Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BAE Systems is a defense, aerospace, and security company that develops technologies and services supporting national security. The Technical Authority / Project Engineering Manager will lead the technical design, delivery, and performance of complex enterprise systems implementations, coordinating cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and suppliers while managing technical risks, costs, and schedules.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Project Manager, Chief Digital Architect team and functional staff to develop and deliver products that meet business needs
- Partner and collaborate across all the disciplines, functions, business areas, and major suppliers to effectively support IT across the enterprise
- Serve as overall technical point of contact for the project
- Identify and support the development of critical skills and resources
- Ensure requirements traceability, robust designs, test plans, data migration activities are formally addressed
- Facilitate and drive decisions, where needed, on complex technical and business process to enable enterprise solution delivery
- Develop and maintain measures related to technical performance
- Ensure proper application of process based on the size and complexity of the project
- Ensure execution of work goals, performance standards, budgets and staffing plans
- Improve processes and skills that support programs
- Support cost, schedule and technical performance for projects through their life cycle. Take action to ensure program remains on track
- Ensure preparation and approval of IT program proposals that are executable and in line with enterprise business requirements
Skills
- Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position: Secret
- Travel Percentage: 25%
- U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes
- U.S. Person Required: Yes
- The candidate will demonstrate proven execution of a technology project through excellent risk assessment, outstanding leadership, and strong decision making with solid analysis skills
- Strong leadership skills, along with exceptional soft and interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
- Strong consulting skills, such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development
- Ability to balance the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term implications of individual decisions and organizational goals
- Innovative, consultative approach to driving digital business strategies and transformation
- Business acumen, with the ability to understand and communicate in the language of the business
- Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders
- Collaborative and supportive, fostering alignment with business strategies and values
- Innovative, with strong foresight, systems thinking and design thinking capabilities
- Vendor- and technology-neutral, focused on achieving targeted business outcomes over personal preferences or those of other business and IT leaders
- Practical in approach to problem solving and decision making
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and Minimum 12 years' work experience including technical leadership experience and capabilities relevant to the business. Including strong systems engineering, cloud, networking, general IT knowledge, etc
- Ability to form a vision and implement action plans to achieve that vision
- Proven ability to share and transfer technology across organizational boundaries to the benefit of our sponsors and the business
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence
- Cloud (Azure, AWS) Certifications
- Agile and/or ITIL Certifications
Benefits
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: health, dental, and vision insurance
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: health savings accounts
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: a 401(k) savings plan
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: disability coverage
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: life and accident insurance
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: an employee assistance program
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: a legal plan
- For regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week: discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Applicable federal and state sick leave
- Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
- Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics
- Temporary employees may elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week: medical benefits
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week: the employee assistance program
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week: business travel accident insurance
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