Senior Project Manager
Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems
Location: Pittsfield
Posted on: April 1, 2025
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Job Description:
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 preferred 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 up to
Top Secret. 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. 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.Duties will be focused on
maintaining execution and growing the Surface Ship Systems
Integration and Test portfolio within the Maritime and Strategic
Systems Line of Business. Desired skills include: Navy vessel
production experience, earned value management, technical
requirements analysis, work load forecasting, managing risk and
opportunities, financial reporting, contract geometry knowledge,
proposal development, market research, and confidence with industry
and Government customer coordination.
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:
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
* Develops & implements product strategies and roadmaps for a
specific target product
* Analyzes markets and drives/maintains product acceptance in the
market by integrating the work of research and development,
manufacturing, marketing, sales, and service functions to solve
market problems to meet corporate business objectives relating to
revenue, margin, quality, and time-to-market to meet corporate
business objectives relating to revenue, margin, quality, and
time-to-market
* Interfaces with customer to gain and maintain market specific
knowledge and understanding of product use in the field to
formulate their requirements in a Market / Product Requirements
Document
* Works with marketing team in activities related to the products
including competitive analysis and pricing, product requirements,
development of marketing materials, and analysis of market
trends
* Provides guidance and assistance to sales in selling the
product
* 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
* Works with the engineering and operations team to ensure
appropriate alignment of resources to attain product/project
goals
* Forecasts product/project completion as required based on
performance trends
* Supports customers on technical questions regarding the
project/product(s)
* 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
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* 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:
* Ability to negotiate win-win solutions
* Proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products
and services
* Proficient knowledge of target customer markets
* Outstanding relationship management and marketing skills
* Ability to perform product demonstrations and training for
sales
* Ability to develop marketing material for the product
* Technical understanding of product(s)
* Proficient knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling,
and authorization
* Ability to use proposal plans and strategies to implement
executable, cohesive program plans
* Ability to develop and implement a product oriented WBS and WBS
Dictionary
* Proficient understanding of basic philosophy of program
schedules, risk areas, slack time, and critical path * Proficient
ability to generate cohesive project plans
* Proficient ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans
to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet
schedules
* Proficient ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow
through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and
trends
* Proficient ability to understand and analyze project financial
data
* Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure
satisfaction of customer requirements
* Proficient understanding of the fundamentals of risk and
opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects
* Proficient ability to lead teams in matrix organization to
achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives
* Ability to communicate clearly, both written and verbal
* Ability to make sound, proactive decisions
* Ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies
* Proficient understanding of value propositions and ability to
make effective trades within project trade spaces
* Skilled in the development and implementation of product/project
strategy and tactics
* Proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
* May be required to travel
Target salary range: USD $110,175.00/Yr. - USD $119,213.00/Yr. This
estimate represents the typical salary range for this position
based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.).
Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the
position is filled.
Company Overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse
portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that
enable customers to successfully execute missions across all
domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top
professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the
bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given
the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty,
alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits
and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared
sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment
where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and
what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our
high-performance team!
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities /
Protected Veterans
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