Assistant General Manager, Space Missions, Technology, and Transportation Subdivision

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.

Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.

We are seeking an Assistant General Manager to assist leading and integrating the Space Missions, Technology, and Transportation (SMT&T) Subdivision within the NASA Programs Division (NPD). This position will report to the General Manager of NPD.  NPD is an organization of engineers providing technical, systems engineering, and acquisition expertise along with critical recommendations to NASA’s human space flight, science missions, and space technology enterprise customer to achieve mission success across a large portfolio of space, ground, and user segments.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Crystal City, VA or Greenbelt, MD

What You’ll Be Doing

• Assist the General Manager in developing the division objectives and strategy consistent with the corporate goals, Civil Systems Group strategic plan, customer expectations, and provide direction and planning for achieving strategic goals
• Drive and facilitate cross-agency customer coordination as well as across the Aerospace enterprise for collaboration on related initiatives and strategies for implementation of on-ramping technology enhancements
• Maintain subdivision focus on mission success from cradle to grave across the portfolio, track and communicate the risk posture, and facilitate enterprise teams as appropriate to provide viable solutions to mitigate mission risk and promote mission viability and strategic alignment to national policy.
• Create strategy for Subdivision based on Division and CSG strategies. Actively participate in customer senior decision forums across the portfolio
• Support the development, implementation, and execution of program acquisition strategies
• Assist the General Manager in developing the technical operating plans, budget control, staffing, succession planning, workforce needs, personnel development, customer interaction, and technical positions
• Position Aerospace in the highest value functions across the NASA portfolio, translate customer technical operating plans into technical priorities, manage budget constraints, plan and execute staffing as required
• Track, understand, and advocate for the capabilities within NASA Programs Division as well as across the CSG NASA-facing lines of business.
• Ensure staff is positioned to leverage the full extent of the Aerospace enterprise capabilities in solving the customer’s hardest problems across the portfolio
• Ensure timely support of staff to plan and execute launch and mission campaigns and fielding new and incremental capabilities
• Ensure timely anomaly resolution, on orbit calibration, and initialization functions
• Assist the General Manager in defining the organization structure, guide staffing, develop and grow the management team
• Provide leadership for setting goals and direction, mentoring, providing critical feedback, and coaching aimed at developing an agile technical staff and staff development

What You Need to be Successful – Assistant General Manager

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or closely related technical field
• 14 or more years of progressively demonstrated management and space systems acquisition experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering in a program, project, and policy oversight environment.
• Proven ability to manage large acquisition portfolio across multiple mission domains
• Demonstrated leadership skills including team building/leadership, conflict resolution, staffing and customer relationship building.