Northrop Grumman-posted 3 months ago
$170,000 - $255,000/Yr
Manager
San Antonio, TX
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems' (NGMS) Cyber & Cryptographic Solutions (C&CS) Operating Unit (OU) has an immediate opening for a Manager of Programs 3 located onsite in Antonio, TX. This position is contingent upon Contract Award. This position plays a critical role in driving program and portfolio execution in Cyber and Crypto 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. The individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout).

  • 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.
  • Leadership of employees including mentoring, problem solving for all employees and functions reporting to the program directly (Engineers, support staff, contractors).
  • 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.
  • Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.
  • 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 Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.).
  • Managing 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.
  • Develop new business strategy and tactics to produce capture products such as competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and prices-to-win analysis results applied to improve competitive posture.
  • 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.
  • Lead with thought leadership emphasis in the development and execution of franchise and individual program strategies.
  • Bachelor's + 9 years of exp; Master's + 7 years of exp; PhD + 4 years of experience with U.S. Government contracts and customers.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively lead large-scale programs while orchestrating multiple moving parts, coordinating broad stakeholder groups, and ensuring consistently successful outcomes.
  • Demonstrated people leadership skills and the ability to effectively lead in a diverse team environment while driving collaboration and accountability to achieve critical milestones.
  • Demonstrated 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 - earned value management.
  • Experience building and maintaining customer relationships by understanding client needs, while fostering long-term trust and satisfaction.
  • US citizenship required.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.
  • Technical and/or Leadership/Management-focused master's degree.
  • 10 years of industry experience in capture leadership, business development, and/or program management.
  • International capture and proposal experience (FMS/DCS).
  • Government proposal experience.
  • Experience w/ Agile for Business tools such as Jira (Kanban) and Confluence.
  • Capture and Strategy experience.
  • Active DoD secret clearance.
  • Health Plan
  • Savings Plan
  • Paid Time Off
  • Education Assistance
  • Training and Development
  • 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
  • Comprehensive benefits package
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