Title:
Senior Technical Program Manager
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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
Why Join Us?
- Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
KBR, Inc. is seeking a skilled and experienced technical program manager to support the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Division. You will be responsible for managing the Division’s integrated digital environment (IDE). As part of your duties, you will ensure ABMS product lines have access to an IDE that provides the tools necessary for them to complete their design, development, and sustainment tasks. Additionally, you will ensure the IDE provides the capabilities needed to manage their products throughout the acquisition lifecycle while maintaining configuration control over all end items. You will ensure the IDE provides opportunities to explore new concepts and refine requirements for modifications to existing products or the creation of new products through modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities. Lastly, you will work with stakeholders both within and outside the Division to provide insight into each product line’s status via automated toolsets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Integrated Digital Environment Management:
- Serve as the focal point for the ABMS IDE within the Enterprise Engineering Group.
- Manage the contract for the ABMS IDE to ensure the performer is providing the required deliverables on schedule.
- Collaborate with others to identify capabilities and toolsets required for each product line to make the best use of the IDE.
- Budget for and then manage available resources to deliver those capabilities and toolsets through a division level IDE.
- Coordinate with external stakeholders to ensure products developed within the ABMS IDE can be shared with them to enable collaboration across the acquisition lifecycle.
- Acquisition Lifecycle Support:
- Align the IDE capabilities so that it can facilitate ABMS acquisition processes and house the resulting artifacts.
- Advise the ABMS product lines on how best to align their contractor’s IDEs with the ABMS Division IDE to provide a singular authoritative source of truth for all ABMS product lines.
- Training, Awareness & Collaboration:
- Provide subject matter expertise on using the IDE to accomplish product line design, development, and sustainment tasks.
- Deliver training and awareness programs on how to use the IDE
Work Environment:
- Location: Hybrid (60% on-site in Beavercreek, OH)
- Travel Requirements: Low 0-20%
- Working Hours: Standard – Core hours 0900 - 1500
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or management.
- 10+ years of experience in digital engineering, Modeling, Simulation and Analysis or Product Lifecycle Management with a specific focus on Air Force acquisition programs or similar DoD systems.
- Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule and performance
- Demonstrated ability to budget for and then execute funding
- Demonstrated ability to manage system requirements
- Familiarity with engineering tools and technologies commonly used in Air Force and DoD acquisition programs, such as model-based systems engineering, risk management, requirements management, project scheduling, modeling, simulation and analysis, and software backlog management tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex security concepts to program managers, contractors, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines within the DoD acquisition environment.
- Ability to navigate the complexities of military contracting processes and collaborate with defense contractors to ensure compliance with Air Force security requirements.
- Active Top Secret, SCI Eligible, SAP Eligibility (Counterintelligence Polygraph may be required)
Desired:
- Master’s degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or management
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in Special Access and/or SCI programs.
- Demonstrated ability to work well independently or as a team member.
- Demonstrated ability to drive projects to closure and to assimilate and correlate project information in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with technical and non-technical project teams.
- Experience establishing and/or managing a cloud-based integrated digital environment
- Experience using one or more toolsets for the following functions:
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (e.g. CAMEO, SPARX EA)
- Requirements Management (e.g. DOORS)
- Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (e.g. AFSIM, MATLAB)
- Product Lifecycle Management (e.g. Siemens Team Center)
- DEVSECOPS (e.g. GitHub)
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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