In an era of dynamic change in space, Aerospace is addressing a generation of complex challenges. We operate the only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Our technical experts span every discipline of space-related science and engineering. Join our team and thrive in a career that matters to the world and you personally.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides leadership, planning, and direction of technical office staff and operations for Commercial Programs. Assigns resources, determines staffing needs, and coordinates activities and operations among subordinate units. Communicates and coordinates activities to counterpart organizations, management, and customers.

KEY FUNCTIONS

• Establishes organization’s objectives and goals and communicates them to subordinates, management, and interfacing matrix organizations. Conducts Commercial Program activities consistent with corporate policies/practices, goals, and objectives. Sets performance standards; assesses sufficiency and quality of organization’s services.
• Participates with higher management in determining organization’s structure and staff and supports resource needs. Participates in budget planning and allocation of resources. Implements policies, practices, and operating processes and recommends improvements to higher management. Reports organization’s activities, progress and achievements through written and oral reports to management, subordinates, and customers.
• Identifies and assigns sub-organization and staff functional responsibilities. Assigns and coordinates work activities within organization; monitors workload, work progress and schedules, ensures completion of organization’s work assignments within cost and schedule guidelines. Participates in inter-organizational team assignments associated with management and technical issues and in training and educational activities.
• Seeks and identifies opportunities for additional, expanded and new business and assists higher management in the evaluation and pursuit of new opportunities.
• Cooperates and communicates frequently with customer to coordinate and report work progress, issues, and results. Conducts work performance within customer standards and regulations. Participates selectively in day-to-day technical task planning and issue resolution; coordinates work activities with counterpart and common-task participation organizations.
• Conducts staff performance reviews and recommends performance improvement, career development, salary and promotion actions; establishes staffing needs and recommends reassignments, training, transfers, and other staff deployments; assists other supervisors in evaluation and assignment of staff.
• Monitors and directs organization’s security processes, compliance, and safety awareness.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate technical discipline from an accredited university
• Experience in a managerial role with proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of contractors, customers, and corporate staff
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to customer sites and conferences, when required

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven credibility and credentials in commercial space sector related communities with record of active involvement and leadership in relevant professional organizations.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of corporate staff, customers, and contractors
• Must have proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with high level executives in commercial space companies
• Demonstrated abilities to proactively apply a broad set of skills to work diverse problems is highly desired, as is acute technical insight, seasoned problem solving skills, and demonstrated application of sound judgment
• Demonstrated business development skills with an entrepreneurial spirit to proactively seek out new business opportunities while keeping high satisfaction ratings with existing customers
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated strong technical leadership skills
• Proven ability to build successful interdisciplinary team
• Active or recently active Secret clearance with ability to reactivate
• Familiarity with: development and qualification of space systems, sub-systems, components and materials

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 12 or more years of progressively responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including substantial experience in a managerial role with proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of contractors, customers, and corporate staff
• Advanced degree in an appropriate technical or business discipline from an accredited university

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENTS

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Equal Opportunity Commitment

The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you’re an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at [email protected]. You can also review The Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.