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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.\nResponsibilities for this Position\nGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Project Manager. 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:\nDevelop yourself \nDevelop others \nBe a team player \nCommunicate effectively \nDevelop and sustain the relationships you need to be successful \nShape culture and positively impact the morale, motivation, and engagement of those around you \nOperate at the right level and deliver on your commitments \nThink and act strategically \nConfront reality \nTake reasonable, managed risks \nIt is expected the successful candidate will utilize these tenets so they can build on their own essential skills and traits.\nREPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:\nDevelops & implements product strategies and roadmaps for a specific target product\nAnalyzes 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\nInterfaces 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\nWorks 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\nProvides guidance and assistance to sales in selling the product\nResponsible for product configurations and data sheets\nUses 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\nDevelops WBS and WBS dictionary as baseline for scope definition and effective integrated cost/schedule management of the project\nAuthorizes the work , organizes interdepartmental activities and manages/tracks work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules\nConducts reviews to drill down into issues on products/projects, identify risks, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to project teams\nWorks with the engineering and operations team to ensure appropriate alignment of resources to attain product/project goals\nForecasts product/project completion as required based on performance trends\nSupports customers on technical questions regarding the project/product(s)\nLeads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities; leads risk mitigation / opportunity capture activities\nBalances product/project plans, risks, and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets\nIdentifies scope changes and develops product/project positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments\nResponsible for the profit and loss of products/projects\nDevelops and executes proposal plans and strategies\nDevelops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/project\nDevelops negotiation plans\nLeads customer negotiations for products/projects KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:\nAbility to negotiate win-win solutions\nHighly proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products and services\nHighly proficient knowledge of target customer markets\nOutstanding relationship management and marketing skills\nAbility to perform product demonstrations and training for sales\nAbility to develop marketing material for the product\nTechnical understanding of product(s)\nHighly proficient knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling, and authorization\nAbility to use proposal plans and strategies to implement executable, cohesive program plans\nAbility to develop and implement a product oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary\nHighly proficient understanding of basic philosophy of program schedules, risk areas, slack time, and critical path\nHighly proficient ability to generate cohesive project plans\nHighly proficient ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules\nHighly proficient ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends\nHighly proficient ability to understand and analyze project financial data\nAbility to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements\nHighly proficient understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects\nHighly proficient ability to lead teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives\nAbility to communicate clearly, both written and verbal\nAbility to make sound, proactive decisions\nAbility to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies\nHighly proficient understanding of value propositions and ability to make effective trades within project trade spaces\nSkilled in the development and implementation of product/project strategy and tactics\nHighly proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint\nMay be required to travel\nSalary Note\nThis estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). 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