Sr Principal Program Performance Management Practitioner Specialist (PPM / EVM)

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Sr Principal Program Performance Management Specialist (PPM / EVM).  The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation’s 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.

 

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:This position is responsible for utilizing required experiences with an integrated performance management, schedule management, or subject matter expert focus Leads teams across multiple programs in the contract/program cost and/or schedule development and management/analysis for advanced developing engineering programs for large subsystems or small total systems, or production or logistics programs for major total systemsScope is programs with contract value typically greater than $50M per year, with total program value greater than $200MThe analyst will lead the development of the program cost and/or schedule baseline within the contract parameters, the analysis of program performance (historical and predictive), the monitoring of the forecasted completion data, and reviewing results with and making recommendations to program teamsMentors and trains team membersServes as the subject matter expert in the guidance and mentoring of program teams and Program Performance Management (PPM) staff in program management tools and processesBuilds and leads a team in the development of the time-phased budget to meet all contract and program objectives and support the integration of cost and schedule dataLeads analysis of program performance data, prepare historical and predictive measures, and drive program teams to make proactive decisions Advanced analysis of subcontractor and material data and communication of impact to customer dataAdvanced analysis in the contract/program Estimate At Complete (EAC), Management Reserve, risk and opportunity managementPrepares and presents accurate and timely program review documents to executive leadership and customersPartners with other functions in the integration of contract/program risk/opportunity, Management Reserve, and Estimated at Complete for business financial commitment analysis and reportingLeads the reconciliation of program data with latest contract modificationsApplies key areas of the Program Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to develop executable processes for supported programs and lead program teams in their implementationDefines requirements to solve common business problemsFosters an environment of trust and teamwork: build collaborative relationships, internally and externallyInterfaces with multiple IPT leads and PMs across multiple major geographic locationsResponsible for coordination and accuracy of timely program deliverablesMentors teams in ensuring EVMS compliance through auditsRecognized as subject matter expert in program management skillsCommunicates professionally and effectively with team members and customersLeads multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environmentSupports other programs with expertise during critical time framesActs as change agent; challenge the status quoLeads the team in the development of the IMP and IMS integrated with the budget to meet all proposal, contract, and program objectivesEnsures advanced schedule techniques (health and quality checks, resource loading, critical path analysis, and risk analysis) are applied effectively to drive proactive decisionsIntegrates lower level schedules into a master program scheduleEnsures major projects and program schedules are horizontally and vertically integrated and resolves network logic conflictsCreates and analyzes program milestone chartsMentors Planners in planning and scheduling best practiceAssesses industry changes and impacts to PPM policies and procedures related to EVMS and schedulingCreates and manages WBS, IMP/IMS for proposalsDefines requirements and leads efforts to automate processes to solve common business problemsManages the design of tests to evaluate new EVMS and/or scheduling tools, analyzes test results, and makes recommendations to support operational improvementManages the incorporation of new EVMS and/or scheduling toolsManages tool re-design to improve performanceTrains analysts in the EVMS and schedule toolsServes as a senior resource to other analysts in developing solutions that meet complex business requirements Acts as change agent; challenges the status quoManages process changes to improve overall efficiency of program performance management function