The selected candidate will be responsible for a department within the Software Engineering organization and will report directly to the SDS Software Engineering Director. The selected candidate will set operating objectives and provide mentorship to Functional Home Room (FHR) Section Managers (SMs) based on Engineering goals, objectives, and company policy. Provide oversight and assistance to multiple programs within the Division portfolio, to provide the people, skills, and processes for successful achievement of program goals. As the Department Manager the selected candidate will be responsible for managing planning, risk, project performance, addressing schedule, technical quality, and addressing technical or operational problems when necessary. Will assist engineers and program staff to develop and maintain talent within the organization. Have frequent contact with equivalent level managers and programs to maintain and exceed health and performance for all programs. The selected candidate will be a systems thinker with a track record of working across the organization to influence positive change aligning to business strategies. The successful candidate will lead a team of software engineers ranging across one or more of the following engineering sub-disciplines: software developers, software/data analysts, automated test developers, software cybersecurity, software configuration managers and network analysts. Key responsibilities will include:

Excellent communication, mentoring, interpersonal skills, and the ability to collaborate with senior management, peers, and employees. Driving ownership for the people, processes, and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions. Accountability for recruiting, staffing and retaining talent to deliver on the objectives. Supporting proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis. Owning and leading improvements across employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent. Developing and growing your section managers, and overall employee base. Instilling engineering excellence, communications, training, certifications and continuous improvement across the organization. Strong Interpret, execute, and recommend modifications to organizational policies. Lead or Manage Special Projects. Act as an advisor to staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational problems. - Life Insurance - Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions - Paid Time Off - Health & Wellness Resources - Employee Discounts This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. Bachelor's degree in a business-related field and a minimum 8 years of related experience or Masters Degree and 6 years of related experience or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree Experience in a formal management/lead position of scale (50+ people) Experience developing and driving standards of performance Minimum 5+ years of experience in software development, integration, and test in Java, C, or related technologies (proven hands on leader) Ability to travel up to 25% of the time Active Top Secret clearance Experience with managing Command and Control(C2) Software Teams Experience standing up and scaling an organization and/or leading a major change initiative ICBM or complex aerospace systems experience