Subcontract Program Manager, Senior Staff

Subcontract Program Manager, Senior Staff

The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact. We are a dynamic team at the cutting edge of National Security Space dedicated to developing innovative technologies that address the most unique and pressing customer challenges. Our collaborative culture fosters creativity, teamwork, and the pursuit of excellence for our programs and our suppliers.

This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of managing critical partnerships for key discriminating deliverables that drive the success of a quickly growing business area with tremendous opportunity for advancement. The IC5 Subcontract Program Manager Sr Stf position is an exceptional opportunity for high potential program managers, engineers, operations leaders, and subcontract managers to expand their skillset to include subcontractor proposal management, negotiations, and portfolio execution. This SPM role in particular provides proven multidisciplinary professionals with a path to program manager that sets them apart from their peers since suppliers often provide the most critical payloads to our customers and it gives aspiring PMs a leg up in negotiation and contract terms and conditions shaping.

You have internalized that an SPM plays a dual leadership role on a programan initiator to compel the supplier and the program to meet commitments. You are equally comfortable balancing risk between LM and Subcontractors, during negotiations and execution, to deliver an efficient custom solution. You understand that as an SPM you will use both LM and supplier schedules, requirement needs, and giver / receiver exchanges to push each party to drive program execution. You are a strategic, pro-active, leader with deep experience in subcontract management, supplier performance, proposal support, and supplier negotiations.

As a Subcontract Program Manager Sr Stf, you will oversee all cost, schedule, and technical performance aspects of our subcontractors and suppliers. You will be the lead of the Subcontract Management Team (SMT), ensuring that every facet of subcontract management from request for proposal (RFP) to delivery aligns with program objectives and performance goals. Your leadership will drive the collaboration between Subcontract Managers, Subcontract Administrators, engineering, specialties, and suppliers to ensure compliant execution within cost and schedule constraints.

Key responsibilities include :

• Leading the Subcontract Management Team (SMT) to develop and maintain a consistent business rhythm, ensuring that cost, schedule, and technical objectives are met.
• Overseeing the end-to-end subcontracting process, including RFP activities, negotiations, awards, and performance management.
• Ensuring subcontractor performance aligns with program specifications, including cost, schedule, quality, and earned value requirements.
• Managing and releasing deliverables, including Statements of Work (SOWs) and Subcontract Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs).
• Leading programmatic and technical meetings with subcontractors and internal engineering teams, fostering clear communication and accountability.
• Identifying, forecasting, and resolving issues impacting subcontractor performance, ensuring continuous progress and delivery.

To be effective, ideally, you should also have :

50% or higher risk, including Fixed Price and Cost Type Contract Structures.

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5-30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

Pay rate : The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $122,900 - $216,660. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer. Benefits offered : Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.