Associate Principal Director with Security Clearance

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. At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration - to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves. Do you have passion and experience for helping senior leaders make better data driven decisions to improve acquisition outcomes? Do you like solving multiple problems and exploring novel ideas? Do you enjoy driving analysis/analytical products that influence decision makers on strategic national security challenges and draw engagement/visibility from senior stakeholders, including the White House, Congress, the US Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community? Do you want to lead a highly motivated and capable team that plays an increasingly particularly pivotal role at a time of unprecedented change in the Space enterprise? If so, join our team of Space acquisition and analysis experts at Aerospace. In an era of dynamic change in space, Aerospace is addressing a once in a generation set of complex challenges as the Space ecosystem undergoes rapid and unprecedented evolution. The Aerospace Corporation operates the only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Our technical experts span every discipline of space-related science and engineering. Join our team and thrive in a career that matters to the world and to you personally. AAPS is the one stop shop for space related acquisition challenges supporting key stakeholders in the US Government and Commercial working for the national benefit. Job Summary Aerospace invites highly qualified candidates to apply to be the AAPS Associate Principal Director and leader of our Economic and Market Analysis Center (EMAC). This position requires a dynamic and collaborative senior leader with a demonstrated record of successfully leading a large, matrixed engineering organization with considerable expertise in the business and systems engineering activities associated with system acquisition, deployment, and sustainment. This highly leveraged position will be responsible for Aerospace support to program offices across the acquisition spectrum including traditional and non-traditional contract structures, traditional and new-entrant suppliers as applied to programs for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civil customers. The subdivision is geographically dispersed with the majority of personnel centered in Northern Virginia or Southern California. The APD position can be executed out of any of Aerospace's facilities. A major responsibility for the new APD is scaling and growing EMAC. EMAC plays a critical role in informing Aerospace's customers and stakeholders on current industry market conditions, performs analytics on specific market segments, and conducts due diligence assessments on individual companies. EMAC is a unique and evolving capability that supports a wide range of customers in the National Security, civil, commercial, and international space communities to inform acquisitions and in particular, for high demand and transformational commercial space portfolios. The ideal candidate for this position brings experience from the investing community, a strong engineering or analytical background, a proven track record of building and leading high performing teams, and a demonstrated ability to successfully engage with internal and external executive leaders. What You'll Be Doing Partner with the Principal Director to effectively lead, manage, and direct resources and overall operations of a dynamic and geographically dispersed team of world class engineers, business professionals and technical support personnel
Work across AAPS and Aerospace to develop solutions that enable enterprise mission success, deliver technical excellence, people excellence, and operational excellence.
Develop and implement the EMAC's strategy, grow department capabilities, shape and respond to demand signals, and guide the department's research and development portfolio.
Work with other organizations across Aerospace to deliver Corporate and Division priorities
Enable high performance teams to deliver acquisition and systems engineering planning and integrate business and market intelligence to inform strategic program planning., acquisition decisions and risk mitigation approaches.
Personally perform & lead technical or analysis tasks, including hands on development.
Work with the AAPS leadership team to deliver the AAPS strategy to build our brand, grow our capabilities, deliver excellence, and elevate our impact.
Grow, develop, and oversee a world class organization that delivers and sustains a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment committed to excellence
Assign resources, estimate staffing needs, coordinate activities, and connect with requisite stakeholders.
Develop, collaborate, and maintain relationships with program offices to sustain EMAC's activities.
Partner with other departments across Aerospace to deliver timely, innovative solutions and scale corporate economic and market analysis capabilities to enable informed acquisition decisions
What You Need to be Successful Master's degree in business, finance, market research, or related field with exposure to engineering, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, or related technical or analytics discipline; or a master's degree in engineering with exposure to business, market research, finance, or investment banking
Applicable experience working space-related investment analysis, commercial acquisition risks, working with Wall Street or defense and national security space industry stakeholders, or commercial satellite service providers
Minimum of 10 years of relevant space-related acquisition or analysis experience.
Previous experience leading and managing distributed, highly technical project teams.
Ability to provide strategic and budget planning, workforce planning, recruiting, and staffing, succession planning, personnel development, resource management, and cultivate customer relationships
Experience working with customer-facing organizations across a wide variety of DoD, IC and Civil programs
Consistent track record of establishing and maintaining effective interpersonal and working relationships with different levels of corporate staff, peers, management, program offices, customers, partners, stakeholders and contractors.
Excellent communications skills, both written and oral
A commitment to an inclusive environment that fosters excellence and collaboration
Broad understanding and demonstrated experience in systems acquisition, systems engineering, systems integration, commercial space markets and investment analysis
Excellent people management skills
A proven track record of building partnerships, modeling collaboration across organizations, and facilitating effective exchanges with a wide variety of stakeholders to influence and make critical decisions
Ability to contribute to the development and implementation of the strategic vision for the subdivision and department
Ability to lead in a fast-paced, dynamic environment during a time of significant change
Able to travel domestically up to 10%.
This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance. How You Can Stand Out It would be impressive if you have one or more of these: Minimum of 10 years of applicable experience working space-related investment analysis, commercial acquisition risks, working with Wall Street or defense and national security space industry stakeholders, or commercial satellite service providers
Minimum of 5 years of managing high performing teams
Proven ability to successfully engage with senior executives and external audiences
Fluency with acquisition analysis best practices.
Demonstrated hands on experience delivering high quality technical, business, and cost assessments.
Proven ability to scale and grow organizational capabilities and delivery of products and services
Experience working in a program office setting, managing matrix support, and developing statements of work.
Demonstrated experience in obtaining resources from program offices to support department research priorities.
Recognition as a subject matter expert with publications, presentations, or contributions to the broader community of practice
Experience in a commercial space or satellite service organization, especially related to business development, market research, or raising capital financing
Deep knowledge of US Government acquisition processes and methods
Deep understanding of the space industrial base
Familiarity with Aerospace Corporation's customers and working in a classified environment
A track record of successful change management
Leadership experience working in both a customer-facing and in a matrixed engineering organization
Experience with enterprise integration or portfolio management
Fluency in how DoD decision making occurs inside and outside of headquarters that affects policy, planning, and funding . click apply for full job details