SENIOR MANAGER, SCHEDULE AND RISK AND OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT

The Marvin Group is a Strategic Partner for Global Alternate Mission Equipment and Sustainment

The Marvin Group, a leading defense contractor, plays a crucial role in the development and manufacturing of various systems for military aerospace and vehicles. Based in Southern California near the Los Angeles International Airport, The Marvin Group consists of Marvin Engineering (MEC), Marvin Test Solutions (MTS) and Marvin Land Systems (MLS).  Marvin Engineering designs and produces military Alternate Mission Equipment.  Marvin Test Solutions designs and manufactures armament Test Equipment. Marvin Land Systems specializes in the design and build of power and thermal management systems. For over 60 years we have maintained “A Tradition of Excellence”, serving as a trusted source for our unwavering commitment to supporting all branches of the Department of Defense and our global allies. Our collaboration extends across a diverse array of programs and platforms, including major military prime contractors such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1.    Manage and mentor 1-3 direct reports in the program planning team, ensuring compliance with DoD IMS standards and best practices to include :

• a.    Interpreting contract requirements and objectives
• b.    Develop program IMS that is executable and meets customer, quality and contract requirements
• c.    Recommend actions to program management based upon program metrics, trends and variances
• d.    Lead the development and delivery of Schedule Risk Assessments and IMS baselines across functional areas
• e.    Gather individual program steps, durations, dependencies, and other details from appropriate program stakeholders to assemble into cohesive IMS that maps development programs from contract award to production handoff
• f.    Analyze program critical paths and facilitate root cause assessments to baseline execution variances
• g.    Actively communicate schedule dependencies, risks and mitigation plans to internal and external customers; Be able to clearly explain the IMS assumptions and dependencies to leadership

2.    Provide recommendations and support to program leadership developed through analysis of program IMS to improve schedule, mitigate risks and capture opportunities identified.

3.    Evaluate schedules for IMS quality according to DCMA requirements and suggest improvements to processes

4.    Develop master phasing schedules for executive review

5.    Support proposal planning and development and Ad hoc analysis and what-if scenario planning

6.    Develop and implement a comprehensive Risk and Opportunity (R&O) process and procedure for engineering programs to include process flow, review cadence, risk board, procedures for identifying, tracking, mitigating / capturing, and closing items.

7.    Partner with program leadership to identify risk and opportunities, their impact to the larger program portfolio, and possible contingencies and capture plans to reduce risk impact and maximize opportunity space.

8.    Partner with engineering, IT, and program leadership to implement risk management software and utilize it cross the engineering program portfolio.

9.    Report weekly / monthly and long-term risk position with the ability to understand and communicate impacts of realizing risk across multiple programs to leadership

SKILLS / REQUIREMENTS

This position must meet export control compliance requirements. All applicants must be “U.S. persons” within the meaning of ITAR, as defined : a U.S. Citizen, a lawful permanent resident, political asylee, or refugee.

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