Manager Programs 2

Northrop Grumman•Buffalo, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Manager Programs 2 for the Multidomain Sensing, Targeting, and Survivability Division’s Amherst Systems Operating Unit in Buffalo, New York. Amherst Systems develops and delivers realistic threat simulation systems for testing and training electronic warfare systems worldwide. Reporting to an Amherst Systems customer portfolio lead, the Program Manager is responsible for cost, schedule, technical, and contractual performance across one or more complex engineering development, production, lab infrastructure, logistics, and sustainment activities. The role integrates evolving hardware and software baselines, multiple contract vehicles, and interdependent development and production programs. The manager establishes executable plans, manages cross-program dependencies and risk, and ensures engineering change, lab readiness, and logistics services support customer and business commitments. The position requires building customer confidence through transparent communication and disciplined execution, maintaining program health awareness across functions, and making timely, risk-informed decisions. The role involves 10% travel. Relocation assistance may be available. A Secret clearance is not required to start, but the candidate must be able to obtain and maintain one.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of related professional or military experience, or a master’s degree and at least 6 years of related professional or military experience, or at least 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience leading complex development, engineering services, production, logistics, sustainment, or other technically complex programs, with direct ownership of cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
Experience working in a cross-functional execution environment.
Experience managing programs using financial management and reporting tools, including Earned Value Management and Risk & Opportunity Management.
Experience managing customer-facing execution.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret-level government clearance.
U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring a government clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing complex systems through development, production, fielding, and sustainment.
Experience managing fixed-price and cost-type contracts and applying programmatic and contractual discipline in environments with evolving requirements.
Experience integrating hardware and software development activities across multiple contracts or organizational boundaries.
Experience planning and executing lab, integration, test, or other technical infrastructure.
Program leadership experience using an Integrated Product Team (IPT)-focused execution framework.
Experience with logistics, sustainment, and lifecycle support.
Experience leading large-scale proposal development and contract change efforts.
Experience leading complex programs with multifaceted scope, including production, fielding, and sustainment.
Active Secret-level government clearance.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end execution of complex programs.
Manage cross-program dependencies.
Build strong customer relationships through transparency, disciplined execution, and clear communication about risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
Provide senior leadership in requirements definition, proposal development, contract negotiations, and change management.
Establish disciplined programmatic control of engineering changes, assessing technical, cost, schedule, contractual, and downstream production impacts before making commitments.
Maintain direct awareness of execution across programs, proactively remove barriers, resolve cross-program conflicts, and drive closure of critical issues.
Forecast and achieve financial performance objectives across the portfolio while maintaining contractual scope discipline.
Prepare and present briefings to senior internal and external stakeholders.
Monitor program health across functions and drive execution outcomes, removing barriers before they affect customer or business commitments.
Promote a program culture focused on outcomes, execution discipline, open communication, cross-functional alignment, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Understand organizational and contractual boundaries and challenge requirements or commitments that create unacceptable program, technical, or business risk.
Make timely, fact-based, risk-informed decisions when information is incomplete.
Address difficult issues directly and professionally.

Benefits

Health Plan
Savings Plan
Paid Time Off
Education Assistance
Training and Development
9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Company-paid holidays
Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus depending on the position
Potential Long Term Incentives for employees in Vice President or Director positions