Space Avionics Business Segment Director
Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems
Location: Scottsdale
Posted on: March 15, 2025
Job Description:
Basic Qualifications
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.
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to achieve a Top Secret/SCI clearance is required, but an
active clearance is preferred. 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
Help make the technologies, products and services that make a
difference. That's the opportunity that's waiting for you at
General Dynamics Mission Systems. We help our nation's heroes keep
our nation safe and explore space by creating solutions so
advanced, they redefine innovation for the world. It's an amazing
challenge. And it's waiting for you now.
As the Space Avionics Business Segment Director, you'll develop and
implement product/program strategies, roadmaps, and cohesive
integrated plans to meet business and program commitments relating
to revenue, margin, quality, and schedule. The Space Avionics
Business Segment is continuing our proud tradition of space flight
hardware as we adapt to the current market conditions with
introducing new products that modernize the mission and utility of
space. This will require the successful leadership of your team of
Program Managers (PM) and coordination with functional leadership
for the development and execution of proposals, project plans,
schedules, budgets, and deliverables. You'll conduct reviews to
drill down into issues on products/programs, develop corrective
actions, and determine impacts and corrective actions to program
teams. What you'll experience:
- A wide portfolio of space borne avionics solutions spanning
Position Navigation and Timing (PNT), RF communications, and
Networking products
- Manages a team of highly skilled professional program managers
supported by matrixed functional teams. Includes one remote
PM.
- Large collection of diverse government, traditional and
non-traditional prime level customers
- Direct customer engagement and escalation resolution
responsibilities
- Balancing programs, risks and opportunities with executable
strategies to meet contractual and financial commitments
- 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
- Developing and Owning Segment Financial Commitments and
Processes for internal reviews. (i.e., own the P&L)
- Driving active segment risk and opportunities management
- Holding delegated proposal approval authority
- Focused on Segment program performance and tight collaboration
with Business Development to support new business. Assigns PM's to
support proposals
- Cost reduction and Continuous Improvement initiatives
- Program Manager resource forecasting and functional management
including performance evaluations, pay increase recommendations,
and hire/fire decisions
- Prepares and presents Business Segment status to
leadership
- 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
- Delegates assignments to others for developing solutions
- Effectively engages in complex negotiations involving various
aspects of the business
- New Product On-Ramp/Readiness
- May be required to travel up to 25%What you bring to the table:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus a minimum of 15 years of
demonstrated leadership; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13
years of demonstrated leadership
- Strong and demonstrated leadership characteristics and inner
personal skills
- Experience with space flight hardware development,
manufacturing, and test preferred
- Skilled in the development and implementation of
product/program strategy and tactics
- Demonstrated leadership of a program with significant delivery
or technical risk
- Knowledge of the space market preferred
- Demonstrated management of program management teams
preferred
- Ability to identify partnership candidates best suited to fill
product gaps
- Skilled in the development and implementation of
product/program strategy and tactics
- Understanding of business and supply chain strategy
- 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
- Extensive verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to lead 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 apply advanced negotiation skills to solve internal,
external and customer issues
- Will interact frequently with internal personnel and outside
representatives at various levels
- Skilled in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective
actions on programs to internal and external representatives
- Ability to execute company policies that affect immediate
operations
- Extensive ability to understand and analyze program/portfolio
financial data
- Outstanding relationship management and marketing skills
- Expert risk and opportunity management skills and ability to
apply them to programs
- Ability to evaluate quality of work product to ensure
satisfaction of customer requirements
- Knowledge of government contracting practices and regulations
regarding acquisition
- Knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint Location:
Scottsdale, AZ
Target salary range: USD $222,815.00/Yr. - USD $241,093.00/Yr. 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.
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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