Industrial Security Manager - Level 3

Northrop Grumman • Aurora, CO

2d • $137,800 - $239,300

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring an Industrial Security Manager – Level 3 to serve as its sector-level Security Compliance and Standardization Manager. The role develops, harmonizes, enforces, and communicates security policies, controls, and standard work across geographically dispersed Space Sector locations and programs. It promotes consistent security execution, education, and metrics, and partners with internal stakeholders, external partners, government agencies, and customers to support mission needs.

The manager coordinates with security professionals and program security leads to ensure compliance with government and company requirements across DoD Collateral, SAP, and SCI security disciplines. The position leads cross-cutting efforts involving security standardization, destruction processes, internal reviews, incident reporting, education and communications, and workflow automation. It provides leadership and professional development to security personnel and supports integration of security requirements into program planning and new program stand-ups.

The role may be based at one of the listed Space Sector locations: Gilbert or Chandler, Arizona; Dulles or McLean, Virginia; Linthicum, Maryland; El Segundo or Redondo Beach, California; Promontory or Magna, Utah; or Colorado Springs, Aurora, Boulder, or Huntsville. The schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off, and travel is 10%. No relocation assistance is available. An active Top Secret clearance is required at application, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI and/or SAP approval or access.

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.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI and/or SAP approval or access.
• At least two years of management, supervisory, or other demonstrated leadership experience.
• Excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with team members, employees, and government officials.
• In-depth knowledge of 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM), DoD Manual 5205.07 Special Access Program Security Manual, Intelligence Community Directives, DoD manuals, and related security requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program (SAP) access.
• Experience managing Industrial Security programs and teams.
• Experience participating in Security Compliance Reviews.
• Experience in security process standardization.

Responsibilities

• Develop, harmonize, enforce, and communicate sector-wide security policies, controls, and standard work across applicable programs and locations.
• Ensure processes, expectations, and compliance requirements are documented, communicated, understood, and consistently applied.
• Study and implement applicable federal security regulations, translating them into standardized procedures and tools.
• Obtain government agency rulings, interpretations, and acceptable regulatory deviations, and integrate them into standard work and training.
• Standardize security manuals and work instructions, including procedures for handling, storing, and maintaining records.
• Oversee Space Sector Internal Review Team tracking and coordinate with the Enterprise IRT lead on review scheduling, site coverage, readiness, and inspection preparation.
• Standardize destruction processes across customer agencies and ensure compliant, timely, documented destruction of classified and sensitive materials.
• Standardize security incident reporting, including SIMS tracking, documentation, graduated disciplinary actions, trend analysis, and management reporting.
• Develop, maintain, and promote standardized templates and resources such as checklists, forms, briefings, and job aids.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners, and customers to support collaboration and alignment on security priorities and mission needs.
• Integrate security requirements into program planning, execution, and new program stand-ups in collaboration with organizational teams.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and professional development or mentoring to security professionals and program security leads.
• Provide responsive and accurate security support, maintain workforce readiness and compliance, and obtain stakeholder feedback on service reliability and attention to detail.
• Identify, champion, and implement automation in security workflows, including data collection, metrics, reminders, and reporting.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• 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

What This Job Offers

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