Business Segment Director , Loc:
On-siteScottsdale, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Oversee the portfolio of space programs delivering mission solutions for data-networking, data-transport, cybersecurity, and cryptography to national systems. Drive business growth by securing new contracts, achieving operating targets, and executing strategic plans for short- and long-term organizational goals. Manage complex development and production programs while building and leading a highly skilled team to deliver high-assurance cryptographic and security capabilities. Collaborate with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure program performance and customer satisfaction across global assets. Maintain current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and navigate matrix organizations to drive results in volatile, uncertain environments.
Required Qualifications
- Proven experience to successful management complex high-value development and production programs
- Experience with satellites, space systems, high-assurance security solutions, and working with certification authorities
- Strong leadership skills in people management, program execution, team building, and customer relationship management and business development
- Proven change management skills, able to lead an organization through change
- A vision and the ability to clearly share that vision with others
- Ability to delegate responsibility but must be accountable
- Ability to influence others by persuasion
- Proven skills identifying and growing new business and developing short term and long-term strategic plans for growth
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills for a wide variety of audiences including senior stakeholders
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong knowledge of financial reports, business measurements and operational metrics to ensure maximum business impact to drive optimal decision making
- A proven track record of developing trusted customer relationships
- Proven experience maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction based on excellent program performance across a Business Area or large program
- Current/Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly is required at time of hire
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Minimum of 15 years of demonstrated leadership
- Willingness to travel occasionally
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of Satellites, Space Missions, Data-transport, Cryptographic solutions and high assurance certifications
- Knowledge and proven experience in the development and production of space, embedded, or avionics solutions for national systems
- Experience managing the development and production of high-value mission solution programs to support mission critical systems worldwide for national assets
- Established working relationships within the Space, Avionics, Cryptography, Networking communities
- Experience working compartmented efforts
- Experience with Agile development
- Experience running a business segment/area or highly complex programs
- Strategic thinker who also pays attention to the details
- Ability to navigate volatile, uncertain complex and ambiguous environments while delivering results
- Significant experience navigating matrix organizations to ensure alignment and focus
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
- Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of demonstrated leadership
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