Business Management Manager 3

Northrop Grumman • Goleta, CA

8d • $159,500 - $239,300

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring a Business Management Manager to support its Deployables Business Unit. The role oversees financial aspects of the Business Unit’s financial and strategic objectives and coordinates and leads business management functions, including quarterly estimate-at-complete processes, financial forecasting, monthly reporting, earned value management, and pricing. The position directly manages a team of program cost analysts working across multiple locations.

The manager provides financial analysis and reporting to senior management, coordinates business strategy and long-range planning, and oversees forecasting, work authorization, earned value reporting, budgeting, estimate-at-complete development, and other reporting activities. The role also supports proposal development and award, contract cost and schedule oversight, and financial risk management across multiple contract types.

The position is based in Goleta, Redondo Beach, or Oxnard, California, and follows a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. Candidates based in Redondo Beach are expected to travel to the Oxnard/Goleta area at least two days per week. Travel is 25% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available. The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of professional experience, including people-management experience; or a master’s degree and 6 years of professional experience, including people-management experience.
• An additional 4 or more years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• At least 2 years of people-management experience.
• Experience with program proposals, cost and schedule control, or program budgeting and forecasting for U.S. Government and international programs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.
• If based in Redondo Beach, availability to travel to the Oxnard/Goleta area at least two days per week.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.
• Current, active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance.
• Earned value and financial reporting experience across a variety of contract types.
• Experience managing estimates at complete on challenging programs.
• Experience with CostPoint and IBM Planning and Analytics tools.
• Familiarity with risk management processes and development of S-curve modeling for proposals and schedule risk assessments.
• Experience with ERP systems and MS Project.
• Experience leading a diverse team and supporting professional development of the business management workforce.
• Experience fostering collaboration and promoting ethics, integrity, employee engagement, affordability, innovation, value growth, and continuous improvement.
• Experience holding teammates accountable to due dates.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively without operating in silos.
• Comfort working in non-standardized environments and managing multiple time-sensitive deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial business analysis and reporting, clearly communicating program status and analyses to senior management.
• Coordinate and develop business strategy with BU FP&A and the OU Product Director to support accurate forecasting and long-range planning.
• Oversee key-line forecasting, work authorization, implementation of earned value reporting, program budgeting, estimate-at-complete development, and financial reporting.
• Coordinate cost and schedule analyses and prepare reports to ensure contracts meet negotiated cost and schedule parameters and government cost-control guidelines.
• Coordinate proposals from draft RFP through award, including RFP review, FAR clauses, subcontractor flow-downs, basis of estimates, indirect rates, pricing strategies, cash management, negotiation strategy and oversight, and senior-management presentations.
• Manage risks across multiple contract types from execution and financial perspectives.
• Directly manage a team of program cost analysts working in multiple locations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager