Senior Program Manager (Manufacturing)

Basic Qualifications

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 8 years relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years relevant experience to meet managerial expectations.Clearance Requirements:Department of Defense Secret security clearance obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Program Manager within the Airborne Line of Business. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation’s fundamental defense services. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

The position will require operational leadership, proposal support, customer interaction, growth initiatives and managing profit/loss. The Program Manager will be assigned a program or part of a program that includes: concept, proposal, design, development, integration, production and support of airborne electronic solutions for various Department of Defense platforms. We are a trusted provider of ruggedized open architecture mission and display processors and computers, scalable stores management systems, multi-level security solutions and sensor processing solutions. As an integral part of the leadership team, a vital responsibility is the achievement of financial operating goals through effective management of a profit and loss center. The candidate must be able to develop strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and customers. A commitment to customer satisfaction with the ability to deal with internal and external clients in high pressure situations within a dynamic environment is critical.

The Program Manager will work with the Business Segment Director to provide leadership within a matrix organization. Major functions are matrixed across all of GDMS. The Program Manager will be expected to leverage the matrixed capabilities across the organization to maximize the effectiveness for their project. The Program Manager is accountable for the overall execution of the project and will work to establish project baselines, monitor performance against the baseline, drive the implementation of technical solution, support change proposals and new business opportunities, and help achieve customer growth to ensure the project achieves its commitments at all levels. The Program Manager is responsible for ensuring successful program execution from the team and is expected to have a high-level of proficiency in applicable technical and financial concepts as well as communications up and down the organization. The Program Manager must have demonstrated and relevant experience working with both internal and external customers, delivering complex systems and solutions.

As aspiring leaders, General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) believes there are several enabling behaviors which will influence your success. These behaviors will also serve as leading indicators of likely success (or difficulty), and will be used by your manager in evaluating your performance and growth as a leader, and will serve to build trust from your teams, your customer, and the organization. These behaviors are:

Develop yourself

Develop others

Be a team player

Communicate effectively

Develop and sustain the relationships you need to be successful

Shape culture and positively impact the morale, motivation, and engagement of those around you

Operate at the right level and deliver on your commitments

Think and act strategically

Confront reality

Take reasonable, managed risks

It is expected the successful candidate will utilize these tenets so they can build on their own essential skills and traits.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:

Uses proposal plans and strategies to develop, define, and implement cohesive, integrated program, subcontractor, and material plans that achieve overall current and long term objectives of the program, business unit, and division

Develops WBS and WBS dictionary as baseline for scope definition and effective integrated cost/schedule management of the project

Authorizes the work, organizes interdepartmental activities, and tracks work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules

Conducts reviews to drill down into issues on projects, identify risks, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to project teams

Works with the engineering and operations team to ensure appropriate alignment of resources to attain project goals

Forecasts project completion as required based on cost and schedule performance trends

Supports customers on technical questions regarding the project

Leads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities; leads risk mitigation / opportunity capture activities

Prepares and presents program status to leadership and external customers

Balances project plans, risks, and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets

Identifies scope changes and develops project positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments

Responsible for the profit and loss of projects

Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies

Supports/develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/project

Supports/develops negotiation plans

Supports/leads customer negotiations for projects

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to negotiate win-win solutions

Proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products and services

Proficient knowledge of target customer markets

Outstanding relationship management

Technical understanding of product(s)

Proficient knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling, and authorization

Required to implement Earned Value Management System (EVMS) for the assigned project

Ability to use proposal plans and strategies to implement executable, cohesive program plans

Ability to develop and implement a product-oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary

Proficient understanding of basic philosophy of program schedules, risk areas, slack time, and critical path

Proficient ability to generate cohesive project plans

Proficient ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules

Proficient ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends

Proficient ability to understand and analyze project financial data

Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements

Proficient understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects

Proficient ability to lead teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives

Ability to communicate clearly, both written and verbal

Ability to make sound, proactive decisions

Ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies

Proficient understanding of value propositions and ability to make effective trades within project trade spaces

Skilled in the development and implementation of project strategy and tactics