Future Combatants and Mission Systems (FCMS) Director

Responsibilities for this Position

Future Combatants and Mission Systems (FCMS) Director

ID: 2026-70968
US-MA-Pittsfield US-CA-National City US-Varies
Required Clearance: Secret
Posted Date: 2/19/2026
Category: Program/Project Management
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Company: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.

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:
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire with the desire for candidate to obtain Top Secret security clearance. 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

General Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for the Future Combatants and Mission Systems (FCMS) Director. The position provides an opportunity to enhance the performance and profitability of an organization that supports some of our nations fundamental defense services. General Dynamics Mission Systems employees work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AND TASKS:
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:

10+ years of shipbuilding or surface systems integration experience

Tremendous knowledge of products and technologies including current and potential applications
Tremendous knowledge of target customer markets
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
T remendous 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
May 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 $239,881.00 - USD $259,559.00 /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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