Manager Programs 2
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ Capabilities Maturation and Deployment organization, within the Engineering Concepts Division, is hiring a Manager Programs 2 to support its program portfolio of Infrared Camera Core building-block devices. The role is onsite in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, and serves as a direct interface to internal customers. The manager supports organizational goals and ensures milestone dates, performance, and resource needs are communicated and understood. Travel is 10% of the time, and an active U.S. government Secret clearance is required to be considered. The position is accountable for the technical, financial, and schedule aspects of assigned programs, including profit and loss responsibility. It leads cross-functional teams, works with technical stakeholders to define requirements, engages customers on program status and performance, and helps advance business strategy. The manager also develops performance metrics, manages risks, and maintains program focus on safety, reliability, cost, schedule, and long-term success.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related professional or military experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of related professional or military experience, including a background in project or program management.
- Demonstrated experience supporting programs in engineering, manufacturing, production, and global supply chain environments.
- Demonstrated experience applying business and financial management principles to program cost, schedule, forecasting, budgeting, or performance decisions.
- Demonstrated experience supporting programs involving electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) systems, products, or technologies.
- Demonstrated experience supporting development and technology maturation programs through program execution.
- Experience managing program communications and reporting across internal and/or external stakeholders, including status, cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, and issues.
- Experience identifying, tracking, and resolving program risks, issues, and cross-functional dependencies through documented program management processes.
- Experience developing, monitoring, and/or controlling program plans and cost and schedule baselines against contractual requirements.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- A current, active U.S. government Secret clearance is required to be considered.
Nice To Haves
- A current, active U.S. government Top Secret (TS) or SCI clearance.
- Experience with infrared (IR) camera systems and/or related EO/IR hardware.
- Experience serving as a cost account manager (CAM) and/or completing cost account management training or certification.
- Experience using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to support program, manufacturing, production, and/or supply chain execution.
- Experience applying agile methodology in a program, engineering, or product development environment.
- Scrum master certification, training, and experience supporting agile teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage all technical, financial, and schedule aspects of assigned programs, including profit and loss responsibility.
- Work with technical stakeholders to define requirements and serve as the primary contact for program status and performance.
- Participate in business strategy sessions.
- Lead cross-functional teams, clarify team members’ roles and responsibilities, and provide overall program leadership while driving technical compliance.
- Act as the customer interface for program activities and lead customer program reviews covering cost, schedule, and technical performance.
- Develop and manage technical performance metrics for assigned projects.
- Identify and execute plans to mitigate program risks.
- Maintain program-wide focus on safety, reliability, cost, schedule, and the adequacy of systems, procedures, and people for long-term success.
- Support internal customers and communicate program milestones, performance, and resource needs.
Benefits
- Health plan
- Savings plan
- Paid time off
- Education assistance
- Training and development
- 9/80 work schedule where available
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Company-paid holidays
- Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
