Human Resources Manager 3

Northrop GrummanSunnyvale, CA
$159,500 - $239,300Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman's Corporate Office has an exciting opportunity for a Human Resources Manager 3 to join our Human Resources (HR) team in Sunnyvale, California. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to play a pivotal role collaborating with site functional teams and provide direct/indirect leadership to HR professionals. The selected candidate will possess depth and breadth of knowledge across HR functions to include, talent management, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, compensation, talent acquisition and employee relations. Strong project management experience is essential; demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, and coordinating activities and projects utilizing cross-functional teams and influencing with and without authority; demonstrated skills in various organization effectiveness capabilities including and not limited to change management, talent management and group facilitation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in HR or related discipline with a minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience OR Master’s degree in HR or related discipline with a minimum of 8 years of progressive HR experience
  • Solid track record in overall HR management and as trusted advisor and people leader
  • Superb communication skills and the ability to establish strong rapport and credibility as a forward-looking thought leader
  • Proven ability to influence for impact at all levels and develop an internal network to gain support for best HR practices
  • Ability to navigate cultural and business sensitivities to champion diversity, equity, inclusion, performance, and employee engagement
  • Must be able to travel as needed (up to 10% of the time)

Nice To Haves

  • Master’s degree in Business, Human Resource Management, Organization Development, Industrial Psychology, Management, or related field
  • Five+ years of people management experience
  • Excellent communications skills and the ability to establish strong rapport and credibility as a forward-looking thought leader
  • Experience with Workday Human Resources Information System

Responsibilities

  • Establish strong business relationships with assigned client leadership teams and create effective partnerships across HR and centers of excellence (COE’s)
  • Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the organization and develop solutions in partnership with HR business partners, leaders, and COEs
  • Use data and analytics to develop solutions for current business issues
  • Provide business insight through data analysis, research and benchmarking
  • Recommend and implement winning practices employed in the areas of talent acquisition, assessment, development, compensation, organizational effectiveness, strategy, on-boarding, change management and communications
  • Analyze and concisely present information to the leaders and employees to enable good business decisions
  • Partner with sector HR Business Partners to identify, develop and execute talent strategies with impacts at the Corporate and Sector levels
  • Leverage and partner with HR colleagues in talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion and organizational effectiveness to support talent strategies
  • Provide day-to-day people leadership to the team and create an environment that accelerates development of HR talent
  • Role model leadership behaviors and company values
  • Leadership Development—focused on strong succession planning and strategic leadership movement. Partner with enterprise-wide functional leaders to build leadership depth to support the succession planning process. Support and enable leaders to make informed decisions about talent and to hold their organizations accountable for results

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available
  • health insurance coverage
  • life and disability insurance
  • savings plan
  • Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
  • overtime
  • shift differential
  • discretionary bonus
  • Annual bonuses
  • Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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