Job Summary:

Responsible for establishing and building the new Cleargard materials business by developing the strategic objectives and business plan.  Program Manager role will direct, coordinate, plan, organize, control, integrate and complete Cleargard manufacturing programs in the Advanced Materials area for Security & Survivability.  Ensure achievement of financial, schedule, technical and new Cleargard business performance objectives.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Creates the new Cleargard materials business plan to include strategic plan, competitive analysis, marketing plan, and financial plan.
2. Assists in the execution of the business plan and business launch.
3. Identifies, captures and develops new Cleargard business opportunities by working in conjunction with business development and engineering.
4. Establishes and manages internal/external marketing strategies, licensing strategies, budgets and schedules necessary to achieve program goals.
5. Establishes, maintains and promotes good customer relationships. Ensures the coordination of work tasks with customer representatives. Ensures customers are informed on status and progress of assigned programs.
6. Coordinates program reviews and directs the preparation of status and progress reports as directed in the Life Cycle Management Guidelines, the North American Charter for Program Management and the Operational Framework.
7. Makes presentations and interfaces with senior management, corporate-level managers and high ranking customers on marketing, cost, and schedule, technical and contractual status.

Minimum Education & Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in either business or a technical discipline. Master's degree in business and bachelor's degree in technical discipline preferred.
* Requires a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in such areas as contracts, engineering, finance, and manufacturing. Must have in-depth and technical knowledge of division product line, operations and interdepartmental functions, or equivalent, and understand customer structure and operations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:
1. A very high level of analytical ability is required to understand complex technical marketing and develop long-term strategies to manage the continual marketing of existing and new Cleargard material systems, subsystems, or technologies.
2. An extremely high level of communications skills is required to present, inform, and persuade high level internal and external customers of the company's understanding of the customer needs and requirements, business development plans, strategies and actions to high level customers, senior management and corporate managers.
3. A very substantial level of innovation is required to manage key customer relationships. Innovation is one of the primary purposes of this job. Incumbents spend the majority of their time adapting and customizing products, services and programs; analyzing internal and external data for purposes of identifying opportunities for improving company performance, and managing the customer.

BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. With 105,000 employees worldwide, BAE Systems had 2008 sales of $34.4 billion.