Associate Manager, MILCON & Strategic Projects

Associate Manager, MILCON & Strategic Projects

The Associate Manager leads the MILCON and Strategic Projects team, facilitates MILCON projects from requirements development through activation and turnover, coordinates across engineering, construction, and operations, and leads integrated product team (IPT) forums. The candidate coordinates schedule and change control, manages risk and decision tracking, and ensures alignment to program defined requirements with internal and external partners. The role emphasizes program management, IPT leadership, and clear status reporting.

Core Responsibilities :

• People Leadership : Oversee hiring and onboarding and manage staffing, capacity, and assignments across MILCON and strategic efforts (workforce planning). Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development; set expectations and coach performance. Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that encourages open communication and timely escalation.
• Program Governance : Set the cadence, scope, and quality expectations for design reviews, assign owners for action tracking, ensure SME coverage, and audit closure of submittals and RFIs with A / E and accountable owners. Ensure program requirements are represented in A / E reviews, integrate dispositions with operations, safety, and sustainment, and resolve or escalate conflicts. Oversee configuration and change workflows, approve change packages, maintain decision and action logs, and confirm baseline updates with the program office. Direct maintenance of integrated master schedule (IMS) inputs and interface dependencies, validate handoffs across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, and remove schedule blockers. Oversee support to acquisition timelines by aligning technical inputs and review calendars, and drive stakeholder alignment on requirements, interfaces, and decisions.
• Delivery & Execution : Set expectations and approve IMS sequencing, review schedule health, and ensure alignment to budget and operational constraints. Establish IPT cadence and agendas, ensure action owners and due dates are assigned, and hold the team accountable for timely closure and early risk escalation. Govern risk, issue, and opportunity management, approve mitigations, and monitor effectiveness. Oversee coordination of field activities with operations and sustainment, remove escalated blockers, and confirm corrective actions are verified. Direct activation, commissioning, and turnover readiness, and approve acceptance criteria and documentation. Provide concise monthly status to senior stakeholders via PMR updates on scope, schedule, cost, risks, and decisions.

Desired skills :

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.

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

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 and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $95,000 - $167,440. 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. (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. This position is incentive plan eligible.

Pay Rate : The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $109,200 - $189,290. 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.