Project Dir II - Tech

BAE Systems

Charlotte, NC

LOCATION

First Shift

SHIFT

Job Description

As posted by the hiring company

Job Overview:

Job Description

What's it like working for a company where you are treated as more than a number? Empowering. Joining our Information Technology team means you are the backbone behind managing all the technology aspects for multiple contracts and programs that help keep nations safe. With the diversity of our offerings and work, you’ll get to take on new challenges while your career reaches new heights.

BAE Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Portfolio Director, Sector IT Delivery, to join our team. team. This role will be a member of our IT Program Management Office (PMO) leadership team and serve as a senior leader responsible for sector-specific IT delivery. As a Senior Portfolio Director, you will play a critical role as a steward responsible for enterprise alignment of sector-driven demand, initiative readiness, and value delivery.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Sector IT Initiative Oversight: Provide oversight and guidance to Senior Managers responsible for delivering sector-specific IT initiatives, ensuring effective delivery and alignment with enterprise IT strategy and priorities.

Enterprise Alignment: Partner with enterprise architecture and enterprise portfolio leaders to ensure sector-specific IT initiatives align with enterprise standards, best practices, and IT strategies.

Value Delivery: Serve as a steward responsible for ensuring value delivery across sector-specific IT initiatives, including:
- Ensuring that business cases are aligned with enterprise IT strategy and priorities.
- Monitoring and reporting on value delivery across sector-specific IT initiatives.
- Identifying and mitigating risks to value delivery.

Continuous Improvement: Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance IT governance and PMO processes, including:
- Identifying areas for process improvement and implementing changes to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
- Developing and implementing metrics to measure IT governance and PMO performance. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure that IT governance and PMO processes are aligned with business objectives.

Collaboration: Collaborate with sector leaders, BTOs, and enterprise architecture to ensure effective communication and coordination of sector-specific IT initiatives.

Required Skills and Education

12+ years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor's Degree.
IT Service Management: Knowledge of IT service management frameworks, such as ITIL.
Project Management: Experience with project management methodologies, such as Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid.
Business Case Development: Ability to develop and implement business cases that are structured to measure outcomes and value delivery.
IT Governance: Knowledge of IT governance frameworks and principles
PMO Processes: Experience with PMO processes, including project initiation, planning, execution, and closure.
Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with ability to interpret data and inform decisions.
Leadership: Experience in leading teams, including senior managers and directors.
Business Acumen: Strong business acumen, with ability to understand business operations and goals.
Technical Skills: Familiarity with IT systems, infrastructure, and applications.
Project Management Professional (PMP).

Preferred Skills and Education

15+ years relevant management experience preferred.
Master's Degree preferred.
IT Service management, product management, hybrid project management methodologies, SDLC, Agile and ITIL certification, ServiceNow SPM.

About BAE Systems, Inc.

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 12 years work experience or equivalent experience