Lockheed Martin Aeronautics is seeking a dynamic and experienced Technical Publications Senior Manager to lead and oversee all technical publication efforts for our F‑16 aircraft.
In this role, you will drive the development, sustainment, and modernization of mission‑critical documentation that supports flight and maintenance operations around the world. You’ll lead a team dedicated to producing a wide range of high‑quality deliverables, including interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs), illustrated parts breakdowns, flight manuals, safety checklists, retrofit documentation, and complex wiring diagrams.
As the senior leader of this function, you will be at the forefront of technical publication innovation—guiding the team’s transition to the S1000D data standard, enhancing digital delivery methods, and ensuring alignment with customer expectations and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of F‑16 technical publications, ensuring scope execution is on time, within budget, and delivered with 100% quality.
- Oversee the modernization and conversion of legacy documentation to the S1000D data standard to improve usability, consistency, and global integration.
- Collaborate across Aeronautics Lines of Business (LoBs) and cross‑functional teams to drive consistency, performance, and innovation in how technical data is delivered to the customer.
- Partner with other Lockheed Martin Business Areas (BAs) to leverage enterprise capabilities and best practices in technical publications.
- Lead efforts to optimize the entire technical publication value stream, from development through delivery, with a strong focus on improving customer readiness and performance on the flight line.
- Coordinate support to meet internal and external F‑16 program management objectives.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence within the technical publications team.
What’s In It For You
We offer flexible work schedules ranging from onsite to remote, and a comprehensive benefits package that supports your future and security.
Basic Qualifications
- Proven ability to drive positive organizational and process changes that deliver business results aligned with Aero100 objectives.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher with relevant technical experience.
- Experience in leading teams.
- Experience with earned value management techniques and meet cost, schedule and quality commitments.
- Experience fostering customer relationships.
Desired Skills
- Experience with operational excellence (continuous improvement) capability.
- Experience leveraging risk management processes to manage emerging challenges.
- The leader must have executive presence and be able to brief to senior customers and internal stakeholders.
- Experience supporting a government customer.
- Experience in leading technical talent and building pipelines to sustain technical expertise within the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to mature and transition technology.
- Experience with and/or supporting agile methodology and execution of work.
- Wide variety of customer experience.
- Demonstrated business acumen and understanding of connectivity and support of Sustainment to the overall success of the business.
- Adept at working within matrix organizations for successful execution.
- Excellent communication and relationship skills, both verbal and written, with the proven ability to communicate to all levels internally and externally.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate solutions that produce a positive outcome with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership skills.
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week.
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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