Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities for this Position

Senior Project Manager

ID: 2025-69026
USA-AL-Cullman
Required Clearance: No clearance
Posted Date: 12/4/2025
Category: Program/Project Management
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelors degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in earned value management, facility setup, supplier coordination, schedule management, and capital equipment procurement. The Program Manager will be responsible for overseeing the successful execution of complex defense programs, ensuring they meet customer requirements and are delivered on time and within budget.In this role, the Senior Project Manager will oversee the planning, execution, and management of facilities-related projects and programs. This involves coordinating with various stakeholders to ensure that facilities operations meet the needs of the organization and adhere to all safety, regulatory, and quality standards.The Senior Project Manager plays a key role in the companys success for the manufacture of Beryllium products for use in the most demanding applications, across the aerospace, defense, and nuclear industries. Our products are used in high performance sensing systems for targeting and acquisition, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, and are hardened for the battlefield environment. Duties and Tasks:

Develops & implements product strategies and roadmaps for a specific target product
Analyzes 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
Interfaces 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
Works 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
Provides guidance and assistance to sales in selling the product
Responsible for product configurations and data sheets
Uses 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
Develops WBS and WBS dictionary as baseline for scope definition and effective integrated cost/schedule management of the project
Authorizes the work, organizes interdepartmental activities and tracks work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules
Conducts reviews to drill down into issues on products, project and suppliers, identify risks, develop corrective actions, and communicate issues, impacts and corrective actions to projectteams
Works with the engineering and operations team to ensure appropriate alignment of resources to attain product/project goals
Forecasts product/project completion as required based on performance trends
Supports customers and suppliers on technical questions regarding the project/product(s)
Leads team to identify and quantify risks and opportunities; leads risk mitigation /opportunity capture activities
Balances product/project plans, risks, and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets
Identifies scope changes and develops product/project positions for equitable cost and schedule adjustments
Responsible for the profit and loss of products/projects
Develops and executes proposal plans and strategies
Develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market/project
Develops negotiation plans
Leads customer and supplier negotiations for products/projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Ability to negotiate win-win solutions
Fully proficient knowledge of company products, competitive products and services
Fully proficient knowledge of target customer markets
Outstanding relationship management and marketing skills
Ability to perform product demonstrations and training for sales
Ability to develop marketing material for the product
Technical understanding of product(s)
Fully proficient knowledge of work estimating, allocation, scheduling, and authorization
Ability to use proposal plans and strategies to implement executable, cohesive program plans
Ability to develop and implement a product oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary
Fully proficient understanding of basic philosophy of program schedules, risk areas, slack time, and critical path
Fully proficient ability to generate cohesive project plans
Fully proficient ability to track work accomplished to baseline plans to ensure rate of work completion is sufficient to meet schedules
Fully proficient ability to identify issues, track progress, and follow through on effective corrective actions based on data analysis and trends
Fully proficient ability to understand and analyze project financial data including labor and material content
Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements
Fully proficient understanding of the fundamentals of risk and opportunity management and ability to apply them to projects and suppliers
Fully proficient ability to lead teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives
Ability to communicate clearly, both written and verbal
Ability to make sound, proactive decisions
Ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies
Fully proficient understanding of value propositions and ability to make effective trades within project trade spaces
Skilled in the development and implementation of product/project strategy and tactics
Fully proficient in MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
May be required to travel

Our Commitment to You: An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning a development Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nations security Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule) Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health and wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits Workplace Options: This position is fully on-site. While on-site, you will be a part of the Cullman, AL facility.

Salary Note

This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Combined Salary Range

USD $109,890.00 - USD $118,905.00 /Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

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