Deputy Vice President and General Manager - Electronic Combat Solutions (ECS)
About The Position
Electronic Combat Solutions (ECS) provides mission critical EW solutions across five growing product lines with $1.8 billion in annual revenues and, more than 2,800 employees across multiple sites located in New Hampshire, New Jersey and Texas. With products installed on 80% of U.S. military aircraft, our portfolio includes EW systems ranging from F-35, F-22, F-15, and LRASM, to other classified platforms. ECS’s customers include the US Air Force, US Navy, and primes such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing. This role has the unique opportunity to shape the future of our full spectrum Electronic Warfare capabilities with agile, leveraged solutions for both defense and attack applications from the sea to the stars. Successful candidates must have the ability to handle agile, dynamic portfolio execution to ensure high-leverage customer commitments are delivered to schedule and cost. The Deputy Vice President/General Manager serves as the trusted partner to the ECS VP/GM and is responsible for driving business operations, partnering with the team to deliver on our strategy to achieve business success and positioning the business for continued growth. The role will help integrate a mix of matrixed and decentralized organizations to enable the ECS leadership team to deliver business growth, process improvement, accretive financial results and a strong workplace culture. The position reports directly to the ECS Vice President/General Manager and based at our business area headquarters in southern NH. We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.”
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related discipline
- At least 15+ years’ experience supporting matrixed functional and program teams through all phases of the lifecycle on large, complex programs with responsibility for all aspects of program objectives including performance, quality, schedule, and cost.
- Proven large scale program or product portfolio execution experience across the entire product life cycle (development, production and sustainment)
- Experience working closely with government customers including the Department of Defense for requirements development and creating, bidding, and negotiating winning proposals.
- Successful experience managing financial performance of programs or portfolios
- Strong people leadership skills to build an organization that constantly meets aggressive goals based on a culture of teamwork, candor, and accountability across and between product lines and functions.
- Active Secret Clearance
Nice To Haves
- Business acumen, be innovative, adapt well to change and work collaboratively with strategic influence to drive initiatives across a matrixed environment.
- Ability to handle agile, dynamic portfolio execution to ensure high-leverage customer commitments are delivered to schedule and cost.
- Thorough knowledge of Government contracting, current acquisition trends and customer / competitor behaviors markets.
- Ability to partner with functions to rapidly and continuously evolve processes and practices to enable high leverage solutions that dramatically reduce cycle time and cost.
- Experience establishing and building customer relationships and the ability to collaborate within and across organizational boundaries.
Responsibilities
- Drive line and functional management alignment across the business area and to all product lines
- Lead development of annual ECS financial planning, business salient commitments, and quarterly business updates.
- Lead the development of the ECS five year IBP business planning process, identifying growth strategies, investment requirements, operational improvements, facility needs and staffing plans.
- Manage the ECS product line & program portfolio to ensure effective program execution, delivery of customer commitments and risk & opportunity management, while consistently delivering predictable financial results that meet or exceed current year operating plan.
- Drive improvements in program management methods and rigor. Drive effective customer relations, contract management, supply chain management, and risk & opportunity management to deliver on commitments while creating a culture of program management excellence.
- Partner with the team to set the strategic direction of the business to continue driving new capabilities and capture emerging customer needs while dealing with competitive threats.
- Pursue market expansion, partnerships, and potential acquisitions that will drive the growth and competitive position.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- employee assistance program
- a legal plan
- discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave
- company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
