Project Dir I - Tech

BAE Systems; Falls Church (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Project Director to lead business value optimization within the Project Management Office. This hands-on leadership role requires extensive experience in project management and a strong focus on driving continuous improvement. The successful candidate will collaborate across teams to enhance project governance and effectiveness, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills and a strategic mindset, with a commitment to fostering a culture of improvement and accountability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years work experience in a related field.
• PMP Certification required.
• Experience with project management methodologies and tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of new processes.
• Develop templates and workflows to enhance project management effectiveness.
• Coach and manage teams to ensure compliance with project governance.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Organizational Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Training Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s Degree

Tools

ServiceNow SPM tools

Job description

Job Description

What’s it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Enterprise Shared Services 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.

The Director, PMO Business Value Optimization role is a hands-on leadership position that requires a strong focus on driving business value optimization in the Project Management Office (PMO) within the Enterprise Shared Services (ESS) team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in project management, IT and business partnership, and benefits realization approaches, and will be responsible for providing direct support to project managers (PMs) and project teams to ensure that they have the training, process aids, and expertise needed to deliver projects that meet business objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drive continuous improvement, culture change, and adoption of new ways of working through development of processes and standards and delivery of training programs within the PMO and across ESS.
• Identify and cascade PMO best practices, coach and develop talent.
• Develop templates, workflows and deliverables to accelerate project management effectiveness and ensure ongoing consistency.
• Collaborate with peers across BAE Systems to ensure adoption of enterprise PM capability standards within ESS-IT.
• Uphold BAE Systems and Enterprise Shared Services established project governance structures, including obtaining and maintaining certification as an LCM (Life-Cycle Management) trainer for the ESS organization.
• Enhance accountability and transparency between business and IT through development of practices to guide projects teams in driving successful transformation through IT deployment and creations of benefits realization plans.
• Drive a more holistic approach to value realization by focusing on value-focused stories and business outcomes.
• Establish PMO standards around project planning, basis of estimate creation, risk management, financial and earned value management. Coach, manage, and ensure risk and compliance requirements are met.
• Oversee a team of Project Planners in providing holistic project scheduling support to large, complex IT initiatives. Must have ability to coach staff in creation and manipulation of complex Integrated Master Plans to determine critical and driving paths to major milestone events and to apply Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
• Supervise PMO Change Managers and monitor and evaluate the progress and effectiveness of the ESS portfolio of transformative activities.
• Establish or disseminate program quality standards and monitor the quality of team deliverables.

Proficiencies demonstrated for a successful leader in this role include:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with stakeholders, peers, and direct reports.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
• Self-starter who demonstrates a spirit of ownership and thought leadership.
• Knowledge of information technology concepts and practices.
• Learning agility, relentless improvement mindset.
• Ability to translate learning topics to practical applications that meet the needs and culture of the organization.
• Organizational change management, communication, training, stakeholder engagement, enablement.
• Willingness to confront complex issues and provide candid feedback to leadership.

The ideal candidate shall leverage servant leadership, emotional intelligence, strong communication and decision-making skills to navigate effectively across all functional areas and organizational levels.

Job Title

Project Dir I - Tech

Postal Code

22042

Job Family

Project Management-Tech

Travel Percentage

Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position

None

Shift

1st Shift

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 12 years work experience or equivalent experience

Required Skills and Education

Required Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 15 years work experience in a related field.
• PMP Certification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in project management and project planning, including experience with project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with transformation management principles, methodologies, and tools, including the ability to coach and provide process support to project teams.
• Minimum 5 years of experience developing and delivering training programs to adult learners.
• Project finance and Earned Value Management experience.
• Executive level communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Skills and Education

Preferred Skills and Education

Master’s degree
Agile Certification
Hands-on experience leveraging ServiceNow SPM tools

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Department

IT_GOVPMO_Governance and PMO

Company

123_BAE Systems Shared Svcs Inc

Posting Requirements

Internal/External

Job Category

Project & Program Management

U.S. Person Required

Yes

Business Area

ESS IT

Physical location of the job

Full-time remote

Salary Max Point

255630

Salary Min Point

150370

Union Job

None

Recruiter

Marty Palmeri