Autonomous Maritime Platform Business Segment Director

Autonomous Maritime Platform Business Segment Director

Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 15 years of demonstrated leadership; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of demonstrated leadership.

Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance is desired at time of hire. 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.

Responsibilities For This Position

Directs a business area within a division consisting of multiple disciplines, programs, products, and / or customers to meet current and long term business objectives

Responsible for customer satisfaction, leadership, overall performance, schedule, and profit and loss of large programs, or a portfolio of programs and / or products throughout the entire program life cycle

Ensures creation of well-constructed, comprehensive business plans

Establishes strategic plans and objectives in coordination with others

Evaluates and analyzes the functional area plans (such as IRAD) and the impacts of these plans on the business

Reviews organizational capabilities, and development / execution of strategies, to improve the competitiveness of the organization through actions such as professional growth & development, strategic hiring, strategic partnering, and acquisitions

Identifies market / scope changes and develops product / program positions for costs / price and feature changes or equitable cost / schedule adjustments

Develops corporate and / or organizational policies and authorizes their implementation

Balances programs, risks and opportunities with executable strategies to meet technical requirements and budgets

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

Set standards for metric reviews for a business area

Develops personnel to ensure efficient operation

Conducts business and technical briefings for senior and top management and for external representatives

Effectively engages in complex negotiations involving extremely critical matters

Develops customer relationships and develops new business within the market / program

Leads the patent and data rights for the products / programs / proposals / subcontracts

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

Tremendous knowledge of autonomous products and technologies including current and potential applications

Tremendous knowledge of target customer markets in autonomy, undersea tactics, and surface warfare

Skilled in the development and implementation of product / program strategy and tactics

Demonstrated leadership of a program with significant delivery or technical risk

Ability to develop and implement a product-oriented WBS and WBS Dictionary

Ability to generate cohesive program plans

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

Expert risk and opportunity management skills and ability to apply them to programs

Tremendous ability to understand and analyze program financial data

Tremendous knowledge of government contracting practices and regulations regarding acquisition

Outstanding relationship management and marketing skills

Recognized as an influential leader

Ability to identify partnership candidates best suited to fill product gaps

Ability to manage managers of teams in matrix organization to achieve schedule, cost, and technical performance objectives

Ability to lead others in team building, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership and advanced risk management

Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure satisfaction of customer requirements

Ability to develop and execute company policies that affect immediate operations

Tremendous verbal and written communication skills

Tremendous understanding of business and supply chain strategy

Ability to develop and execute proposal plans and strategies

Ability to apply advanced negotiation skills to solve internal, external and customer issues

Erroneous decisions will have a long-term effect on the company's success

Will interact frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels

Knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Will be required to travel

May be responsible for hire / fire decisions

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 $269,103.00 - USD $291,178.00 / 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