Vice President, Missile Defense Services

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Vice President, Missile Defense Services to join our team! In this role you will lead the largest support contract in the Missile Defense Agency.

What You'll Be Doing:

Leading and directing the staff in the execution of a >800 staff member support contract

Providing interface to the government contracting office, consolidated support office, and engineering technical stakeholders

Ensuring deliverables are provided within the required timeline

Coordinating staff efforts to demonstrate collaboration across the contract

Organizing team and re-balancing efforts to ensure priority efforts are staffed and executing for the government team

Controlling cost and labor hour execution within ceilings

Engaging with customers to ensure the program is meeting the needs of the government for both technical support and contract execution

Proactively engaging with customers to identify opportunities for organic growth on the existing contracts

Tracking opportunities for follow on work opportunities to ensure continuation of efforts for the engineering staff

Establishing trust with the government customers, across the Parsons staff, and with our subcontract partners

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

Minimum of 20 years of Program Management experience

Master’s Degree in a field related to leading large complex efforts

Top Secret Clearance

Experience managing contract efforts within the Missile Defense Agency

Established relationships with leaders across MDA’s acquisition, contracting, consolidated support, and engineering organizations

Experience leading a large, geographically diverse organization

Understanding of contracting regulations, organizational conflict of interest, organizing a multi-company team

Demonstrated ability to develop staff members

Proactively engage the workforce to ensure diverse thinking, while actively demonstrating the pursuit of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Proven ability to perform in a management capacity.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations.

• Personnel management and staff development experience.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Top Secret

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

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Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.

Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+.

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