Job ID: 714745BR Date posted: Jan. 15, 2026
Description:We are Lockheed Martin

How to be part of our F-35 Strategic Planning Team - Join Program Planning!
F-35: The Centerpiece of 21st Century Global Security

The F-35 strengthens national security, enhances global partnerships and powers economic growth. As the most lethal, survivable, and connected fighter jet in the world, the F-35 gives pilots the critical advantage against any adversary, enabling them to execute their mission and come home safe. Learn more about the F-35 here!

This position provides planning/scheduling support for the F-35 Strategic Planning team on Joint Strike Fighters Program.

What is Program Planning to Lockheed Martin?
Integral to Lockheed Martin's Program Management & Enterprise Performance, it organizes tasks for mission success, scheduling design, development, and sustainability of products. It breaks down products into tasks, sets sequences & durations, ensuring on-time, in-budget, desired quality outcomes. Aeronautical program planning is an exciting process that combines creativity, science, and technology to create amazing machines that enable humans to explore and travel in the air and beyond!

Summary of Key Duties
This position provides planning and scheduling support for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program, delivering day-to-day leadership to the F-35 Strategic Planning team. The candidate for this role exercises leadership across near-term through long-range PP&I initiatives and leads the team in delivering integrated program planning support for Customer Programs and Industrial Participation. The position serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for scheduling related to existing and new customer integration, site activation and industrial capability stand-ups. Responsibilities include leading the integration and assessment of schedule impacts resulting from contract and/or customer scope changes across both current and future program plans.

Additionally, this role ensures scheduling practices are consistently applied and actively coordinated across all levels with related functional disciplines. This position works closely with a broad range of program organizations, including program management, business development, engineering, contracts, supply chain management, and business management.

***Must be a US Citizen. Must have an Active Secret Security Clearance; must have the ability to maintain Secret clearance.

A level 5 employee Typically has 9 - 15years of professional experience in planning, program management and/or, finance.

What’s In It For You:
We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security. Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

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Basic Qualifications:
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Experienced at developing/maintaining Network Schedules including integrity checks, critical path analysis, and Schedule Risk Analysis
• Experiences delivering project briefings to internal and external customers
• Experiences with Earned Value Management (EVM) including Cost / Schedule Integration
• Demonstrated team building skills
• Demonstrated influencing and relationship management skills
• Bachelors degree
• 8+ years of professional experience in operational planning or scheduling
• Proficient with scheduling tools such as Open Plan, Primavera, MS Project, or ProjectView
Desired Skills:
• Degree in Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration
• Experience with networked schedules, integrity checks, and critical path methodology.
• Experience with Schedule Performance Management Techniques, e.g. Earned Value Management
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
• Previous experience with Deltek OpenPlan
• Excellent Communication and Organizational skills
• Experience as a planning team lead and/or contract planner
• Proposal experience
• Strong knowledge of LM Program Performance Management (PPM) Command Media
• Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) experience
• Active Secret Security Clearance; ability to maintain Security Clearance
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: 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.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: Program Planning
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First