Hybrid Principal Director – Space Technology

at The Aerospace Corporation

• Job title: Principal Director – Space Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chantilly, United States

About the role

• Principal Director overseeing NASA Space Technology Directorate at Aerospace Corporation. Leading engineering activities and strategic initiatives for NASA customers across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership and management of NASA Space Technology Directorate support organization.
• Develop subdivision objectives and strategy consistent with corporate goals and initiatives and customer expectations.
• Provide direction and planning for achieving both strategic and tactical goals.
• Represent Aerospace to senior NASA Senior Executive Service leaders, including direct interaction and support of NASA Mission Directorate Associate Administrators.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts and engineering support across an interdisciplinary and geographically distributed teams along a defined NASA programmatic theme or area of emphasis.
• Work with the NASA customer, partner organizations, and Aerospace technical experts in formulating overall strategy, defining requirements, and evaluating capabilities, in developing and broadening Aerospace’s reach into the human space flight arena.
• Support to the Assistant General Manager (AGM) providing overall day-to-day technical and managerial guidance and direction to direct reports for execution of on-contract tasking as well as strategic and thematic leadership over the growth of Aerospace’s impact in shaping the future of NASA human and science missions.
• Participate with the AGM 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.
• Assist in strategic planning and establishing external strategic relationships with potential partners, customers, and collaborators associated with a defined NASA programmatic theme or area of emphasis across the various NASA centers.
• Identify opportunities for additional, expanded and new business and assists the AGM and NASA Programs Division General Manager in the evaluation and pursuit of new opportunities.
• Build and manage the operating plans, budgets, staffing, succession planning, workforce needs, personnel development, customer interface, and division growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering or equivalent is required.
• 12 years or more of relevant experience in engineering and project management, with progressively increasing responsibilities including staffing, budgeting, and team building is required.
• Program office and/or Engineering & Technology Group program management leadership experience.
• Knowledge of NASA missions, technologies, development lifecycle, development requirements, and guidelines
• Experience in institutional and programmatic oversight and knowledge of how NASA centers and programs allocate resources and administrate the NASA programmatic lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience in partnership development/customer relations with multiple government customers.
• Familiarity with NASA technologies in the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) programs, projects, and centers is required.
• Familiarity with ISAM technologies, personnel, and government and private sector organizations with an interest in providing or requesting ISAM services.
• Demonstrated experience recognizing and defining the customer’s broad scope space problems.
• Ability to lead a geographically distributed team.
• Experience building and leading engineering teams to solve customer problems.
• Strong, communication and interpersonal skills, as evidenced through recent interaction and presentations to customers.
• Experience interacting with GS-15/SES level customer counterparts.
• Willing to travel to other NASA centers outside of the Washington, DC area, as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect