Job Description

BAE Systems is looking for a Technical Director for our Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems Business Area. C4ISR is a dynamic and diverse Business Area with technologies spanning advanced sensing, communications, identification, ISR analytics, mission autonomy, and space electronics and payloads. We are a pathfinder in our defense and intelligence markets, focused on delivering disruptive technology in all domains to give our customers the edge they need.

The C4ISR Technical Director is responsible for the Business Area technology strategy. The technology strategy integrates technology roadmaps, investment plans, collaboration opportunities, business capacity, and customer and competitor dynamics to enable our business objectives.

This position reports to the C4ISR Business Area Engineering Director and is a key member of our $1.5 billion Business Area leadership team. The C4ISR Technical Director leads a team of Product Line Technical Directors who develop portfolio-level technology strategies across the business.

The position can be based in San Diego, CA, Hudson, NH, Greenlawn, NY, Manassas, VA, Wayne, NJ, Reston, VA, or other BAE Systems sites in the United States.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Engaging inside and outside the business to understand current and future C4ISR missions, and relevant technology trends to predict future breakthroughs, innovation, and market strategies to enable business growth.

• Collaborating across the business and externally to leverage technology for growth and performance.

• Driving the development and execution of technology roadmaps to meet business objectives.

• Maximizing product leverage to accelerate development and production.

• Leading a team of direct report technical directors to develop and execute portfolio level technology strategies.

• Ensuring a robust pipeline of next generation technical leaders through mentoring, coaching, and managed development assignments.

• Managing the Business Area Internal Research and Development (IRAD) portfolio for targeted technology development to enable growth and performance.

• Capturing relevant Intellectual Property (IP) for the business and manage the C4ISR Systems IP portfolio.

• Driving strategic alignment across our Sector and BAE System Inc to maximize overall growth and performance.

• Driving our technology solutions organization, FAST Labs, to capture priorities that meet C4ISR Systems technology needs.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Required Education: Bachelor Degree and 16 years related Experience (Advanced Degree Preferred)

• Minimum 5 years leading a diverse organization across multiple sites with different cultures and experience levels.

• Minimum 10 years of collaboration and the ability to achieve goals and produce outcomes through influencing skills.

• Ability to form a vision and implement action plans to achieve that vision.

• Minimum 15 years of technical leadership experience and mission/domain knowledge of emerging C4ISR systems and capabilities relevant to the business.

• Proven ability to share and transfer technology across organizational boundaries to the benefit of our customers and the business.

• Aligned with the BAE Systems Code of Conduct.

• Top Secret Security Clearance. Eligible for TS/SCI.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Advanced Technical Degree

• Recognized mission/technical expert in the domains pertinent to C4ISR

• Experience in Intellectual Property Management

• Top Secret / SCI Clearance

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $194600 - $330800

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.

Director III - C4ISR Systems Technical Director

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