
Aero Program Execution Director - GSS
- Carlsbad, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsibile for program execution by providing leadership and insight on future proposals as well as contract management, program scheduling, and execution
- Work across the Viasat enterprise to ensure all Aero Programs are driven to timely and quality deliveries
- Coordinate with the Aero Program Managers and Viasat’s Entry Into Service (EIS) team to ensure each Aero program is prepared for operation
- Validate customers are properly trained in fault resolution and act as the liasion between the Aero Program Manager and the Government Care Center (GCC) and Network Operations Center (NOC)
- Apply a collaborative/consultative working and leadership style, relying on common sense and personal competence for persuasion and consensus building
- Management of team located across multiple geographical locations
- 10+ years’ experience in customer-facing program management with some of that experience around delivering integrated products and services
- Proven ability to establish and cultivate strategic relationships while solving complex problems in a dynamic multi-faceted environment
- Demonstrated experience with Government Program and Project Management to include developing, tracking, and maintaining project plans, schedules, and budgets
- Solid understanding of Government risk management practices
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25%
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering or equivalent experience
- US Government position, US Citizenship Required
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible
- Ability to travel 25% both domestically and internationally
- Demonstrated success managing a technical program for the Government
- Experience overseeing the development of an Aero system, for the U.S. Government market, from inception to deployment, including Mil-STD testing
- Demonstrated effective program life cycle analysis including DMSM, having implemented measures to mitigate obsolescence and DMS on a U.S. Government program
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance