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Director, SMS PMX Digital & AI

Palm Bay, Florida

Job ID 46213
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Job Title: Director, Artificial Intelligence
Job Code: 46213

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off!

Job Description:

Leads functional Artificial Intelligence (AI), data, and digital strategy for the Space & Mission Systems (SMS) Segment Program Management Excellence (PMX) organization - connecting AI strategy to program execution.  Leading full stack development of integrated data, tool, and business process optimization efforts. Identifies, prioritizes, develops, and delivers capabilities that improve program execution, decision quality, schedule performance, risk management that enable program leaders to make faster, more data-driven decisions.

Essential Functions:

  • Establishes Program Management AI/digital roadmap, use cases and investments, governs implementation, and drives adoption across the PM community while ensuring alignment with enterprise AI governance
  • Leads segment implementation strategy for digital / automation enterprise initiatives (Program Digital Cockpit, Control Tower, Business Intelligence, etc.) to ensure objectives are measured, issues resolved, and commitments met
  • Understand data architecture and resolve data integrity issues
  • Manage data pipelines, digital tools, and repository available to segment program and functional communities
  • Coordinates with stakeholders to seek input, align vision, gain buy-in
  • Ensures capability advancement projects are executed within lead time to need; budgeted accordingly
  • Travel to other sites as needed to execute objectives, estimated 10-15%
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen, able to obtain a U.S. security clearance post start

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience.
  • 5+ years experience leading managers and teams
  • 5+ years experience leading digital transformation and artificial intelligence implementation
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, at all levels in the organization; acting as the bridge between Program Management, Digital/Information Technology (IT), Engineering, Data & Analytics, AI transformation teams as necessary to achieve objectives
  • Understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), copilots, AI agents, prompt engineering
  • Cultivates organizational trust and relationships
  • Strategic thought leader, ability to identify where AI can create measurable value
  • Experience redesigning processes, models, workflows using digital technologies and driving adoption of new technology
  • Ability to take an AI concept from use case to business case to prototype to deployment
  • Understanding of responsible AI, cybersecurity data governance

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • 3+ years experience in aerospace-defense industry
  • Progressive leadership experience across program management, business, digital strategy, engineering, analytics, artificial intelligence, data architecture, technology
  • Ability to influence senior leadership regarding matters of strategic importance to the function or organization
  • 5+ years in program management role with deep understanding of program management, planning, scheduling, risk management, business acumen
  • Strong accountability mindset, ensuring team performance is measured and accountability followed through

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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