Portfolio Analysis Department Associate Director
The Aerospace CorporationAbout the role
The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.
The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a dynamic portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space and space-enabled capabilities.
As part of the Enterprise Design Subdivision (EDS), the Portfolio Analysis Department (PAD) drives responsive and comprehensive trades in customer portfolios. Working closely with corporate program offices, PAD delivers portfolio decision insights that expand options for senior leaders and accelerates delivery of end effects. PAD integrates technical expertise, system analysis, and design capabilities from across the corporation. The Associate Director of the Portfolio Analysis Department will support the director to lead these efforts, build partnerships with customers, and ensure the team is staffed with top talent to solve complex challenges.
Work Model:
This full-time position requires 100% onsite work in El Segundo CA or Chantilly VA.
What You’ll Be Doing:
• Support the director in developing the vision and direction for the department to execute and enhance corporate capabilities that inform our customers’ architecture, systems-of-systems, and enterprise decisions.
• Ensure Portfolio Analysis Department and related corporate activities fully leverage expertise from across Aerospace, incorporating best practices in enterprise systems engineering.
• Assist in the management of the department, including staff performance reviews, resource allocation, and personnel management, and recommend performance improvements, career development, personnel actions, and awards.
• Serve as a contact for program office inquiries, frame problems, develop implementation plans, and identify appropriate personnel based on expertise.
• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, maintain robust relationships with peer organizations, and lead multi-discipline analyst teams.
• Identify new partnerships for future portfolio analysis growth in customer impact.
• Coordinate and manage complex technical tasks among customers, ensuring quality and accuracy of work products.
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