Strategic Planning Senior Manager with Security Clearance
- What is the mission? Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity.
- we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.
At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve.
We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision.What does this role look like?
The Strategic Planning Senior Manager will lead a team supporting organizational-level strategic planning, product portfolio alignment, and governance initiatives to drive growth, affordability, and operational excellence across Lockheed Martin Space and the Enterprise Performance and Improvement organization, specifically reporting to the EP&I Director of New Business and Strategic Planning.
This role partners cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering, Finance, Strategy & Business Development, and Operations to develop actionable strategies, enable product reuse, and shape long-term roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
In this role you will have the following daily key responsibilities: 1.Strategic Planning & Product Roadmap Integration:
- Lead development and integration of nested product strategies and roadmaps across the portfolio, ensuring alignment with mission, market, and technology priorities
- Conduct internal and external strategic assessments to identify market trends, competitive dynamics, and growth opportunities
- Support strategic campaigns, business pursuits, and long-range planning efforts across domestic and international markets 2.
- Drive adoption, governance, and execution of the Preferred Product Reuse Catalog, ensuring alignment to strategic market needs
- Establish and lead governance forums (e.g., Product Review Boards) to guide product selection, transitions, and lifecycle decisions
- Define and maintain portfolio baselines (e.g., major product lines) to enable standardization and scalability 3.
- Lead cost takeout initiatives by identifying and quantifying savings driven by product commonality and reuse
- Conduct financial modeling, scenario analysis, and trade studies to support strategic decision-making
- Develop business cases and resourcing strategies to enable execution of strategic initiatives 4.
- Lead cross-functional teams and workshops to align stakeholders, validate assumptions, and drive consensus on strategic initiatives
- Partner across Strategy & Business Development, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations to ensure strategies are executable and aligned with enterprise priorities
- Manage multiple high-visibility initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced, matrixed environment 5.
- Develop and leverage data models, dashboards, and visualizations to provide actionable insights to executive leadership
- Translate complex data into clear, concise recommendations for senior stakeholders 6.
- Serve as a hiring manager and mentor, supporting development of interns and early-career professionals
- Champion workforce development initiatives (e.g., veteran transition programs, engagement groups)
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education
- Demonstrating experience leading, training and guiding teams.
- Experience in strategy, financial analysis, product planning, or operations within a complex organization
- Demonstrated ability to: ➥ Lead cross-functional projects and influence without direct authority ➥ Develop and present executive-level briefings and recommendations ➥ Conduct financial analysis, scenario modeling, and data-driven decision support
- You will need to be a US Citizen, and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD TOP SECRET/SCI clearance , to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Desired Skills:
To be effective, ideally, you should also have: • Experience within aerospace, defense, or high-technology industries. • Deep understanding of product portfolio management, reuse strategies, and lifecycle governance.
- Experience working with enterprise-level initiatives and operating models (e.g., digital transformation, common product frameworks). • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights .
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. • Experience interfacing directly with senior executives and leading strategic forums.
- Proficiency with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Excel, Power BI).
- Demonstrated ability to drive measurable business impact (cost reduction, growth, efficiency gains).
- Experience building and developing high-performing teams.
, and be expected to work in the office .
- By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, 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.
- Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Benefits of Employment: Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.
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Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.Clearance Level: TS/SCI
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $144,600 - $255,070.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, Massachusetts, and New York is $166,400 - $288,305. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect t