Program/Product Development Director

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 15 years of demonstrated leadership; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of demonstrated leadership..CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is preferred, but not required. A Secret security clearance is 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.

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Program/Product Development Director within the Secure Network and Voice Products business area and the Space, Cyber & Intelligence line of business. This position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that develops our nation's fundamental defense encryption and security capabilities.In this role, you will work with world-class secure product development engineers, a successful business development team for program capture, and an established sales/marketing team and key customers to develop solutions to meet their needs – you’ll develop and implement product/program strategies, roadmaps, and cohesive integrated plans to meet business and program objectives relating to revenue, margin, quality, and time-to-market. You will lead a team of program managers responsible for the planning and execution of programs to development new products or to expand the capabilities of the diverse portfolio of encryption solutions that currently drive significant value within this company. You will ensure the successful development and execution of project plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables. You’ll conduct reviews to drill down into issues on products/programs, develop corrective actions, and determine impacts and corrective actions to program teams. As development completes, you will facilitate the transition of these capabilities into production and help ensure that our customers' evolving mission needs continue to be met.What you’ll experience:

• Balances programs, risks and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets
• Conducts reviews to drill down into issues on products/programs, identify issues, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to program teams
• Set standards for metric reviews over a family of programs/product line or within a business area
• Manages people who lead department or cross-functional program teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives
• Prepares and presents program/product status to leadership and external customers
• Reviews organizational capabilities, and development/execution of strategies, to improve the competitiveness of the organization through actions such as professional growth & development, strategic hiring, strategic partnering, and acquisitions
• Interfaces with customers on technical matters regarding program/products
• Develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/program
• Identifies market/scope changes and develops product/program positions for costs/price and feature changes or equitable cost/schedule adjustments
• Develops personnel to ensure efficient operation
• Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions
• Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies
• Effectively engages in complex negotiations involving various aspects of the business area
• Responsible for directing other product/program managers and responsibility for managing people including performance evaluations and pay increase recommendations
• Leads the patent and data rights for the products/programs/proposals/subcontracts

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus a minimum of 15 years of demonstrated leadership; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of demonstrated leadership
• Skilled in the development and implementation of product/program strategy and tactics
• Demonstrated leadership of a program with significant delivery or technical risk
• Ability to develop and implement a product-oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary
• Extensive knowledge of products and technologies including current and potential applications
• Extensive knowledge of target customer markets
• Ability to generate cohesive program plans
• Ability to identify partnership candidates best suited to fill product gaps
• Demonstrated leadership of a program with significant delivery or technical risk
• Demons