Defense Materials & Property Project Manager

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems; Poway (CA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is seeking a Materials and Property Project Manager to support TRMC-driven operations.

You will manage GFP/CAP and baseline IMS in alignment with SOWs and milestones, coordinating with engineering, software, production, and contracts to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets. The role requires proven DoD contract management experience, strong MS Office and Power BI skills, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a matrixed

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors in Business Administration or related discipline and nine or more years of progressively complex experience in the project administration field with at least three of those years in project management.
• Proven experience managing cost estimates, schedule, and technical performance on DoW or other government development contracts.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Products to include Project, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI, and other related project management or collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Procure and track Government Furnished Property (GFP) and Contractor Acquired Property (CAP) utilizing established GA systems.
• Develop, baseline, and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) in Microsoft Project, aligned to SOWs, customer milestones, project dependencies, and internal GA‑ASI review gates.
• Decompose SOW requirements into detailed tasks, resources, and dependencies, and track cost, schedule, and technical performance; identify variances and support corrective actions.
• Lead recurring internal project meetings across systems engineering, software, hardware, production, test, logistics, security, contracts, and finance.
• Clearly communicate priorities, required staffing levels, and timing to functional groups; help negotiate tradeoffs when resources are constrained.
• Support the management of subcontractors and key suppliers, including scope definition, schedule and deliverable tracking, and coordination of technical and programmatic reviews.
• Coordinate preparation and timely delivery of artifacts for business and technical reviews, test plans/reports, logistics documentation, and other contract deliverables.

Skills

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related discipline

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Jira

Job description

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is seeking a Materials and Property Project Manager to support TRMC-driven operations.

You will manage GFP/CAP and baseline IMS in alignment with SOWs and milestones, coordinating with engineering, software, production, and contracts to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets. The role requires proven DoD contract management experience, strong MS Office and Power BI skills, and the ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a matrixed