VP, Space Services & Solutions (SES) Program Directorate

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented VP, Space Services & Solutions Program Directorate to join our team! In this role you will own strategy, execution, and growth to take this business forward to be a major player in delivering future space infrastructure and capabilities supporting the entire space value chain from Ground Command and Control (C2) to space vehicle solutions on orbit.

Competition makes you stronger
You love a challenge. You thrive on seeing possibilities and opportunities that others miss and coming up with productive, creative solutions. Your deep well of competitive spirit gets you over and around obstacles and your drive is motivational to others. Your strategic focus and execution drives team unity, spirit, and collaborative innovation. That’s what makes you the kind of leader we want. We value the way that healthy competition advances our business and all the people in it, and your talent at motivating your team will be well rewarded.

SES Directorate
Our Government Space Services and Solutions (SES) directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in the Space Domain because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on space situational awareness, prototyping and integration, and mission operations support. Parsons creates game changing space domain solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists.

SES delivers engineering services and solutions supporting space and intelligence missions with a broad set of capabilities from commercial space offerings, large scale development, and mission engineering to space assets and infrastructure used globally.  SES has a deep bench of engineering talent and capabilities to grow rapidly as space capabilities proliferate.  

SES delivers:

• Integrated solutions for space situational awareness operations across a wide customer and stakeholder landscape

• Commercial Space Operations services from Command and Control (C2) of Government satellites to delivering commercial antennae services all in an “aaS” model

• Delivery and continuous advancement of Commercial off-the-shelf products, Government off-the shelf products for space missions

• Delivery of open, common, cyber-secure tactical satellite C2 services within a resilient ground architecture to provide automation and a common user experience that is critical for battle management between the operational and tactical C2 levels

• Conduct of lab operations within government owned facilities to support infrastructure hardware and software support for various tools and process applications

• Development of mission software factory solutions to support data access, integration, application, and product dissemination for both multi-domain uses

Highlight of Customers supported:

• Space Development Agency

• Space Systems Command

• Naval Research Laboratory

• Air Force Research Laboratory

• Air Force Life Cycle Management Command

• Intelligence Community Partners

• Allied and Coalition Partners

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

What You Will Be Doing:

Superior people engagement and management skills

• Foster a culture of high trust, transparent communications and development opportunities

• Engage proactively in creating a workforce of diverse thinking, while actively demonstrating the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce

• Partner across the company for delivery of multi-directorate integrated solutions

Full P&L management of SES operations, including:

• Full P&L accountability and responsibility for meeting operational, financial and strategic objectives

• This position is ultimately accountable for bookings, sales, profit, and strategic execution of the business

• Interacting at the highest levels of the corporate structure to influence, solve complex business issues and drive to solutions while engaging in a high level of constructive collaboration

• Develop and lead a high performing team k