination of Engineering Change Proposals (ECP’s) inputs / provide recommendations for approval.

• Review and coordination of flight clearance requirements identification and approvals.

• Assist in the development of test planning documentation.

Administration of the Joint Deficiency Review Board process (multiple classification levels) :

• Action tracking and coordination with the engineering teams

• Coordination of JRB agenda with NGC / Coordination of JRB attendance with the engineering team

• Management of JRB documentation

• Hosting the JRB meeting with NGC

• Horizontal and vertical integration and management of work across all applicable engineering departments, disciplines and specialties including Air Vehicle, Propulsion and Power, Avionics, Human Systems, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3), Interoperability and System Security Engineering.

Basic Qualifications:

Required Education:

• MA/MS degree

OR

• BA/BS + 2 extra years

OR

• Associates +4 extra years

Required Experience:

• 10 years performing duties described in posted Role and Responsibilities listed above.

• Must exhibit expert level commination skills as this role involves comminating to senior levels of leadership, internal and external to KBR.

• Must be able to assess, apply, and recommend improvements to established business processes; and can balance priorities to work effectively in the fast-paced program office environment.

• Must be highly proficient Microsoft Office (Word; Excel; PowerPoint; Project & Outlook).

• Must be a self-starter and be able to lead meetings.

• An active secret level security clearance is required. Applicant must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance in a timely manner.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

• 40 hours/week

Compensation:

• $122,300 - $183,500

The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation.

Additional compensation may be in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

KBR Benefits​:

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.  We support career advancement through professional training and development.​

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