About this role
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Title: </strong>Principal, IT Project Management</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Code: </strong>37659</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Location: (On Site) </strong>Melbourne, FL</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Schedule: </strong>9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Job Description:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">The IT Business Partner for the Space and Mission Systems segment plays a critical role in aligning business strategy with technology execution. Serving as the strategic interface between IT and the business, this position develops trusted relationships across the segment to identify emerging needs, resolve issues, and drive value through technology solutions. The role also partners with business leaders to ensure IT considerations are embedded in bids, proposals, and strategic business plans.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Leading strategic planning, supporting implementation, and driving optimization of our digital systems. This role is driving collaboration, consistency and excellence from IT and maintains close business engagement.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Supporting the execution of sector digital transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with sector business needs, enterprise digital transformation frameworks, and IT policies and technical best practices.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Building and maintaining strong relationships with IT Service and sub-service owners to understand strategic plans and identify areas impacting the business.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Providing highly valued strategic consulting support and guidance through key IT initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Communicating decisions, priorities, and relevant project information to cross-functional staff at various levels concerning business unit requests, projects, and initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Proactively sharing knowledge of technology risks and opportunities to build competitive advantages and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of business units.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Versatility and leadership are essential in this role, as you will frequently address new and challenging problems, requiring a proactive and adaptable approach to develop effective solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">IT liaison between IT Senior Leadership and Segment Business Leadership for Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Real Estate, Engineering, etc. </span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Facilitate IT Service Delivery and escalations for business-critical services</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Prioritize business requirements for annual strategic growth (SGP) and annual operating plan (AOP)</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Coordinate and communicate the scheduling and implementation of major changes.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Attend critical segment and sector reviews, supporting IT inclusion in bids and business enablement</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Maintain engagement and awareness of new business won and relative IT components</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Engage in Segment Joint Strategic Planning for IT Enablement</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Work with IT Service and sub-service owners to prioritize IT capabilities and collaborate on solutions that enable the business</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Oversee successful completion of the Segment and IT sponsored initiatives</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Conduct monthly finance reviews, focusing on allocations and passthrough forecasts/allocations.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Provide roadmap direction and leadership to ensure the successful implementation of IT strategy within the business.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Foster a trusted strategic partnership by guiding and supporting the business through the execution of IT initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Measure and monitor service delivery performance</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Surface and advocate to improve IT service delivery challenges through operational excellence and Kaizen events</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Evaluate emerging technologies and collaborate with business and technology teams to integrate new trends into an efficient Segment technology strategy.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Identify and communicate business IT needs, issues, challenges, and improvement opportunities with the IT Service Provider. Implement Performance Improvement Plans as necessary to restore performance levels to a healthy state.</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Ability to support up to 25% offsite travel</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.</span></li> </ul> <p style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Preferred Additional Skills:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Current/ active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Project Management certifications or relevant experience</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience with IT Service Management tools (ServiceNow, Jira, ALM)</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Demonstrated executive presence to effectively collaborate with leaders at every level</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry preferred</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Cross-functional IT knowledge and experience (infrastructure, applications, security, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Self-directed, versatile, and able to prioritize multiple competing priorities and deliverables</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Exceptional skills in written and verbal communication, mentorship, and leadership</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:#ffffff">#LI-NR1</span></p>