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About General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.
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The Program Manager joins the Intelligence Systems Business Area within the Analysis, Collection, and Exploitation Segment. This role involves leading a cross-functional team of mechanical, civil, electrical, software, and systems engineers, technicians, and logisticians to support an established ten-year program for the Intelligence Community. Key responsibilities include overseeing the full program lifecycle from definition to sustainment, creating technical roadmaps, and managing budgets, schedules, and configuration control. The successful candidate will represent the program to customers, define business requirements, and drive strategies for rapid response mission tasking and long-term engineering developments. Required competencies include expertise in engineering disciplines, cost estimating, and market analysis. The role solves complex business problems by balancing technical requirements with ROI objectives in a fast-paced, market-driven environment.
What does a Program Manager earn?
Median $173592 from 118 postings across 23 companies.
Oversee all program activities from initial definition through development, launch, release, upgrades, and sustainment.
Create technical roadmaps and prioritize market-driven requirements to meet ROI, sales, and growth objectives.
Develop and execute comprehensive program plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables.
Act as the primary government interface for program development support, compliance, and certification approvals.
Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, technicians, and logisticians to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives.
Monitor work progress against baseline plans and develop corrective actions to ensure timely completion of milestones.
Manage configuration control and risk mitigation strategies for all program products and baselines.
Perform market analysis to identify customer needs, quantify opportunities, and evaluate competitor offerings.
What we're looking for
Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, business, or a specialized area like computer science or mathematics.
8+ years of domain experience related to DoD and intelligence agency requirements.
Demonstrated functional expertise in at least two areas including program management, mechanical, civil, electrical, software, systems engineering, or business development.
Department of Defense and/or Industrial Security Top Secret clearance required at time of hire.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Knowledge of engineering disciplines, technology application, planning, and cost estimating.
Knowledge of the full program lifecycle, including planning and execution.
Familiarity with the full product lifecycle (preferred).