Program Manager Pittsfield, MA

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General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Program Manager managing the development and sustainment programs for SERF Tester Refresh in addition to Sustainment & Integration responsibilities for SERF and the SSBN/SSGN platforms. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nations 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 tenants so they can build on their own essential skills and traits.


REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:

Develops a cohesive project plan authorizes the work and manages cost schedule and technical performance of projects (products or services)
Organizes interdepartmental activities to ensure that projects are completed on schedule and within budget
Leads department or cross-functional project teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule cost and technical performance objectives
Identifies issues tracks progress and follows through on corrective actions
Creates product configurations and data sheets
Supports customers on technical questions regarding project/products
Leads team in forecasting project cost and schedule completion as required based on performance trends
Prepares and presents project status to leadership
Leads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities; leads risk mitigation / opportunity capture activities
Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies for assigned projects
Develops negotiation plans
Leads customer negotiations for projects

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Technical understanding of product(s)
Very solid knowledge of work estimating allocation scheduling and authorization
Very solid ability to generate cohesive project plans
Very solid ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules
Very solid ability to identify issues track progress and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends
Very solid ability to understand and analyze project financial data
Very solid understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects General Dynamics Proprietary Information
Very solid 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
Negotiation skills
Very solid knowledge of MS Project Excel Word PowerPoint
May be required to travel


Target salary range: USD $156444.00/Yr. - USD $169277.00/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.