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Maxar is seeking a Portfolio Project Manager to join our Thermal Subsystem organization in Palo Alto, CA. As a company, we are a global leader of geospatial and space-based technology solutions. The Thermal Subsystem is responsible for the end-to-end effort in the proposal, design, development, analysis, manufacturing, testing and overall management of spacecraft thermal subsystems. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that all projects within the Thermal Subsystem are appropriately planned and supported at the portfolio level while delivering on-time and within budget. This role reports to the Thermal Subsystem Director.Responsibilities:- Oversee all aspects of Thermal Subsystem projects, interfacing with Departments Managers and Lead Engineers to ensure project definition, milestone establishment and appropriate directorate resource planning (facility and personnel)
- Manage and prioritize the project stream for the Thermal Subsystem directorate, ensuring alignment with business objectives, on-time and within budget
- Develop appropriate tools/processes/metrics to monitor and track progress of all projects within the directorate, including resource planning and de-conflicts
- Review changes to individual projects (scope, schedule, costs) to assess and minimize impact to the overall portfolio - re-plan as necessary to avoid cost/schedule impacts and provide recommendations through management chain when impacts are unavoidable
- Perform continuous risk management to minimize risks in design, schedule and financial scope
- or permanent resident
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
- 8 years of relevant experience, with at least 5 years in project/program management. A Master's degree may count for 2 years of experience and a PhD degree may count for 4 years of experience.
- Degree in an engineering or related discipline
- Strong leadership and influential skills
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Exceptional organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Strong time management skills, meeting deadlines are critical. The ability to set realistic deadlines and expectations.
- Experience in budget and resource management
- Extensive experience with Excel, Microsoft Project and/or other project planning and management software
- Critical Path Analysis experience
- PMP certificate
- Experience with Agile methodologies as they apply to development and manufacturing
- Experience with leading complex development projects/processes
- Understanding of hardware design and manufacturing
- Comfortable working on interdisciplinary teams internally and externally
- Agile and out-of-the-box thinking, ability to challenge norms and look for new, inventive solutions
- Strong motivational skills, does not allow the team to get caught up in the churn, creator of straight forward plans so the projects and the teams can reach full potential
- Experience in customer interfacing; knowing when to involve or not involve the customer
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