Senior Program Manager

$194,134 - $202,000/Yr

General Dynamics - Bloomington, MN

posted 26 days ago

Full-time - Senior
Bloomington, MN
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Program Manager within the Airborne Systems Line of Business. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nations 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 portfolio of programs 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Functional manager for several project managers. Provide oversight for their project.
  • Provide leadership and guidance to project managers to develop their program and project management skills to help them succeed in their careers.
  • 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

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 10 years relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years relevant experience
  • Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire
  • U.S. citizenship is required

Nice-to-haves

  • 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
  • Proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Benefits

  • Highly competitive benefits
  • Flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded
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