Senior Program Manager
About The Position
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) is hiring a Senior Program Manager in its Network and Communication Systems Line of Business. The role provides operational leadership, proposal support, customer interaction, business growth initiatives, and profit-and-loss management for a portfolio of programs. Programs may cover concept development, proposals, design, development, integration, production, and support of electronic solutions for Department of Defense platforms, including ruggedized open-architecture C5ISR solutions. Working with the Business Segment Director in a matrix organization, the Senior Program Manager is accountable for overall project execution. The role establishes project baselines, monitors performance, drives implementation of technical solutions, supports change proposals and new business opportunities, and helps achieve customer growth and project commitments. The position may include people-management responsibility for several Project Managers and requires effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, customers, and organizational teams. The successful candidate will apply program management, technical, financial, communication, and leadership skills to deliver complex systems and solutions. The role involves managing a profit-and-loss center, building customer relationships, supporting negotiations, and meeting technical, cost, and schedule objectives. A Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at hire, and U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance at the time of hire.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information.
- Demonstrated relevant experience working with internal and external customers and delivering complex systems and solutions.
- Ability to negotiate win-win solutions.
- Proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products and services, and target customer markets.
- Strong relationship-management skills and technical understanding of products.
- Knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling, and authorization.
- Ability to implement an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) for the assigned project.
- Ability to develop and implement executable program plans, product-oriented WBS structures, and WBS dictionaries.
- Understanding of program scheduling, risk areas, slack time, and critical path.
- Ability to generate project plans, track work against baselines, identify issues, analyze data and trends, and follow through on corrective actions.
- Ability to understand and analyze project financial data and evaluate work-product quality against customer requirements.
- Understanding of risk and opportunity management and the ability to apply it to projects.
- Ability to lead matrixed teams to achieve schedule, cost, and technical objectives.
- Clear written and verbal communication, sound proactive decision-making, and the ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies.
- Understanding of value propositions and the ability to make effective trade-offs within project trade spaces.
- Skill in developing and implementing project strategy and tactics.
- Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Use proposal plans and strategies to develop and implement integrated program, subcontractor, and material plans that meet current and long-term objectives.
- Manage several functional Project Managers, oversee their projects, and provide leadership and career-development guidance.
- Develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and WBS dictionary as baselines for defining scope and managing cost and schedule.
- Authorize work, coordinate interdepartmental activities, and track progress against baseline plans to ensure schedule performance.
- Review projects to identify issues and risks, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts, and actions to project teams.
- Coordinate with engineering and operations to align resources with project goals.
- Forecast project completion based on cost and schedule performance trends.
- Address customers' technical questions regarding projects.
- Lead teams in identifying and quantifying risks and opportunities, and in carrying out mitigation and opportunity-capture activities.
- Prepare and present program status to leadership and external customers.
- Balance project plans, risks, and opportunities with executable strategies that meet technical requirements and budgets.
- Identify scope changes and develop project positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments.
- Manage the profit and loss of projects.
- Develop and execute proposal plans and strategies.
- Support and develop customer relationships and pursue new business within the market or project.
- Support and develop negotiation plans and support or lead customer negotiations.
Benefits
- Highly competitive benefits.
- Flexible work environment.
- Contributions are recognized and rewarded.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
