Technology Product Development Operations Manager

TPD (Technology & Product Development) Operations Manager: : Tampa FL

PreScreen Questions:

• Share a previous experience where you shifted staffing resources quickly due to agile changes in customer program requirements
• Describe your communication style
• Share an example where you ensured customer programs were effectively staffed and executed to budget plans

Description:

• The Senior Manager Operations for the Technology & Product Development (TPD) group is responsible for coordinating essential daily activities driving successful execution for the entire TPD team.
• This role requires strategic coordination with the TPD engineering leadership team to ensure rapid delivery of innovative solutions to both customer programs and R&D

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• General staffing manpower forecasts supporting interview process onboarding coordination of program assignments with engineering leaders and program management
• Responsible for all budgetary and forecasting tasks for all Defense & Security R&D projects globally and working with Finance team to maintain forecasts and provide timely reporting on actuals/forecast as required
• leveraging the company prescribed financial tools
• Ensures customer programs R&D projects and other supporting initiatives are effectively staffed and are executed to planned budgets
• Closed coordination and effective communication with TPD Senior Director on relevant issues and status
• Leads agile execution leveraging SAFe for all D&S R&D projects and customer programs staffed by the TPD team
• Coordinate employee performance reviews with engineering leaders
• Works with the rest of the TPD leadership team to enhance employee morale and retention rate
• Responsible via delegation for supporting sales team via proposal writing reviewing and BOE support
• Facilitates project status reporting for all projects in execution in the TPD portfolio
• Along with the rest of the TPD leadership team supports employees as a resource to eliminate roadblocks answer questions etc.
• Coordinating training plans (both corporate and technical) with engineering leaders and timely completions of corporate training tasks
• Facilitate procurement needs for R&D projects
• Effective delegation of tasks to N1 team members to maximize team efficiency
• Facilitates communication of TPD team accomplishments via TPD newsletter and other mechanisms projects. Staffing planning financial forecasting employee training communications and logistics are all key duties for this role.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (preferably Computer or Electrical) or Computer Science
• Knowledge of Software Development and Integration Systems Engineering and hardware interfaces
• At least 10 years of experience in simulation and modeling or related industry
• Leadership skills necessary to manage a small team experience with Agile methodologies preferred
• Excellent written verbal communication and presentation skills
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Work activities require sitting standing or walking for short periods throughout the day and focused visual concentration or focused listening.
• Ability to sit and operate a personal computer for long period