Deputy Program Manager of Operations

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 within a reasonable amount of time after 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.

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, project and suppliers, 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 and suppliers 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
• 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 and supplier negotiations for products/projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to negotiate win-win solutions
• Fully proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products and services
• Fully 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)
• Fully 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
• 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 track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work
   completion is sufficient to meet schedules
• Fully proficient ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective
   corrective actions based on data analysis and trends
• Fully proficient ability to understand and analyze project financial data including labor and
   material content
• Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements
• Fully proficient understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and
   ability to apply them to projects and suppliers
• Fully 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
• Fully 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
• Fully proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• May be required to travel

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