Senior Program Manager

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•Florham Park, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

GDMS has an immediate opening for a Senior Program Manager to join our team in the Intelligence Systems Business Area working in our Analysis, Collection, and Exploitation Segment. Responsibilities for this Position: This position provides an opportunity for a leader to assume the full-time program management of an established ten-year program with the Intelligence Community, with 40 years of continuous support to the customer mission. We seek an individual who is able to lead a cross-functional team consisting of Mechanical, Civil Engineers, Electrical, Software, and Systems Engineering, Technicians, Logisticians and Operators. Central to success will be the ability to direct the two core areas of the program: QRC mission tasking (in support of an upcoming or ongoing customer field installation) and developments (longer-term engineering activities focused on improving the customer’s ability to perform field installations). Success will require cross collaboration with Executive Management, Finance, Contracts, Engineering, Resource Management, and Manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s 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 to meet managerial expectations.
Department of Defense TS/SCI with Poly security clearance required at time of hire. 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.
Candidates must demonstrate a passion for innovation, a sophisticated understanding of markets and buyers and technical acumen to drive technology and features.
Position requires an individual who can represent a program in the marketplace with potential customers, a drive to connect with those customers to understand their needs and ensure we are delivering a product that will be successful in the market to further advance General Dynamics Mission Systems' success.
Candidates must be willing to work in a fast-paced, market-driven environment, take ownership of meeting tough deadlines and demanding the best from themselves and their teams and demonstrate good judgment across a broad set of disciplines
Demonstrated leadership to meet the leadership and market intimacy expectations
10+ years of domain experience related to DoD and intelligence community requirements
Demonstrated functional expertise in two or more areas (3 preferred): program management, mechanical, civil, electrical, software, and systems engineering operations, and business development

Responsibilities

Oversee all activities for the program from definition to development, launch, release, upgrades, and sustainment
Represent the program(s) as the expert and evangelist with knowledge of technical specifications and requirements, market and customer/user needs, and market competition
Create the program roadmap with recommended features and enhancements and prioritization of market driven requirements to meet market needs, ROI, Sales and growth objectives
Define business/user requirements for IS program(s)/product(s) and upgrades
Recommend the scope of present and future program(s)/product(s) by reviewing and recommending new ideas
Drive program strategies that drive baselines across the portfolio by planning, scheduling, estimating, and conducting reviews for individual milestones
Manage and drive internal gate reviews to execute commitments including staffing coordination with Engineering Resource Management
Formulate and execute long-term plans cost/profit control
Act as Government interface for program development support, compliance and releases approvals and certifications
Manage Configuration Control for program(s)/product(s)
Develops, defines and executes program plans, schedules, budgets and deliverables
Lead the development of strategies for winning development, O&M, and operational support programs and ensure the team is creating compelling proposals based on scientific and technical rigor coupled with a solid understanding of the customers’ needs, desires, and constraints
Serve as the primary point of contact to customer organizations and develop trusted relationships earned through genuine and productive engagements focused on collaborative problem solving
Leads the establishment of and sets integrated WBS-based budget and schedule baselines including management reserve for advanced development programs/products or major subcontracts where the scope is not well defined and there is significant possibility for change
Monitors work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet program/product schedules, develops corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to program teams
Balances programs, risks and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets
Manages people who lead department or cross-functional program teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives
Interfaces with customers on technical matters regarding program/products
Provide reporting and status to Leadership team
Look for Product pull-through opportunities on program
Support business leadership in performing: Market Analysis to identify and quantify market needs and identifies opportunities as well as evaluating competitor offerings Strategic Planning to capture the approach to maximize return from investment in the market and align with available resources and plans Program/Product Planning to refine scope, schedule of the complete Program/Product Plan Risks and Opportunities are identified and mitigation activities tracked Configuration Control of the program/product baselines Program Life-cycle Management, from initial concept through product end of life