REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 12 years of work experience in IT, data center operations, or a related field
Enhanced servant leadership skills and customer-centric approach
Experience in leading complex business-facing initiatives, preferably in data center transformation or modernization
Strong stakeholder management skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities
Business and strategic plan development, project finance management, and earned value management experience
Process development experience and executive-level communication and presentation skills
Expertise in Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Experience with data center infrastructure, including power distribution, floor layouts, backup systems, and cooling systems
Knowledge of cloud computing, including migration of workloads to cloud providers

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS

Experience driving enterprise standardization and transformation with executive-level accountability
PMP Certification and Agile Certification
Hands-on implementation experience with data center transformation or modernization
Knowledge of IT service management frameworks, such as ITIL
Prefer someone located in the Denver area, or willing to travel >30% to Denver.

PROGRAM LEADERSHIP IN THIS ROLE WILL INCLUDE:

• Business case development.
• Effective design and development of Portfolio, Program, Project (P3) execution strategies.
• Cross boundary integration, dependency identification & tracking.
• Effective leadership and program & project execution.
• Develop solutions to complex problems which require use of ingenuity, innovation and robust design.
• Management of requirements, priorities and alignment with organizational objectives & success criteria.
• Work breakdown structure, effort estimation, resource loaded schedule management and execution to the strategy/plan, proactive risk identification and mitigation,
• Team leadership including guiding and motivating team members,
• Cost breakdown structure, cost estimation, cost management throughout the project lifecycle including management of cost overrun/underrun.
• Quality / Test Management.
• Vendor relationship management including working with third-party systems integrators
• Organizational change management, communication, training, stakeholder engagement, enablement.
  The candidate shall be highly customer focused, meeting customer expectation and responsive to feedback. The ideal candidate will have experience in both IT and in leading complex business facing initiatives with the ability to drive technology adoption within BAE Systems business sectors. The candidate shall leverage servant leadership, emotional intelligence, strong communication and decision making skills to navigate effectively across all functional areas and organizational levels.