Job Description

Job Description

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Skunk Works® Programs

The Integrated Fighter Group (IFG) supports the F‑16 and F‑22 aircraft families. Both platforms embody U.S. air‑power excellence: the F‑16 offers decades‑long service with unmatched speed, maneuverability, and advanced technology, while the award‑winning F‑22 Raptor provides world‑class air dominance through stealth, agility, and integrated weapon systems.

Program planning is a core component of Lockheed Martin’s Program Management & Enterprise Performance framework. It organizes tasks, defines schedules, and ensures that design, development, and sustainment activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. In the aeronautics domain, this discipline blends creativity, engineering, and technology to produce aircraft that enable global security and air‑dominance missions.

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Program Planning Specialist (Level 4) to provide planning and scheduling support for the F‑16 Campaigns and Proposal team. The incumbent will work closely with technical SMEs, planners, operations, and program management to translate authorized customer requirements into compliant Request‑for‑Proposal (RFP) schedules. Responsibilities include validating scope, flow, and resource requirements, and supporting capture and business development activities.

Key functions involve:

• Developing product‑level plans and proposal schedules.
Conducting critical‑path analysis, Schedule Risk Analyses (SRA), and maintaining summary schedules.
Integrating and assessing schedule impacts of new work on existing and future plans.
• Applying Critical Path Method (CPM) principles to schedule network development and analysis.
Acting as a liaison among Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Contracts, Technical Planning, and Program Management.
• Evaluating program and PP&I (Program Planning & Integration) processes, identifying gaps, and driving remediation activities.

Core Responsibilities

1. Schedule Development & Maintenance
-Build and maintain network schedules using tools such as Open Plan, Primavera, MS Project, or ProjectView.
-Perform integrity checks, critical‑path identification, and schedule risk assessments.

2. Proposal Support
-Translate customer RFP requirements into detailed, compliant proposal schedules.
-Coordinate with capture teams to ensure alignment of technical approach, resources, and timelines.

3. Earned Value Management (EVM)
-Integrate cost and schedule data to support EVM reporting and analysis.

4. Stakeholder Coordination
-Facilitate briefings and status updates for internal and external customers.
-Build and sustain relationships across functional teams, influencing decisions and resolving conflicts.

5. Process Improvement
-Analyze planning metrics and trends, recommending and implementing actionable improvements.

What’s In It For You:
From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

***Must be a US Citizen. Must have ability to obtain & maintain a Secret Security Clearance as part of employment. This position is located at a special access facility.

A level 4 employee Typically has 9 - 15 years of professional experience.

Basic Qualifications

The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 5 years in operational planning or scheduling, preferably within the defense sector.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Expertise in schedule‑building tools (Open Plan, Primavera, MS Project, ProjectView).
• Strong background in CPM, critical‑path analysis, and Schedule Risk Analysis.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (cost/schedule integration).
• Experience delivering clear briefings to diverse audiences; strong written and oral skills.
• Demonstrated team‑building, influencing, and relationship‑management capabilities.
• Excellent critical‑thinking and problem‑solving abilities; adept at interpreting planning metrics and trends.

Desired skills

The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:
• Proposal experience
• Degree in Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration
• Experience with networked schedules, integrity checks, and critical path methodology.
• Experience with Schedule Performance Management Techniques, e.g. Earned Value Management
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Previous experience with Deltek OpenPlan
• Excellent Communication and Organizational skills
• Experience as a planning team lead and/or contract planner
• Strong knowledge of LM Program Performance Management (PPM) Command Media
• Supplier integration experience, performance analysis, and corrective action recommendation skills
• Familiarity with Risk and Opportunity Management, including identification, integration, and mitigation
• Deep knowledge of Deltek Open Plan
• Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) experience
• Prior Aerospace experience.

EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.

Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to work remotely

Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Security Clearance Information

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $95,000 - $167,440. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $109,200 - $189,290. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate’s final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.