Director Mission Assurance 2

Northrop Grumman • Mesa, WV

5d • $209,100 - $363,100

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is seeking a Director Mission Assurance to lead the Quality and Mission Assurance organization for the Weapons Systems Division. The position may be located in Northridge, California; Mesa, Arizona; Plymouth, Minnesota; Elkton, Maryland; or Rocket Center, West Virginia. It calls for strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills in a dynamic engineering and production environment, with significant responsibility and visibility to executive leadership and customers.

The director leads mission assurance across programs, ensuring mission success, contractual compliance, product quality, and business objectives. The role oversees quality, risk management, safety, reliability, maintainability, suppliers, and subcontractors, and drives continuous improvement through workforce development, world-class manufacturing, innovative technologies, lean principles, Six Sigma, and shared best practices. The director also guides compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, agency guidelines, industry capability maturity models, and QMS standards such as AS9100.

The position provides leadership and guidance to engineering, manufacturing, Quality and Mission Assurance, and Global Supply Chain organizations. It supports program development, continuing inspections, process-control analyses and audits, factory accountability, foreign object elimination, metrics and trend analysis, root-cause and corrective-action work, and strategic supplier-quality management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 8 or more years of related experience.
• Related experience in professional and/or military work involving aircraft, aerospace, manufacturing, quality, program management, engineering, and/or business-management functions.
• At least 5 years of experience as a leader, manager, or team lead.
• Active U.S. clearance at the Secret level or higher.

Nice To Haves

• MS or MBA degree.
• At least 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Mission Assurance roles.
• At least 5 years of experience developing metrics for process health and monitoring performance on large programs or projects.
• Extensive leadership experience, preferably in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Leadership experience in production programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to support program mission success.
• Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability for program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Assess program performance and risks and determine the resources needed to ensure mission assurance.
• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality products and services that meet contractual requirements and business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement in people, products, processes, systems, and services through training and development, world-class manufacturing, innovative technologies, lean principles, Six Sigma projects, and common best practices.
• Develop and maintain mission assurance programs, policies, processes, and procedures, and ensure compliance with them.
• Ensure product and process performance and quality conform to established standards, specifications, and agency guidelines.
• Interpret policies, regulatory and governmental requirements, and agency guidelines to support compliance.
• Foster an inclusive, motivated, and engaged work culture.
• Support program development by assuring engineering products and processes conform to internal and customer requirements.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing organizations to ensure continuing inspections, process-control analyses, and audits enforce requirements and compliance.
• Ensure Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry capability maturity models and QMS standards, including AS9100.
• Provide direct oversight of factory accountability and foreign object elimination practices.
• Review trend metrics and analyze performance misses to implement improvements.
• Standardize and facilitate root-cause and corrective-action efforts to resolve quality issues.
• Oversee supplier quality management, collaborating with site Quality and Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain leaders on strategic direction and preventive solutions for procured materials and services.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

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