Overview

The Senior Program Manager leads development programs in support of the Department of Defense programs. Duties include overseeing the various stages of product development and collaborating with various engineering and manufacturing development teams. Understanding of program planning from kick-off, major milestone reviews, through production readiness review is crucial. Other duties involve managing the program using earned value management system (EVMS) tools and processes, risk management, planning and managing per E1A-748 and hosting DCMA/DCAA audits.

GD-OTS is seeking a passionate person for an exciting position within our dynamic team! If you like solving problems and working with complex systems, bring your skills and expertise to our team. Our electro-mechanical systems, controlled by software, represent boundary-pushing aerospace technology. We are a small, but growing team of dedicated professionals that are developing the future. As part of this team, you are meticulous and detail-oriented but can also operate within challenging timelines to achieve a collective goal. You own your work and collaborate across functions to ensure that this groundbreaking technology is delivered on-time, on-budget and to the very high-quality standards that our warfighter demands.

There's no time like the present to find opportunity, so don't hold back. You will add tremendous value to the team, and we will return that to you. GD-OTS provides the foundation for you – whether you are just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional. We offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation, healthcare, wellness, retirement, work/life benefits, career development and recognition programs. Our customers come from all different backgrounds and so do our employees. If you're passionate about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.

Major Position Responsibilities

• Program baseline development, budget change request reviews, monthly financial reporting, and reviews with external customers.
• Develop plans for integration projects; lead cross-functional teams, manage and report progress.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans supporting program financial management reserve.
• Build metrics and data reports to provide program insights to performance.
• Facilitate change boards to assess programmatic impact of change requests.
• Coordinate with procurement, internal and external manufacturing, to ensure that hardware priorities are well understood and are actively managed to support the need dates.
• Identify schedule-critical hardware, equipment, people, and facilities; resolve constraints.
• Develop recovery strategies when non-conformances or other escapes are identified.
• Lead internal and external IPT meetings with program team and customer community. Define a robust execution plan, including risk management, to deliver results that meet the customer’s needs and drive execution according to your plan.
• Maintain fluency on the program contractual requirements, to include technical requirements, deliverables, milestones.
• Build and manage customer relationships, communication, and advocacy.
• Ensure program(s) meet the requirements of the contract – on time and on budget.
• Monitor and reporting to senior leadership program progress as well as the progress of each functional element of your assigned product.
• Resolve issues regarding cost and schedule.
• Establish and communicate overall program objectives, mission, vision, and strategy.
• Support or leading proposals from initial kick-off through customer submittal.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other technical fields.
• 8 -10 years related experience with a minimum of eight years in program management; or equivalent combination of education and experience, with a demonstrated reputation for delivering unique, high-complexity systems.
• Proven ability to deliver on-time, on-budget.
• Demonstrated experience with rapid development projects.
• Demonstrated teamwork and written/oral communications skill. Demonstrated ‘executive communication’ skills.
• Experience with project planning software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, etc.).
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience.
• Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• Experience with DoD hardware development.

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