Req 74124 Program Manager

MountainOne; Pittsfield, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Mission Systems seeks a Program Manager to lead the Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) contract and Virtual Ship initiatives. You will guide cross-functional teams from design to delivery, ensuring technical and financial performance, customer satisfaction, and compliant execution.

The role emphasizes leadership, risk management, and strategic planning in a defense-focused environment, with on-site or hybrid work arrangements and regular stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience leading programs in defense contracting or government-related work.
• Ability to establish and manage budgets, schedules, and performance baselines.
• Strong leadership and communication skills for matrix organizations and customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposal plans and integrated program plans to meet objectives.
• Identify resources and define major program roles.
• Develop and monitor integrated baselines and management reserves.
• Collaborate across teams to manage risk, budgets, and schedules.
• Present status to leadership and external customers.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of AI-enabled decision tools.

Skills

Program management

Budgeting

Risk management

Leadership

Proposal development

Customer engagement

Agile

Jira

MS Project

Power BI

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Jira

Power BI

Job description

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Program Manager responsible for managing the Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) contract and Virtual Ship (V-Ship) proposal and execution efforts. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nation’s 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 tenets so they can build on their own essential skills and traits.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:

• Uses proposal plans and strategies to lead team in developing, defining, and implementing cohesive, integrated program/product, subcontractor, and material plans, and business plans that achieve overall current and long- term objectives of the program/product, business unit, and division
• Identifies needed resources for projects, defines and assigns major program roles
• Leads the establishment of and sets integrated WBS-based budget and schedule baselines including management reserve for programs/products that are complex in nature, high value, with a new customer, or in a new market area
• Monitors work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet program/product schedules
• Balances program risks and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets
• Manages people who lead cross-functional program teams in matrix organization that are focused on the delivery of a product or computer-based system from design to release for customers
• Creates an environment that fosters professional growth for team members
• Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions
• Conducts reviews to drill down into issues on products/programs, identify issues, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to program teams
• Responsible for maximizing profit and cash flow of products/programs
• Leads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities and risk mitigation / opportunity capture activities
• Decouples risk items from mainstream program to the greatest extent possible
• Prepares and presents program/product status to leadership and external customers
• Interfaces with customers on technical matters regarding program/products
• Identifies potential subcontractors for program elements
• Identifies scope changes and develops product/program positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments
• Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies
• Develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/program
• Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s)
• Leverage emerging technologies: Utilize AI tools such as GAIAA, Codex/ChatGPT to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and improve program outcomes.
• Integrate emerging technologies: Identify and implement AI-driven tools to optimize program planning, risk management, and reporting.
• Enhance stakeholder engagement: Develop innovative strategies to strengthen relationships with customers, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Very strong knowledge of products and technologies including current and potential applications
• Very strong knowledge of target customer markets
• Skilled in the development and implementation of product/program strategy and tactics
• Ability to generate cohesive program plans
• Must be able to establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
• Ability to develop and implement a product oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary
• Ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans and identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends
• Skilled in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions on programs to internal and external representatives
• Ability to understand and analyze program financial data
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements
• Very strong understanding of advanced of risk and opportunity management techniques and ability to apply them to programs
• Ability to lead teams in matrix organization
• Ability to lead others in team building, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership and advanced risk management
• Very strong knowledge of government contracting practices and regulations regarding acquisition
• Outstanding relationship management and marketing skills
• Needs ability to execute company policies that affect immediate operations
• Ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies
• Ability to lead program in customer negotiations and negotiate win-win solutions
• Erroneous decisions or recommendations or failure to complete assignments normally result in serious delays and considerable expenditure of additional time, human resources, and funds
• Will interact frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels
  
• Working Knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AI tools such as GAIAA, Codex/ChatGPT
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira
• Advanced data analysis skills using tools like Power BI
• Will be required to travel
• This position will be worked 100% on site or hybrid (3 days per week on site)