Program Manager Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) Program Development GM Defense

Job Description

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Global Technical Center in Warren Michigan three times per week at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business with periodic travel to Concord NC and customer locations.

About GM Defense:

GM Defense is driving the future of military mobility by leveraging the best-in-class capabilities of General Motors for unmatched innovation proven performance and breakthrough life-cycle economics! We deliver reliable affordable and innovative products across a full spectrum of capabilities integrated vehicles power and propulsion autonomy mobility and security!

GM Defense is seeking a highly motivated dynamic individual looking for an opportunity that will allow them to showcase their talents and have an impact in a strategic growth area. Our ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity and demonstrates problem-solving leadership with limited oversight!

The Role:

The Program Manager Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) Program Development owns the processes tools and cross-functional coordination that keep the ISV portfolio synchronized across contracts engineering manufacturing and sustainment. This role defines documents and executes core program processes; drives automation of internal workflows; leads the cost accounting creation and maintenance process; oversees all contract deliverables and Integrated Master Schedules (IMS); develops and executes analytic studies that inform future engineering content production planning and investment decisions; and provides direct supervisory leadership for 23 Assistant Program Managers supporting ISV integration activities.

The role ensures leadership has timely accurate and actionable visibility into performance across cost schedule technical risk and contractual commitments while building team capability setting priorities and ensuring consistent execution across assigned program management resources.

What Youll Do:

1. Portfolio Integration and Baseline Management

• Serve as the integration lead across ISV contracts variants and work directives ensuring alignment of scope schedules and budgets.
• Maintain a clear consolidated view of ISV program baselines technical schedule and financial and assess how changes in one area affect the broader portfolio.
• Partner with Contracts Finance Engineering Manufacturing Integrated Product Support (IPS) Quality and Supply Chain to translate contractual requirements into executable integrated plans.
• Provide day-to-day supervision work prioritization coaching and performance support for 23 Assistant Program Managers ensuring aligned execution of program management tasks development of team capability and effective coverage across ISV integration priorities.

2. Process Definition Documentation and Execution

• Define document and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for core ISV program management processes including contract change flow CDRL development and review IMS updates risk and issue management and decision forums.
• Build and maintain process maps RACI charts and checklists that enable repeatable execution across the ISV team.
• Monitor adherence to established processes identify gaps or bottlenecks and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.

3. Automation of Internal Program Processes

• Identify high-friction manual activities in ISV program execution and lead efforts to automate or streamline them.
• Partner with IT data and tool owners to design pilot and deploy automation solutions such as SharePoint workflows dashboards templates macros and low/no-code tools.
• Establish and track metrics for each automation initiative including cycle time error rate and touch time and measure realized benefits.

Accounting Process and Financial Integration

• Lead the cost accounting creation and maintenance process for ISV Integration activities in close collaboration with Program Finance Controllership and Contracts.
• Facilitate working sessions to structure new work in accordance with MIL-STD-881 and internal GPN/WBS standards ensuring traceability between contract scope work breakdown and charging structures.
• Prepare and submit GPN/WBS requests track approvals and maintain current reference tools such as ISV GPN cheat sheets PEG/WBS masters and project lists.
• Coordinate with Finance to ensure GPN/WBS structures support reporting invoicing and audit requirements and that charge lines and authorized personnel remain current.

5. Contract Deliverables CDRLs and Integrated Master Schedules

• Own the contract deliverables integration plan ensuring all CDRLs technical products and program artifacts are logically tied to IMS tasks properly resourced and sequenced to support reviews and milestones.
• Oversee development internal review and submission of CDRLs leveraging automation where possible for status tracking workflows and performance metrics such as on-time late and at-risk.
• Work with the IMS lead to maintain a high-quality resource-informed integrated master schedule that reflects current contract scope changes and risks.
• Drive regular cross-functional reviews of IMS and deliverable health highlighting conflicts constraints and decision points to leadership.

6. Studies and Decision Support for Future Engineering and Production

• Plan and execute trade studies and analytical projects that inform future engineering content production strategies sustainment concepts and business cases for the ISV family of vehicles.
• Develop study charters that define the problem statement scope options and timeline and coordinate participation across Engineering Manufacturing IPS Quality Supply Chain Finance and Business Development.
• Develop clear data-backed recommendations and decision briefs for internal reviews and customer engagements including scenario comparisons and sensitivity analyses.
• Track decisions and resulting actions ensuring they are flowed into contracts baselines and execution plans.

7. Stakeholder Communication Risk and Change Management

• Act as a primary integration point of contact for ISV leadership providing concise structured updates on process health automation progress IMS status and key studies.
• Facilitate regular risk issue and opportunity reviews ensuring items are captured assessed mitigated and linked to schedule and deliverables.
• Coordinate change management across the ISV portfolio including contract modifications configuration changes and process updates to minimize disruption and maintain alignment among internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver materials for internal program reviews Army reviews and senior GM Defense forums focused on ISV integration topics.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree required.
• Candidate must either be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen U.S. permanent resident asylee or refugee) or a non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required export control authorization.
• U.S. citizenship required to comply with federal government contract provision expressly restricting role to U.S. citizens.
• 10 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in program or project management preferably in automotive aerospace defense or a similarly complex product environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading integrated schedules contract deliverables and cross-functional teams on programs.
• Strong working knowledge of structured program management practices including WBS IMS and risk & issue management.
• Proficiency with core program management tools such as Microsoft Project or equivalent scheduling tools Excel and PowerPoint with the ability to learn production process scheduling and cost accounting software.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear narratives for leadership customers and functional teams.

What Will Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualification)

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Systems Management or a related field.
• Masters degree in Engineering Business Administration Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Direct experience with U.S. Department of Defense programs including familiarity with CDRLs IMS expectations and MIL-STD-881 or similar standards.
• Experience in light tactical vehicles or ground combat systems programs.
• Hands-on experience with process design documentation and automation including SharePoint/Power Platform solutions scripting or workflow tools.
• Exposure to Earned Value Management (EVM) cost/schedule integration or equivalent performance management frameworks.
• Familiarity with GM or GM Defense processes and governance related to contracting timekeeping and program financials.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Quality clarity and adoption of ISV program processes and documentation across the stakeholder community.
• Reduction in cycle time and rework for key internal processes through effective automation.
• Health and integrity of cost accounting structures and IMS including timely reflection of changes and strong linkage between scope schedule and cost.
• On-time high-quality delivery of contract deliverables and decision-support studies that enable informed choices on engineering content production plans and investments.
• Positive feedback from leadership and cross-functional partners on the ability to integrate activities anticipate issues and drive disciplined data-informed execution across the ISV portfolio.

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U.S. citizenship required pursuant to government contract.

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