Director - Programs / Deputy General Manager

Job Description
BAE Systems is hiring a Deputy General Manager to support our Ordnance (OSI) business in Radford, VA. This vital role will support the site GM, provide hands-on leadership, and help shape the vision for the 1200 employees in our Radford Army Ammunition Plant. This role will report to the Ordnance Radford Site General Manager and will be a key member of the Ordnance Leadership Team.
Responsibilities:

• Drive the continued transformation of the site, ensuring production profitability.
• Accountable for the oversight, development, and imbedding of strategic goals of our programs.
• Manage, coordinate, plan, organize, control, integrate, and execute the production programs.
• Support the transition from modernization to production operations.
• Serve as an advocate for change, transformation, and modernization, including facility upgrades and capital investments.
• Influence the organization by innovating and changing ineffective or unnecessary complex processes.
• Create an environment where leaders and employees are empowered to bring forward new ideas and process concerns.
• Lead cross-functional safety accountability and performance.
• Recognize outstanding achievements and hold others accountable for performance.
• Raise the performance and leadership bar with every hire and promotion.
• Plan for the succession of organization and talent needs, ensuring processes are created to support future business growth and requirements.
• Support successful management of customer relationships.
• Manage and nurture the unique government-owned, contractor-operated relationship which has a complex, contractually based reporting construct.
• Support teams in maintaining effective customer relationships at all levels.
• Remain forward-thinking and focus on organizational transformation with customer-centric solutions.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Defense (DoD)/DFARS environments (munitions, missiles manufacturing, etc.).
• Experience in Federal Contract Management, including from a program management and contracting organizations perspective.
• Experience in Production processes, controls, and risk management.
• Experience in Operations/Site Management.
• Experience in Program/Project Management, including financial and schedule management.
• Experience in Subcontractor Management, ensuring key projects are achieved in support of program management, engineering, and operations.
• Experience in People Management and Cross-functional Leadership.
• Knowledge of Safety risk assessment, mitigation, management, and controls.
• Knowledge of essential requirements of PSM and RMP.
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to analyze available data and use sound judgement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to incorporate lessons learned and feedback loops to implement corrective and preventative actions and continuously improve.
• Effective relationship management skills, including with external customers and internal executive management.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience working in a DoD government owned, contractor operated or commercial environment.
• Experience working in an environment where you are interfacing with the customer on a day to day basis.
• Experience successfully creating a roadmap and strategic plan to a new initiative or turnaround.
• Ability to balance and align the competing demands of business and customer.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, articulate a vision, and gain buy-in.
• Ability to professionally speak truth-to-power and convey difficult news to onsite and senior customers.
• Ability to prioritize the long-run returns in customer communications.
• Expert customer relationship building skills.
• Expert level communications skills, especially with the customer.
• Strategic thinker and change agent.
• Action-oriented self-starter.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $169630 - $288370
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Platforms & Services
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
The Platforms & Services (P&S) sector under BAE Systems, Inc does the big stuff: the armored combat vehicles, naval guns, missile launchers, and naval ship repair...just to name a few. Our employees take pride in the work they do and why they do it. They are on the front lines every day, building our products to protect the lives of those who serve. We may be biased, but we think P&S does some of the coolest work around, and we think you will too.