Manager Programs 3

Northrop Grumman•Chantilly, VA

5d•Onsite

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 Mission Systems (NGMS) A&IS Operating Unit has an immediate opening for a Manager of Programs 3 to support the SIGINT Technology Center (STC) onsite in Chantilly, VA . The SIGINT Technology Center business area provides cutting-edge capabilities to a diverse set of Customers to address their most critical mission needs. This position plays a critical role in driving program and portfolio execution in A&IS OU. The selected candidate will be responsible for proposing and leading the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions. They will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. The candidate must have demonstrated experience successfully leading large programs or portfolio of programs, to include extensive experience with customer engagement, strategy development, resource planning, and acquisition processes. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading diverse teams, be a strong communicator, and be able to work successfully within classified and unclassified arenas. The candidate will collaborate closely with business execution leadership at the Operating Unit (OU), and above, and several business functions (e.g., business management, contracts, global supply chain, security, etc.). What You'll Get to Do: Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM and 8 years' or a Master's degree in STEM and 6 years of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and/or customers or project management in other industries.
Demonstrated program leadership over high visibility hardware/software development program.
Demonstrated people leadership skills and the ability to lead effectively in a diverse geographically dispersed team environment to achieve key milestones.
Proven ability to provide independent critical assessments, that ultimately result in better outcomes for the enterprise.
Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager.
Experience briefing executive leadership on program performance.
Earned Value Management experience.
Experience building strong customer relationships.
US citizenship required.
A current/active DOD Top Secret Clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain special accesses after starting.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing proposals for Government Customers.
Experience w/ Agile for Business tools such as Jira (Kanban) and Confluence.
Capture and Strategy experience.
Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance; Current applicable Special Accesses.

Responsibilities

Exceptional leadership, collaboration, communication, and team building skills.
Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans.
Establishing a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations.
Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives.
Measuring and reporting program performance.
Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders.
Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
Creation, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work.
Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements.
Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines.
Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools.
Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning.
Managing subcontractors and suppliers to meet program objectives.
Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities.
Development and adherence to master plans and schedules.
Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.
Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and functional organizations involved in program capture and execution.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with teaming partners and industry associations to help drive partnerships.
Coordinate and collaborate with line of business management, strategy, business and finance, contracts and global supply chain, technology and engineering offices and functions.
Meeting all security, organizational conflict of interest, export control, protection of proprietary information, and risk and opportunity management processes, as appropriate.
Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively interact with the customer, program management, business unit and supply base executives and functional management.