Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME) at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Minnesota

Responsibilities

• The Deputy Program Manager, Engineering (DPME) is responsible for overseeing engineering projects, ensuring high-quality deliverables, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. The role involves managing engineering resources, resolving technical issues, and maintaining project schedules and budgets. The DPME also plays a key role in risk management, performance feedback, and project change management.
• Plans, authorizes, and monitors the engineering work (including providing strong leadership to ensure all events occur as planned)
• Staffs the project team (along with Director of Engineering) with the appropriate engineering personnel
• Fosters cross-functional collaboration and builds project consensus
• Oversees performance, cost, scope and schedule for all engineering efforts (including efforts that are subcontracted)
• Ensures that total system requirements are validated
• Ensures that total system is integrated, tested and verified
• Ensures all project deliverables (including documentation) are developed with high quality and delivered on time
• Develops and maintains engineering plans as required by the project
• Manages the engineering related risks and opportunities of the project
• Develops and manages the project change management process
• Ensures that all engineering processes to be used adhere to established engineering practices
• Manages engineering resources (e.g. staff assignments, capital equipment, etc.), organizational interfaces, and engineering scope
• Identifies, develops, analyzes, and reports engineering project measures
• Conducts monthly engineering status reviews and provides material for the monthly program reviews
• Implements effective corrective actions as required
• Manages the resolution of technical issues, communicates the resolution to all affected parties, and ensures that the resolution is carried out in all of the affected artifacts.
• Conducts lessons learned after each major phase of the project
• Scope of projects are usually large (>$50M) and or have large engineering teams (>50)
• Motivates the engineering team and provides a clear understanding of project goals
• Rewards the team members that drive the success of the project
• Provides performance feedback and management for the project team
• Takes immediate & decisive action in dealing with technical & performance issues
• Leads large proposals with identification of cross business unit strengths and technical shortcoming

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required 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.
• Tremendous leadership skills
• Proven team building and motivation skills
• Proven conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Proven problem solving skills in complex environments
• Recognized internally and externally as an expert in project management
• Tremendous ability to apply or develop highly advanced technologies, principles, theories and concepts
• Tremendous understanding of company policies and practices
• Tremendous understanding of engineering processes and practices
• Tremendous planning and organization skills
• Tremendous knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite of tools and Microsoft Project
• Tremendous knowledge of various project life cycles including agile
• Tremendous ability to communicate issues, impacts, and corrective actions
• Tremendous ability to easily and effectively communicate project topics to a diverse audience
• Tremendous ability to clearly report relevant information
• Tremendous ability to understand and apply project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Controls for large complex programs
• Tremendous ability to anticipate technology, process, and skill needs
• Demonstrates proactive leadership and has name recognition throughout both the company and customer organizations
• Creates an environment in which impact of technology on the business is clearly recognized
• Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation

Skills

Required

• Tremendous leadership skills