Advanced Program Performance Management Specialist

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•,

11d•$95,000 - $105,000•Hybrid

About The Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for an Advanced Program Performance Management (PPM / EVM) Analyst. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation’s fundamental defense services on the Strategic Systems program. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus a minimum of 5 years relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, to include Excel, Word, MS Project, and PowerPoint is required.
Earned Value Management or scheduling tool knowledge is required.
Solid knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles is required.

Nice To Haves

Domain knowledge of and experience on program contracts, program management, functional and support processes and disciplines is desired.
Experience with program requirements across planning, development, and production phases is desired.
Domain knowledge in engineering disciplines is desired.
Contact with external customers and vendors is desired.
Effective team builder.
Acts as a change agent, challenges the status queue.
Solid ability to solve problems.
Ability to work both independently and as a team member.
Solid organizational, analysis, and time management skills, attention to detail and accuracy, and ability to multi-task high priorities.
Solid ability to demonstrate professional written and oral communications.
Solid interpersonal skills and a professional demeanor in interacting with a wide variety of people.
Effectively and efficiently works within time constraints and adjusts to changing circumstances.
Contact with internal customers: Program Management, Finance, Contracts, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

Providing contract/program cost and/or schedule management and analysis for the Space, Cyber and Intelligence development and/or production programs.
Developing program time-phased cost and/or schedule baselines within the contract parameters in conjunction with the program teams.
Analyzing program performance (historical and predictive), monitoring the contract/program Estimate at Complete and/or schedule completion date, and making recommendations to program management and program leads.
Gathering and organizing data for reviews with appropriate engineer(s), IPT lead(s), and CAM(s) in support of the program needs.
Assisting in the development of a time-phased budget and/or schedule to meet all contract and program objectives.
Collecting and updating program performance data, preparing and analyzing historical and predictive measures, and reviewing results and recommendations with program managers and program leads.
Maintaining and status the program schedules and records, compiling reports, graphs, charts, and related data in support of the program needs.
Identifying and analyzing the program critical paths and driving paths to schedule specific milestones.
Making recommendations, coordinating, and identifying resources required to meet defined program requirements and reviewing results with program management and program leads.
Contributing to discussions related to the root cause analyses and corrective actions and to tactical planning for completion of program tasking.
Assisting in preparation of program review documents and customer required documents.
Coordinating contract/program Estimate At Complete (EAC), risk and opportunity, and Management Reserve data with Finance analyst as input into business financial commitments.
Updating program time-phased budget and/or schedule and required documents associated with internal and contract changes and assisting in formulating recommendations for corrective actions such as schedule revisions, staffing adjustments, funds allocations, and work environments.
Supporting all necessary meetings (SEITs, Financial, EV Metrics, Risks, etc.), providing general Earned Value Management support for PMs, DPMEs, IPTs, and CAMs when requested (Staffing questions, burn rate analysis’, etc.).
Tracking IMS and CAM notebook updates and PPM Dashboard updates.
Preparing timely, accurate program review documents of program performance data, analysis and trends and can be a delegate to present such data in the absence of the program management.
Preparing timely, accurate customer required documents and reviewing with program management and department heads.
Updating program time-phased budget and/or schedule and associated documents to ensure the latest contract modifications and related requirements are incorporated.
Fostering an environment of trust and teamwork: building collaborative relationships.
Communicating professionally and effectively.
Working on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Interfacing with multiple IPT leads and program management primarily at a single location.
Determining, monitoring, and reviewing costs, operational budgets and schedules, and staffing requirements to satisfy program needs.
Supporting proposal development activities, including proposal preparation, fact finding, and negotiations.