Manager, Digital Transformation

Nassco; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Wellness coaching

Paid holidays & PTO

Onsite health services

Job summary

General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego seeks a Digital Transformation Manager to drive modernization across Engineering platforms, ensuring stable upgrades, secure operations, and cross‑system integrations. You will guide data standards, tool transitions, and governance while leading the Digital Transformation team toward measurable value delivery.

The role emphasizes stakeholder alignment, budgeting, and responsible leadership in a regulated, shipyard environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or demonstrated equivalence.
• 7+ years of experience in engineering or technical environments, including 3+ years leading teams or complex cross‑functional initiatives.
• Familiarity with platforms like AVEVA Marine, E3D, or Unified Engineering is preferred; interest in learning cross‑system integrations (MACPAC, LMS, Autotime) is welcome.
• Training or experience with platform stewardship, secure operations, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP GCC‑High, ITAR/EAR, CMMC/NIST) is a plus, with willingness to develop these skills.
• Understanding of engineering workflows (structure, piping, electrical, HVAC, outfitting) and data governance is preferred, along with enthusiasm for learning multi‑system integration and incident/root‑cause practices.
• Ability to apply technical knowledge to standardize configurations, retire customizations, design robust integrations, implement automation and AI governance, and translate Engineering needs into scalable solutions
• Strong change‑leadership capabilities, including leading teams and stakeholders through resistance, skepticism, or competing priorities
• Exceptional communication, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts, build trust, negotiate trade‑offs, and foster alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• High emotional intelligence, patience, and a collaborative leadership style, including the ability to build communication effectiveness within technical teams
• Experience with AI-supported workflows, automation technologies, agentic systems, or proofs‑of‑concept for emerging digital tools
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, vendor contracts, licensing agreements, and enterprise platform procurement within compliance constraints

Responsibilities

• Own Engineering’s digital‑platform strategy and execution for AVEVA Marine, E3D, Unified Engineering, and legacy Tribon, serving as platform steward for stability, upgrades, security alignment, vendor coordination, and environment health
• Direct the shift from legacy customizations to OEM‑aligned workflows, ensuring consistent standards and reduced fragility across engineering disciplines
• Govern Engineering’s digital data standards, including naming conventions, EBOM/PBOM structures, configuration controls, and product information integrity
• Plan and coordinate the transition of Engineering tools (Jira, Confluence, Tableau) toward Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform, ensuring continuity and adoption
• Lead integrations and data exchanges between AVEVA/E3D/UE and shipyard systems such as MACPAC MRP, LMS, and Autotime
• Establish and operate within governance structures and compliance frameworks for automation, AI, data workflows, and secure platform operation under FedRAMP GCC‑High, ITAR/EAR, and CMMC requirements
• Provide direct supervision and performance management for the Digital Transformation team, including hiring, coaching, career development, and setting clear, measurable expectations
• Build a community of engineering software champions through mentoring and enablement programs that strengthen digital fluency across Engineering
• Collaborate with Talent Development and Technical Training to identify, develop, implement, and manage strategic training programs for digital tools and practices
• Make decisions on platform configuration standards, de‑customization priorities, backlog sequencing, automation approvals, integration architectures, and vendor selection within approved budgets
• Answer for department performance, including cost, schedule, and transformation outcomes aligned with the roadmap.
• Collaborate with Engineering, IT, Production, Supply Chain, QA, executive sponsors, OEMs, and software vendors to ensure alignment, timely support, and effective integration of digital platforms
• Build strong relationships with customers and their representatives to resolve complex and often unforeseen issues in the best interests of programs; manage resolution of logistics, personnel, and prioritization conflicts
• Communicate the rationale behind changes, negotiate trade‑offs with stakeholders, and navigate conflict to build alignment
• Apply effective conflict-resolution strategies calibrated to urgency, relationship sensitivity, and operational impact
• Address complex and ambiguous technical problems (e.g., platform incidents, integrations, data‑integrity gaps, and de‑customization trade‑offs) using structured analysis and collaboration
• Solve issues inherent in a legacy‑plus‑modern ecosystem while driving toward standardization and reliability
• Manage overhead and capital budgets for digital platforms, licensing, vendor contracts, and professional services, applying course corrections to prevent overruns
• Reduce risk to people, processes, and systems through approved policies, technical safeguards, governance, and proactive planning
• Support Planning and Program Controls to integrate transformation schedules with networked detail schedules and the Integrated Master Schedule, mitigating late‑change impacts
• Track and report Digital Transformation outcomes to Engineering leadership, including value delivered, cycle‑time reductions, defect rates, and adoption metrics
• Ensure transformation activities are conducted safely and in alignment with production, testing, and engineering workflows
• Build strong relationships with customers to resolve unforeseen issues, logistics challenges, personnel conflicts, and priority disputes
• Identify practical AI use cases and coordinate proofs‑of‑concept for secure, compliant automation within Engineering
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned

Skills

Platform stewardship

Security compliance

Cross-system integration

AI governance

Vendor coordination

Budget management

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or demonstrated equivalence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Tableau

MACPAC

LMS

Autotime

Microsoft 365

Power Platform

Job description

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SUMMARY

The Digital Transformation Manager has responsibility for digital modernization initiatives across Engineering. This position requires practical experience with engineering platforms and extensive experience with technical integrations, automation, and compliance in regulated environments. Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders is essential to resolve complex technical issues in accordance with program requirements. The role ensures the safe, predictable execution of transformation projects and platform upgrades, aligning with modernization goals and ship‑level digital twin objectives. The position is accountable for platform reliability, adoption, and measurable value delivery, including reduced manual effort, and improved digital thread integrity. A significant aspect of this role involves navigating and resolving conflict among stakeholders with competing priorities, requiring strong judgment, patience, and well‑developed conflict‑resolution skills to build alignment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

Own Engineering’s digital‑platform strategy and execution for AVEVA Marine, E3D, Unified Engineering, and legacy Tribon, serving as platform steward for stability, upgrades, security alignment, vendor coordination, and environment health

Direct the shift from legacy customizations to OEM‑aligned workflows, ensuring consistent standards and reduced fragility across engineering disciplines

Govern Engineering’s digital data standards, including naming conventions, EBOM/PBOM structures, configuration controls, and product information integrity

• Maintain a multi‑year digital‑transformation roadmap with quarterly objectives, defining cross‑discipline activities, test plans, rollback strategies, incident response procedures, and change‑management communications

Plan and coordinate the transition of Engineering tools (Jira, Confluence, Tableau) toward Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform, ensuring continuity and adoption

Lead integrations and data exchanges between AVEVA/E3D/UE and shipyard systems such as MACPAC MRP, LMS, and Autotime

Establish and operate within governance structures and compliance frameworks for automation, AI, data workflows, and secure platform operation under FedRAMP GCC‑High, ITAR/EAR, and CMMC requirements

Provide direct supervision and performance management for the Digital Transformation team, including hiring, coaching, career development, and setting clear, measurable expectations

Build a community of engineering software champions through mentoring and enablement programs that strengthen digital fluency across Engineering

Collaborate with Talent Development and Technical Training to identify, develop, implement, and manage strategic training programs for digital tools and practices

• Make decisions on platform configuration standards, de‑customization priorities, backlog sequencing, automation approvals, integration architectures, and vendor selection within approved budgets
• Answer for department performance, including cost, schedule, and transformation outcomes aligned with the roadmap.

Collaborate with Engineering, IT, Production, Supply Chain, QA, executive sponsors, OEMs, and software vendors to ensure alignment, timely support, and effective integration of digital platforms

• Build strong relationships with customers and their representatives to resolve complex and often unforeseen issues in the best interests of programs; manage resolution oflogistics, personnel, and prioritization conflicts

Communicate the rationale behind changes, negotiate trade‑offs with stakeholders, and navigate conflict to build alignment

Apply effective conflict‑resolution strategies calibrated to urgency, relationship sensitivity, and operational impact

Address complex and ambiguous technical problems (e.g., platform incidents, integrations, data‑integrity gaps, and de‑customization trade‑offs) using structured analysis and collaboration

Solve issues inherent in a legacy‑plus‑modern ecosystem while driving toward standardization and reliability

Manage overhead and capital budgets for digital platforms, licensing, vendor contracts, and professional services, applying course corrections to prevent overruns

Reduce risk to people, processes, and systems through approved policies, technical safeguards, governance, and proactive planning

Support Planning and Program Controls to integrate transformation schedules with networked detail schedules and the Integrated Master Schedule, mitigating late‑change impacts

Track and report Digital Transformation outcomes to Engineering leadership, including value delivered, cycle‑time reductions, defect rates, and adoption metrics

Ensure transformation activities are conducted safely and in alignment with production, testing, and engineering workflows

Build strong relationships with customers to resolve unforeseen issues, logistics challenges, personnel conflicts, and priority disputes

• Identify practical AI use cases and coordinate proofs‑of‑concept for secure, compliant automation within Engineering
• Other responsibilities and duties as assigned

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or demonstrated equivalence
• 7+ years of experience in engineering or technical environments, including 3+ years leading teams or complex cross‑functional initiatives
• Familiarity with platforms like AVEVA Marine, E3D, or Unified Engineering is preferred; interest in learning cross‑system integrations (MACPAC, LMS, Autotime) is welcome.
• Training or experience with platform stewardship, secure operations, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP GCC‑High, ITAR/EAR, CMMC/NIST) is a plus, with willingness to develop these skills.
• Understanding of engineering workflows (structure, piping, electrical, HVAC, outfitting) and data governance is preferred, along with enthusiasm for learning multi‑system integration and incident/root‑cause practices.
• Ability to apply technical knowledge to standardize configurations, retire customizations, design robust integrations, implement automation and AI governance, and translate Engineering needs into scalable solutions
• Strong change‑leadership capabilities, including leading teams and stakeholders through resistance, skepticism, or competing priorities
• Exceptional communication, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts, build trust, negotiate trade‑offs, and foster alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• High emotional intelligence, patience, and a collaborative leadership style, including the ability to build communication effectiveness within technical teams

Experience with AI-supported workflows, automation technologies, agentic systems, or proofs‑of‑concept for emerging digital tools

• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, vendor contracts, licensing agreements, and enterprise platform procurement within compliance constraints

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The essential functions of this role are performed in an office setting. The role requires prolonged periods of working in a stationary position, operating a computer, computer programs, and standard office equipment necessary to perform the essential duties. The role requires perceiving information and communicating effectively with others in person, online, and on the phone.

PAY SCALE

$169,700 - $219,700

This pay range is a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role. It takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions; including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, and education. General Dynamics NASSCO also provides a variety of benefits including medical & dental insurance coverage, 401(k) retirement savings plan, flexible spending accounts/HSAs, life and disability insurance, company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO), wellness coaching, and an onsite health services.

General Dynamics NASSCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

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