What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, JPL Programs position at Axient?
Overview:
The successful candidate will be the primary point of contact for managing our work at JPL, developing plans to grow our on-site presence and coordinating subcontracting efforts.
The candidate will be responsible for developing technical proposals, cost estimates, staffing plans and schedules in response to JPL requests for proposals. Individual work orders are competed among several contractors on the MEDALS contract.
Axient LLC is seeking a highly experienced Program Manager located in Pasadena, CA, to help lead our efforts to grow our presence at JPL.
Responsibilities:
The scope includes all activities necessary to define concepts, requirements, plan, manage, develop, and sustain, projects on the Multi-divisional Engineering, Design, Analysis Lab-wide Support (MEDALS) contract at JPL. Work will include reviewing and developing quotes for work orders, subcontractor management and cost/schedule reporting as directed by the contract. Additional duties may include supporting other business development opportunities in Southern California.
The successful candidate will be the primary point of contact for managing our work at JPL, developing plans to grow our on-site presence and coordinating subcontracting efforts.
The candidate will be responsible for developing technical proposals, cost estimates, staffing plans and schedules in response to JPL requests for proposals. Individual work orders are competed among several contractors on the MEDALS contract.
Additional duties include, but are not limited to:
- Managing the awarded tasks through completion, managing costs, personnel and schedule as well as subcontractors.
- Weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reporting to JPL
- Manage team of subcontractors including adding/removing team mates based on needs and performance.
- Report weekly to company management as well as business development at JPL, NASA and other opportunities in Southern California.
- Managing other JPL contracts as well as some other efforts at NASA.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Computer, Electrical, and Environmental Engineering Aeronautical, Aerospace, Astronautical and Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Physics and all other engineering majors) or equivalent experience.
- 10 years of related Program Management experience NASA or JPL contracts
- Demonstrated experience with managing engineering development programs, including systems engineering, software development, hardware in the loop controls, virtual reality (VR), modeling and simulation (M&S).
- Experience effectively communicating at senior levels within a customer organization.
- Experience meeting with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items, and effectively execute in accordance with approved plans.
- Experience negotiating and implementing subcontract efforts
- Demonstrated experience supporting customer projects and experience working with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating and coordinating across project teams and components facilitating information sharing, reuse and productivity improvements.
- Knowledge of JPL or NASA best practices and policy directives/work instructions a plus
- Must meet applicable COVID safety requirements and protocols.
Applicants for positions requiring DoD security clearance must meet eligibility requirement to include US citizenship.
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