Senior Project Manager

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:Department of Defense 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 Senior Project Manager focusing on programs with significant hardware procurement and production.  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. As aspiring leaders, General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) believes there are several enabling behaviors which will influence your success. These behaviors will also serve as leading indicators of likely success (or difficulty), and will be used by your manager in evaluating your performance and growth as a leader, and will serve to build trust from your teams, your customer, and the organization. These behaviors are: • Develop yourself • Develop others • Be a team player • Communicate effectively • Develop and sustain the relationships you need to be successful • Shape culture and positively impact the morale, motivation, and engagement of those around you • Operate at the right level and deliver on your commitments • Think and act strategically • Confront reality • Take reasonable, managed risks It is expected the successful candidate will utilize these tenets so they can build on their own essential skills and traits.  REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:• Prepare meeting materials and present program data to customers and internal leadership• Engage with all stakeholders of a managed program including Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Contracts, and Manufacturing • Interfaces with customer(s) regularly to ensure program performance is in line with expectations• Responsible for establishing / managing program schedules and staffing • Responsible for product configurations and data sheets • 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 • 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 products/projects, identify risks, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to project teams • Forecasts product/project completion as required based on performance trends  • Leads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities; leads risk mitigation / opportunity capture activities • Balances product/project plans, risks, and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets • Identifies scope changes and develops product/project positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments • Responsible for the profit and loss of products/projects • Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies • Develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/project • Develops negotiation plans, leads customer negotiations for products/projects   KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Read, analyze, understand, and manage Contract structures (CLINs / SLINs) for varied Contract types (CPFF, CPIF, FPIF, FFP)• Manage Program, Project, and Contract financials, including review and acceptance of Contract Modifications, creation of spend plans & reports, analysis of program labor mix• Support of Business Directors with quarterly financial and staff forecasting• Experience working with Supply Chain Management (SCM) to create and manage product BOMs, and prepare & execute PARs / PRs / POs • Ability to negotiate win-win solutions • Ability to develop marketing material for the product • Technical understanding of product(s) • Fully proficient knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling, and authorization • Fully proficient understanding of basic philosophy of program schedules, risk areas, slack time, and critical path • Fully proficient ability to generate cohesive project plans • Fully proficient ability to identify