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Sierra Nevada Corporation Sr. Operations Manager - Data Collection in Herndon, Virginia
Are you looking to use your expert leadership and manufacturing operations skills in an industry that supports and protects explorers and heroes? We could use your expertise on our team! As a Sr Operations Manager, you'll develop the long-range strategic goals for operations by overseeing and managing manufacturing operations, production control, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, equipment engineering, inventory control, and materials functions, such as purchasing, and shipping/receiving activities. You'll be responsible for departmental technology improvements and problem resolution in conjunction with manufacturing, quality assurance, and engineering. Your duties will also include translating customer requirements into state-of-the-art manufacturing strategies and processes, resulting in cost-effective processing and profitable manufacturing of company products, developing and influencing operations-related plans, budgets, and policies and procedure and ensuring the operations environment is safe and in compliance with all regulations in regards to the production facility.
The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/
Responsibilities:
Implement processes and workflows for space-based data collection payloads.
Lead a small team of collection managers, quality assurance engineers, and other operations functions.
Communicate operational progress and status to senior and executive-level leadership.
Engage continuously with customers to ensure satisfactory delivery and follow-on work.
Manage subcontractors and suppliers to eliminate delivery risk.
Work with program support personnel (contracts, business operations, security) to address all non-technical program reporting and compliance requirements.
Coordinate operations with leadership, architects, SMEs, and the Enterprise PMO, support architecture governance to ensure alignment of products/projects with strategic vision.
Must Haves:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field
Typically 6+ years of progressive experience in project management roles and/or in related or technical fields
Proficient in leading a team of at least 5 either directly or indirectly.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and project management software
Demonstrated experience in managing a highly complex project and its various parts; proposal development, contract negotiation, resource management, engineering development, operations and production, test through delivery and contract closeout.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
Strong analytical skills & capability to meet schedules
Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
Experience managing data collection and ingest pipelines.
Background in technical or analytical discipline; including engineering, natural science, math, computer science, data science, or intelligence collection/analysis.
Prior experience working with the intelligence community (2+ years).
Experience in team building, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, strategic thinking, marketing, and literacy in the program management disciplines.
The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required
Preferred:
Experience working with space-based RF/digital signals collection platforms.
Understanding of GEOINT, SIGINT, MASINT or HUMINT tradecraft.
Estimated Starting Salary: $138,634.92 - $190,623.01
SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.
Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances. (https://www.dcsa.mil/About/)
SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.