Program Manager 2

Northrop Grumman • Melbourne, FL

2d • $139,100 - $208,700 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Program Manager 2 for its Research and Advanced Design organization in Melbourne, Florida. This leadership role manages a multi-year MRL microelectronics-focused maturation program from inception through completion. The program primarily involves multiple subcontractors whose performance is critical to success. The Program Manager provides financial leadership and execution oversight, aligning technical execution with cost and schedule performance, and works closely with cost management, contracts, and engineering. The position briefs portfolio and division leadership and ensures disciplined execution within cost and schedule.

The role includes ensuring subcontractors have documented maturation processes for reporting product yield improvements and communicating yield metrics to partners to satisfy program CDLRs. The Program Manager leads and develops program integration staff, sets strategies and direction for program operations and management, oversees milestones and master schedules, resolves program issues, leads enterprise resource planning and resource review boards, and serves as the customer contact for program activities while developing customer relationships.

This opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates will be determined after funding confirmation. Relocation assistance may be available. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance and any required program access. Travel is 10% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience, or a Bachelor of Science in STEM and 9 years; alternatively, a master’s degree and 8 years of related experience, or a Master of Science in STEM and 7 years.
• Related experience in professional and/or military work involving project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management functions.
• Ability to transfer and maintain a final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance and any required program access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company.
• Experience managing program budgets.
• Experience briefing senior leadership on financial and program performance.
• Strong collaboration experience with cost management, global supply chain, and contracts.
• Experience managing subcontractors from both the Defense Industrial Base and commercial sector.
• Experience managing programs or projects with P&L responsibilities.
• Organizational, program-team leadership, program planning and scheduling, and communication skills.
• Experience with earned value management.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in business administration or finance.
• Personnel management and development experience, with demonstrated success leading and growing teams and/or organizations.
• Experience with program or supplier management in a complex contract environment.
• Experience with Program Operations, Data Analytics, Infrastructure & Facilities.
• Experience with CAM duties.
• Experience with EVMS.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.
• Demonstrated experience meeting customer needs, building strong relationships with strategic partners, and guiding program teams and support functions to satisfy customer expectations.
• Experience managing and writing contracts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure subcontractors have documented maturation processes for reporting yield improvements on their products.
• Communicate yield improvement metrics to partners to satisfy program CDLRs.
• Lead program integration staff through coaching, mentoring, and other staff-development approaches.
• Provide strategies and direction for program operations and program management.
• Manage all phases of the program from inception through completion, including cost, schedule, and technical performance of each task.
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management, and other program stakeholders.
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules; identify program problems and obtain solutions, including resource allocation or changes to contractual specifications.
• Lead enterprise resource planning and resource review boards.
• Act as the customer contact for program activities and cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop opportunities.
• Provide financial leadership and program execution oversight, aligning technical execution with cost and schedule performance.
• Brief portfolio and division leadership on program performance.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

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