Job Description
What is it like to work at BAE Systems? It is an opportunity to be part of a team that solves the world's most complex defense challenges, where your attention to detail directly ensures the success of critical missions.
As a Project Management Analyst, you will build a rewarding career by ensuring the operational excellence of our Combat Missions System - Program Excellence. In this job, you will apply disciplined Project Management (PM) principles to support the CMS Project Management Authority (PMA), serving as a vital link between project execution and corporate governance. You will be responsible for managing reporting metrics, elevating risks, and ensuring that our Lifecycle Management (LCM) framework is applied consistently to programs to ensure successful product delivery from development to closure.

Responsibilities
As a Project Management Analyst, your primary goal is to provide comprehensive monitoring, reporting, and compliance support for the CMS LCM framework.
As a Project Management Analyst, you will provide comprehensive monitoring, reporting, and compliance support for the CMS LCM framework. You will perform a critical function for the PM organization by extracting and compiling metrics from the Life Cycle Management System (LCMS) and delivering the data analysis necessary to proactively manage compliance measurements.
Your day-to-day functions will include:

• LCM Governance & Compliance: Provide guidance and support to programs, ensuring all projects adhere to the risk-based governance framework.
• Provide guidance and support to programs to ensure adherence to the risk-based governance framework. This includes driving compliance during early opportunity development through end of contract and analyzing LCM metrics on a routine basis
• Reporting & Analysis: Own the end-to-end production of critical operational reports, including Weekly and Monthly Action reports and Weekly and Monthly Review reports. You will track metrics, identify trends, and elevate areas of concern to leadership.
• You will own the end-to-end production of critical operational reports, including the weekly and monthly Action and Review reports. By tracking key metrics and identifying trends, you will develop actionable Excel reports, PowerPoint presentations, and executive summaries that highlight program progress and the status of overdue tasks for leadership. Additionally, you will be responsible for elevating areas of concern to the leadership team and providing essential support for QBR and Traffic Light reporting.
• Administrative Oversight: support in the management of the Lifecycle Management System (LCMS) administration, including data syncing, error checking, and the maintenance of LCMS tool.
  • Provide support in the administration and registration of LCM Trainings for the CMS portfolio.
  • Provide comprehensive support for the administration and management of the Lifecycle Management System (LCMS), ensuring data integrity through regular syncing, error checking, and tool maintenance. This role includes managing the deployment and accessibility of PowerBI LCM metrics and performing monthly updates to the CMS LCM Dashboard and SharePoint site. Additionally, you will support the administration and registration of LCM training for the CMS portfolio.
• Communication & Change Management: Act as the primary point of contact for the PM community regarding policy changes, ensuring that updated LCM guidelines are communicated clearly and implemented effectively.
• Training & Coordination: Manage the registration, demand, scheduling, and coordination for both general PM and specific LCM training for the CMS portfolio.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify gaps in current reporting and execute process improvement efforts to increase efficiency within Program Excellence.

Upon acceptance, some level of travel for onboarding will be required (1-2 weeks).

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Experience: Proven experience in a professional office environment with a focus on data tracking, reporting, or project coordination.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills in MS Excel for data manipulation and reporting.

Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills in MS Excel for complex data manipulation and reporting. Experienced in managing Microsoft 365 SharePoint sites and managing PowerBI Dashboards for data analytics.

• Core Competencies:
  • Strong attention to detail and a "continuous improvement" mindset.
  • Ability to multitask and meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills to interact with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • A coachable attitude with a strong desire to learn complex corporate governance processes.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• 1–2 years of general business work experience in a defense or highly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with Lifecycle Management (LCM) principles or Program Excellence (PEx) operations.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to present complex data to stakeholders at varying levels of leadership.
• Demonstrated leadership potential or experience leading small-scale process improvements.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $75254 - $127930

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and ship repair…just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.