Job Description

Description

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We rsquo;re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we rsquo;ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you rsquo;ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems and technology that impact people rsquo;s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work mdash; and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they are making history.

Northrop Grumman rsquo;s Mission Systems sector is looking for a Manager, Programs Level 1 to support the Undersea Warfare operations unit within the Maritime, Land and Sensors Systems division. The primary responsibility will be the execution of programs for Light Weight Wide Aperture Array (LWWAA) and other undersea warfare programs.

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 and include, but are not limited to:

* Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community

* 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.

* 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 amp; 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 amp; opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor rsquo;s Degree (STEM) and 5 years, or Master rsquo;s (STEM) and 3 years rsquo; experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries

* Experience with RF sensor systems, acoustic sensor, electronic warfare, or communications systems

* The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs

* Ability to effectively work within a team environment

* Active DoD Secret clearance or higher with current 5 year investigation

Preferred Qualifications:

* Engineering Management, IPT, Manufacturing, Logistics experience

* Active DoD Top Secret clearance