Jodi Scott
Tucson,AZ
Summary
Program Director with a progressive eye on end-to-end project management and business development. Using an entrepreneurial spirit to lead, inspire, guide, manage program teams, executive programs, agile development while meeting company and customer and requirements and goals. Dynamic leader with proven track record of successfully managing projects and initiatives and achieving desired business objectives. Skilled in developing and executing strategies, managing budgets and resources, and leading cross-functional teams. Consistently produces tangible outcomes that exceed expectations.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Director
GEOST, INC.
Program Director
02.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the product line cost, schedule, and performance baseline for a portfolio of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance sensor programs
- This leader will manage program managers running the portfolio programs, working closely with the Business Operations and Engineering and Science teams as well as GEOST functional group senior leadership
- Work collaboratively and align with broader company-wide strategies to ensure goals exceed the needs and expectations of its customers, employees, and the business
- Lead highly technical teams and programs to meet all customer and business execution milestones and metrics
- Hyper focus on high performance, faster time to market, lowest cost and unyielding safety and quality.
RAYTHEON MISSILE DEFENSE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
05.2021 - 02.2024
- Manage a large ($450M) development weapon program
- Directly manage execution of cost, schedule and technical performance
- Responsible for strategy for future growth, supplier management, team (cross product) and customer leadership, business strategy, risk and opportunity, on time-delivery
- Program is a "red" program that requires critical thinking, change management, organic growth, schedule optimization and ability to adapt to various levels of leadership both internally and externally
- Driven focus on process, organization and development.
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSILE SYSTEMS
SR PROGRAM MANAGER
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Manage a Space Portfolio ($150M) that includes the execution of developing technically complex payloads
- Led a business team consisting of business development(strategy, capture proposal and award), while correlating business opportunities with the strategic goals and objectives of the company
- Program Management duties included cradle to grave management: cost, schedule and technical/contractual performance
- Served as the primary interface with various Space customers and sponsors
- Ensure that all program business and contractual commitments are achieved
- Proactively developed and maintained strong customer, as well as, supplier relationships
- Ensure timely and accurate internal and external communication
- Effectively lead cross-functional teams of highly skilled engineering, manufacturing, and business personnel
- Critically evaluated situations and solved challenging technical, programmatic issues/problems
- Strategic focused on growth and business initiates.
RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS
PROGRAM MANAGER
06.2016 - 05.2020
- Program manager for developmental hypersonic missile programs, that range from proof of concept, critical development, and production
- Managed budgets of $25-125M
- Oversight of technical performance, financial, Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), growth and leadership
- Extensive interaction with cross functional teams including Engineering, Program Operations, and Supply Chain leadership
- Developed and managed gap assessments for the program, resulting in driving implementation of process and change
- Managed strategy, proposals (including cost and technical volumes), and growth for all phases of existing contracts and new awards
- Additionally, managed a customer research and development team that includes technical design, gate reviews (including Gate 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7), subcontract management, with heavy interaction with engineering functions on program execution
- Participated in the capture, proposal, negotiations, contract award, kick off (debrief of technical team) and overall management of awards.
RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS
LEAD MATERIAL PROGRAM MANAGER
05.2014 - 06.2016
- Lead Material Program Manager for a development program
- Responsible for material strategy, development of line of balance, scope, proposal lead, serve on the team of five, and interface directly with end user
- Responsible for critical supply chain suppliers, and additionally served as the Supplier Program Manager (SPM) for a large industry partner
- Managed overall supplier performance to include: compliance to the Subcontract Statement of Work, on time and under cost material deliveries, and developing metrics to accurately measure and predict supplier performance
- Implemented plans and schedules, as well as coordinate with technical team on all risks and opportunities
- Work on competitive proposals and make/buy decisions
- Manage the material budget, EVMS, material sales, AOP and EAC for all program material.
Vice President, Corporate Director of Operations, Contracts and Pricing
09.2013 - 01.2014
- Led high-level program initiatives for the IT portion of Contracts
- These systems enabled SAIC to maintain data integrity, government/internal policy, compliance, and financial requirements in relations to executed contracts
- Managed a system responsible for 20,000 contracts, and over $58B in backlog/pipeline revenue
- Interfaced with management team to determine appropriate terms and conditions, price to win, negotiations, implementation, and execution of contract
- Determined system requirements, IT interface, and budgetary approvals for enhancements and upgrades to system
- Responsible for program management of corporate sponsored projects
- Managed organization conflict of interest process
- Integrated ongoing requirements from a contractual perspective, as a result of the stand-up of the newly formed SAIC
- Direct interface with senior level management, both internal and external to the company.
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
04.2000 - 01.2014
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
University of Reno
05.1994
Skills
- Government DOD, MDA, Space Force, 3 letter agencies, and aerospace market experience with strong business acumen, experience with senior leadership both internal and external
- End-to-end knowledge of development & delivery of advanced technologies in highly regulated, high reliability Aerospace Industry
- Proven communicator & relationship cultivator
- Adept at Microsoft Office Tool Suite
- TS/SCI Clearance
- Organizational Leadership
- Strategic leadership
- Compliance Management
- Financial Management
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
Awards
- 2019 Engineering Leadership Award
- Raytheon PM Level 3
- Raytheon Material PM 4
- Control Account/Earned Value Certified
Timeline
GEOST, INC.
Program Director
02.2024 - Current
RAYTHEON MISSILE DEFENSE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
05.2021 - 02.2024
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSILE SYSTEMS
SR PROGRAM MANAGER
05.2020 - 05.2021
RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS
PROGRAM MANAGER
06.2016 - 05.2020
RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS
LEAD MATERIAL PROGRAM MANAGER
05.2014 - 06.2016
Vice President, Corporate Director of Operations, Contracts and Pricing
09.2013 - 01.2014
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
04.2000 - 01.2014
Program Director
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
University of Reno