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General Dynamics

Builds submarines, combat vehicles and business jets

Talent Engagement & Community Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$90k - $120k/yr
Expert
Bachelor's
Teterboro, NJ, USA
HybridHybrid, office-based; at least four office days weekly. Travel up to 50% as needed.
People & HRGeneralist Recruiting
Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, sourcing, staffing, candidate engagement, community outreach, or related relationship-building roles.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain talent pipelines using multiple sourcing and outreach channels.
  • Experience managing professional social media channels and using digital platforms to support recruiting or talent engagement objectives.
  • Experience using recruiting technologies such as applicant tracking systems, customer relationship management platforms, LinkedIn, and other sourcing tools.
Responsibilities
  • Own, develop, implement, and continuously evolve the strategy to build talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs across targeted functions, skill sets, and locations.
  • Build, engage, and maintain external talent communities through proactive outreach, relationship management, and ongoing communication with prospective candidates.
  • Create a candidate engagement framework that defines how prospective talent is contacted, nurtured, re-engaged, and converted over time.
  • Lead community outreach efforts that support talent engagement, including participation in local events, educational partnerships, workforce development initiatives, professional associations, and industry networking opportunities.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with community organizations, schools, training programs, veteran groups, industry associations, and other external partners to strengthen long-term talent pipelines.
  • Represent the organization at career fairs, industry events, association meetings, community events, and networking opportunities to expand visibility and strengthen external talent connections; travel up to 50% is required.
  • Manage the organization’s talent-focused social media strategy and presence across relevant channels, ensuring content is aligned with recruiting priorities, employer brand messaging, and audience engagement goals.
  • Develop, coordinate, and maintain social media outreach strategies that attract candidates, promote employment opportunities, and enhance engagement with target talent communities.
  • Monitor social channel activity, engagement trends, and audience interactions, and recommend improvements to strengthen reach, responsiveness, and effectiveness.
  • Use internal systems, applicant tracking systems, customer relationship management tools, social media platforms, career fairs, professional associations, networking events, referrals, and other talent attraction channels for sourcing and engagement.
  • Identify and engage passive candidates to create stronger pipelines for high-priority, niche, or hard-to-fill roles.
  • Partner with Staffing teams, hiring managers, and Human Resources stakeholders to understand workforce needs and align talent engagement efforts with hiring priorities.
  • Champion the candidate experience during pre-applicant engagement by ensuring talent community members receive timely communication, relevant information, and a professional experience before applying for a specific role.
  • Establish metrics and reporting for talent engagement effectiveness by tracking pipeline health, engagement rates, conversion rates, source effectiveness, community growth, event return on investment, and candidate responsiveness.
  • Monitor and report on pipeline health, outreach effectiveness, social media performance, and engagement outcomes, and recommend improvements based on results.
  • Contribute to employer visibility and talent attraction through consistent external messaging and relationship-based outreach.
  • Own the candidate lifecycle within talent pools, ensuring prospective candidates are identified, segmented, tracked, and nurtured from initial engagement through potential conversion to active opportunities.
  • Maintain consistent and meaningful candidate engagement by developing structured follow-up strategies, personalized communications, and touchpoints that keep talent informed, interested, and connected to the organization.
  • Ensure timely follow-up and relationship management with candidates in talent communities, partnering with recruitment teams to monitor candidate readiness, evolving interests, and alignment with current or future hiring needs.
  • Continuously evaluate and refresh talent pools to ensure candidate information remains current, engagement levels are maintained, and pipelines reflect evolving workforce priorities.
  • Represent Jet Aviation as one company internally and externally with industry groups, regulatory bodies, and the General Dynamics network.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience supporting proactive sourcing and pipeline-building initiatives for specialized or hard-to-fill positions.
  • Strong familiarity with social media recruiting, employer branding, and event-based talent engagement strategies.
  • Experience representing an organization in external talent forums, associations, schools, workforce programs, or recruiting events.

About the company

General Dynamics builds warships, nuclear submarines, combat vehicles, and munitions for the U.S. military and allied governments, plus Gulfstream business jets for corporations and private owners. Gulfstream designs large, long-range jets and maintains them through its own service centers and completion shops. A separate technologies arm runs IT, cybersecurity, and command-and-control systems for defense and federal civilian agencies. The company earns its money from multiyear government contracts for ships, vehicles, and services, and the rest from selling and servicing jets. General Dynamics was founded in 1952 and is based in Reston, Virginia.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1952

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Submarine work is locked in: the Navy's July 2026 award for 14 subs totals $76.6 billion, split with HII.
  • Shipyards are hiring fast: in February 2026, Electric Boat planned 8,000 hires that year, up from 3,000 in 2025.
  • Orders are outrunning sales: backlog jumped 32% in a year to $136.5 billion by June 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Submarine schedules keep slipping: in April 2026, GD said the first Columbia sub was tracking to 2028 delivery.
  • IT jobs hinge on contract renewals: GDIT filed layoff notices covering 410 Northern Virginia workers in August 2026.
  • Washington sets the ceiling: 68% of 2025 revenue came from the US government, tying jobs to defense budgets.

What makes General Dynamics unique

  • Unlike Lockheed or Northrop, it owns a business-jet maker: Gulfstream delivered 41 jets in Q2 2026 alone.
  • It builds the sea leg of US nuclear deterrence: Electric Boat leads the Columbia ballistic missile submarine program.
  • It runs the Army's only tank factory: the Lima, Ohio, plant is the sole place Abrams tanks are made.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

-7%

1 year growth

-6%

2 year growth

-6%
PR Newswire
Oct 23rd, 2026
General Dynamics names 27-year veteran Amy Johnson president of GDIT

General Dynamics has appointed Amy Johnson as president of its GDIT business unit, effective November 3. Johnson spent 27 years at General Dynamics Mission Systems. She most recently served as vice president and general manager for Space, Cyber and Intelligence. "Amy has a proven track record of leading teams to solve complex and highly technical challenges for our customers," said Phebe Novakovic, chief executive officer of General Dynamics. GDIT provides digital modernisation, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and software development services to the US federal government, defence and intelligence agencies, and other customers. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 18th, 2026
General Dynamics may be 20% undervalued at $344.23 as CEO succession looms in 2027

General Dynamics shares may be undervalued, according to a discounted cash flow analysis by Simply Wall St. The stock trades at $344.23 after an 82.3% gain over five years, and the model puts its intrinsic value meaningfully above that price. The estimate rests on latest twelve month free cash flow of about $6.6 billion, with steady growth assumed. The stock trades at 20.7 times earnings. Danny Deep is due to take over as chief executive in 2027, while Phebe Novakovic stays on as executive chair. The model assumes continuity in cash generation through the handover. A community narrative on the platform puts the stock at 7% undervalued. It cites a record order backlog of $136.5 billion, more than two years of revenue.

GD.com
Oct 7th, 2026
Deep elected CEO of General Dynamics, Novakovic to executive chairman.

Deep elected CEO of General Dynamics, Novakovic to executive chairman. RESTON, Virginia - General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) announced today that its board of directors has elected Danny Deep, who currently serves as president of the company, to be CEO, effective January 1, 2027. Deep will succeed Phebe Novakovic, who will transition to executive chairman after serving as CEO since 2013. "Danny is a highly skilled executive with rich operating experience. It has been a pleasure working closely with him and I am certain he will be an outstanding CEO," said Novakovic. "I very much look forward to our continuing collaboration." "On behalf of the board, we thank Phebe for her outstanding leadership and lasting contributions to General Dynamics," said Laura J. Schumacher, independent lead director. "Phebe has led with vision, integrity and a deep commitment to our people and our Ethos. We have greatly benefitted from her efforts in setting a clear strategic vision, creating enduring value and in building a strong and capable leadership team." "We look forward to her continuing role with the company and to working together with Danny," said Schumacher. "We have every confidence that he will continue the outstanding leadership and legacy that Phebe has exemplified." "Phebe has been an extraordinary leader for General Dynamics, and I am grateful for the close partnership we've shared and the opportunity to continue working together in the future," said Deep. "I am profoundly honored to be selected as the next CEO of General Dynamics and humbled and deeply thankful for the board's confidence." Deep has been with the company for 25 years, serving in positions of increasing responsibility. Before becoming president of the company in 2025, he served as executive vice president of Global Operations, executive vice president of Combat Systems, and president of Land Systems. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapon systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people worldwide and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025. More information is available at www.gd.com.

GD.com
Oct 2nd, 2026
Nedzbala appointed interim president of GDIT.

Nedzbala appointed interim president of GDIT. General Dynamics announced today that Paul Nedzbala, who currently serves as senior vice president and chief business officer at GDIT, has been appointed acting president of GDIT. Nedzbala joined GDIT in 2018 when it acquired CSRA, where he served for 19 years in a variety of roles, including executive vice president. "Paul is a proven leader who bring decades of experience in federal IT services," said Phebe Novakovic, chairman and chief executive officer. "We are grateful for his willingness to serve in an interim capacity until a new GDIT president is named." Amy Gilliland, who joined General Dynamics in 2005 and has served as president of GDIT since 2017, is no longer with the company. "We thank Amy for her contributions to our company and wish her all the best in her future endeavors," said Novakovic.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 3rd, 2026
Cramer picks Lockheed Martin over General Dynamics as defence backlog hits $230B

Jim Cramer recommended Lockheed Martin over General Dynamics during a Mad Money segment, citing stronger fundamentals despite both being sound investments. General Dynamics reported Q2 revenue of $14.1 billion, up 8.1% year-over-year, whilst Lockheed Martin posted $20.1 billion, an 11% increase. Lockheed secured $65 billion in new orders versus General Dynamics' $20 billion, pushing Lockheed's backlog to a record $230 billion — nearly $94 billion more than General Dynamics. Lockheed trades at approximately 16.50 times forward earnings compared to General Dynamics' 20.12 multiple. Lockheed also benefits from stronger exposure to accelerating missile programme demand. Cramer cautioned that future federal deficit control measures could constrain military spending, presenting risks to both defence contractors.