Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery

What’s it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Information Technology team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you ll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights., BAE Systems, Inc. is looking for an experienced and results-driven Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery, to join our team. This role will report into our IT Program Management Office and lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments. As a Senior Manager, IT Project Delivery, you will play a critical role in driving project delivery excellence, building and maturing project managers, and promoting a culture of ownership and transparency., + Lead the delivery of enterprise IT Operations projects, ensuring quality delivery of internal investments.

• Build and mature Project managers through targeted coaching, mentorship, and development in execution excellence and leadership.

• Coach team members across IT to drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, managing dependencies, risks and delivery milestones.

• Provide strategic direction, prioritization, and oversight to ensure consistent, high quality program delivery across all initiatives

• Ensure projects follow established practices for successful project lifecycle management, leveraging BAE LifeCycle Management frameworks.

• Promote a culture of ownership, transparency, and results driven- performance.

• Embed Agile practices to enhance execution speed, transparency and adaptability

• Support IT Operations teams as they shift to a product management team structure. Coach program and delivery teams on applying Agile principles within a structured, hybrid program management environment.

• Guide leaders and teams in balancing Agile ways of working with governance, planning and delivery commitments.

Problem Solving: Requires advanced conceptual thinking in complex and/or complex new situations.

Nature of Impact: Impacts quality, timeliness of results, planning and revenues or budget.

Area of Impact: Enterprise wide.

Interpersonal Skills: Skilled communicator who influences and shapes the image of a complex Program, Business Area, Sector or Enterprise wide.

Negotiation Skills: Negotiates mainly internally, at higher levels, and occasionally with external relationships.

Project Management: Project/Program Manager responsible for oversight of diverse project team or small program ($7.5 to $25M in revenue). The project typically has well-defined goals and follows a well-established process. Typically completed within 12 months.

Min. Education: Bachelor’s Degree.

Pref. Education: Master’s Degree preferred.

Licenses/Cert.: Project Management Professional (PMP)

Min. Experience: More than 10 years of relevant work experience.

Pref. Experience: More than 12 years relevant management experience preferred.

Min. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.

• Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices

• Strong leadership, coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to achieve results through others

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

IT Service management, product management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.

Full-Time Salary Range: $122400 - $208080

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any 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.