Senior Project Manager - Strategic Transformation & Ops

Lockheed Martin; Arizona; On-site; USD 129,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in the United States seeks a Project Manager Senior Staff to oversee the Lower Tier Integrated Air and Missile Defense Supply Chain. You will manage day-to-day operations, contribute to strategic planning, and support communications with internal teams and external partners.

The role partners with senior leaders to drive transformation, deliver executive dashboards, and coordinate supplier readiness initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.
• 7-15 years of experience in program management, operations, supply chain, consulting, engineering, strategy, or business operations.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Exceptional organizational and project management capabilities.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience working with senior executives and leadership teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with the Director to execute strategic priorities and transformation initiatives.
• Maintain visibility to all major organizational objectives, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop and manage executive-level action plans, operating rhythms, and governance processes.
• Drive accountability across leadership teams to ensure commitments are completed on schedule.
• Coordinate initiatives related to digital supply chain, AI-enabled decision support, supplier capacity management, and industrial base readiness.
• Support development and deployment of executive dashboards and performance management tools.
• Track implementation progress of strategic initiatives and ensure realization of expected business outcomes.
• Assist in developing future-state organizational capabilities and operating models.
• Support execution of supplier transformation and supplier sprint initiatives.
• Coordinate activities between consulting partners, internal transformation teams, and functional leaders.
• Track supplier improvement actions, capacity expansion initiatives, and readiness assessments.
• Ensure lessons learned and best practices are institutionalized across the organization.
• Partner closely with the Executive Assistant to optimize executive effectiveness, meeting structure, communications, and leadership engagement.
• Prepare executive presentations, strategic communications, and leadership reviews.
• Facilitate staff meetings, leadership offsites, and strategic planning sessions.
• Manage executive follow-up actions and decision tracking.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Influence without authority

Senior-executive collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Lockheed Martin in the United States seeks a Project Manager Senior Staff to oversee the Lower Tier Integrated Air and Missile Defense Supply Chain. You will manage day-to-day operations, contribute to strategic planning, and support communications with internal teams and external partners.

The role partners with senior leaders to drive transformation, deliver executive dashboards, and coordinate supplier readiness initiatives.