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Standard Job Description
Partners with Program & Senior Management to drive cost, schedule, and technical performance by facilitating integration across all functions. Responsible for developing compliant Integrated Program Schedules which accurately validate the flow, budget, and resources required to execute contractual scope and overarching program strategy. Provides the program with time-phased critical path predictive analysis and actionable planning data, and develops recommended solutions to programmatic execution conflicts. Ensures all commitments are tracked, monitored and statused. Prepares/coordinates the development of planning artifacts for solicitation response. Interfaces with program management, senior management and the customer as the programs planning integrator. Ensures vertical and horizontal integration, and cost/schedule integration between all schedules and other program artifacts.Devises modeling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baseline, and to perform schedule risk assessments. Utilizes performance and health metrics analyses to drive actions resulting in improved program performance.
Long Description
We are Lockheed Martin! Join the F-16 Planning Team!
The F-16 is a true symbol of American pride and excellence. This fighter jet has been serving the United States Air Force and its allies for decades, protecting our freedom and democracy with its unparalleled speed, maneuverability, and advanced technology. With every takeoff, the F-16 represents the strength and determination of the American people, and serves as a beacon of hope and security for our country and its allies around the world.
What is Program Planning to Lockheed Martin?
Integral to Lockheed Martin's Program Management & Enterprise Performance, it organizes tasks for mission success, scheduling design, development, and sustainability of products. It breaks down products into tasks, sets sequences & durations, ensuring on-time, in-budget, quality outcomes. Aeronautical program planning is an exciting process that combines creativity, science, and technology to create amazing machines that enable humans to explore and travel in the air and beyond!
Key Duties
The candidate is a self-starter and relationship builder supporting an integrated team to ensure successful program execution and performance, including all aspects of a validated Earned Value Management system. This position has shared responsibility for baseline management and control and assisting in variance analysis.
Responsibilities include the development and maintenance of schedules. Candidate will integrate and assess schedule impacts of proposed work on existing and future plans. Candidate will refine knowledge of Critical Path Methodology and how to apply it in schedule network development and analysis. Position interacts across functional organizations such as engineering, procurement, contracts, business management, and production. This position will be an active participant in the evaluation of planning products and practices and will be instrumental in the remediation activities upon identification of gaps.Primary Tools Used: Deltek Open Plan Scheduling Tool, Milestones Professional, Microsoft Excel
A level 3 employee Typically has 5 - 10 years of professional experience.
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The position is primarily remote, with more than 50% of the work performed from home. Occasional on-site visits will be required based on program needs, and workspaces will be reserved through our "hotel" system and conference rooms. Candidates must reside within reasonable proximity to the site to commute and accommodate these ad-hoc requirements.
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications
• Experiences with Earned Value Management (EVM) including Cost / Schedule Integration
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, projects, or programs
• Experience presenting to leadership, customers, or other stakeholders

Desired Skills
- Degree in Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration
- Experience with networked schedules, integrity checks, and critical path methodology.
- Experience with Schedule Performance Management Techniques, e.g. Earned Value Management
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
- Previous experience with Deltek OpenPlan
- Excellent Communication and Organizational skills
- Experience as a planning team lead and/or contract planner
- Proposal experience
- Strong knowledge of LM Program Performance Management (PPM) Command Media
- Supplier integration experience, performance analysis, and corrective action recommendation skills
- Familiarity with Risk and Opportunity Management, including identification, integration, and mitigation
- Deep knowledge of Deltek Open Plan
- Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) experience
- Prior Aerospace experience.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $72500.00 - $134600.00
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The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.