Empower Portfolio Manager with Security Clearance

Job Description Empower, sponsored by ES Strategy & Planning, is Electronic System's internal Innovation program where employees can seek funding for their needle-moving ideas to significantly advance the technical capabilities we offer our customers, or meaningfully reduce cost and/or defects. With our Business Area's strategic interests in mind, Empower provides our employee's resources to help them mature and demonstrate the feasibility of their creative concepts. The successful candidate for this position will be responsible for increasing the number and quality of great ideas submitted to the Empower team for consideration- essentially growing the reach and influence of Empower. That is, they will demonstrate passion for helping our employees, at any level and in any role, articulate their great ideas. Leveraging your growing professional network across the company, you will work with business and technical leaders who are seeking new concepts to create and execute targeted idea campaigns to capture and evaluate the best ideas of our employees. You will become a core member of the Empower Innovation team working closely with both the Director of Empower to refine our strategy, as well as the Empower Program Manager to ensure funded ideas transition successfully into the project execution phase. In essence, you will own and scale the "Empower new business front-end" to ensure the program is consistently capturing and reviewing our employee's best ideas. This Strategy & Planning-based position has primary roles and responsibilities that include, but are not limited to: REFINE STRATEGY & GROWTH: Working with the Director of Empower to refine our strategy to ensure the Empower team is focused on capturing and supporting the most meaningful innovation and continuous improvement ideas that are relevant to our business, can be readily matured and tested, and then be transitioned back into the business. You will also be responsible to helping to grow the reach and influence of Empower. .
CREATE & EXECUTE NEW IDEA CAMPAIGNS: Creating and executing multiple strategic idea campaigns to ensure we are capturing, reviewing, and supporting our employee's best ideas. This includes leveraging our idea management platform to conduct targeted idea campaigns to solve critical business issues. As the campaign manager, you will work with executive sponsors to create a campaign challenge statement. Then you will launch the campaign to crowd source ideas from a BAE Systems' employees. This includes working with business and functional leaders to understand their "jobs to be done", and then using the idea campaign mechanism to capture and technically evaluate potential solutions. Idea campaigns generally result with a set of ideas selected for maturation and funding. SUPPORT TRANSITION FROM IDEA SELECTION TO PROJECT EXECUTION: Collaborating with the Empower Program Manager, to set up and execute new idea campaigns in our Hype platform, ensuring effective evaluation of potential ideas, and working to ensure selected ideas successfully transition to the execution phase (where they will be managed by the Empower PM). Required Education, Experience, & Skills Minimum of a Bachelor's of Science in an Engineering Descipline
8+ Years Experience Working With Emerging Technologies
8+ Years Working Within A Collaborative Team Environment
Ability to Collaboratively Mature the Ideas and Concepts of Others
Ability to Work Independently/Productively In Remote Environment
Exceptional Written and Verbal Communication Skills
Familiarity With BAE Systems ES Business Areas and Products
Ability to Build & Maintain Trust Relationships With Stakeholders
Demonstrated Energy & Curiosity Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $140690 - $239140 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. About BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve. Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
At BAE Systems, we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where employees are valued and feel like they belong. We are conscious of the need for all employees to see themselves reflected at every level of the company and know that in order to unlock the full potential of our workforce, everyone must feel confident being their best, most sincere self and be equipped to thrive. We provide impactful professional development experiences to our employees and invest in social impact partnerships to uplift communities and drive purposeful change. Here you will find significant opportunities to do meaningful work in an environment intentionally designed to be one where you will learn, grow and belong.