Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you rsquo;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for launch systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

SSSD has an opening for a Communication System Products/Catalina Program Director to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Redondo Beach, California and reports directly to the Vice President of Comm Systems.

As the Catalina program manager you will be responsible for all aspects of cost, schedule, design, development, production, integration, test, delivery and verification of space communications hardware and software.

The Catalina Program Manager responsibilities include:
bull; Product and program execution (cost, schedule, technical, quality)
bull; Collaboration across a broad set of NG, customer and supplier stakeholders
bull; Developing a pipeline of future performers and leaders into this special mission area
Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program. As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for:

* Medical, Dental amp; Vision coverage
* 401k
* Educational Assistance
* Life Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programs amp; Work/Life Solutions
* Paid Time Off
* Health amp; Wellness Resources
* Employee Discounts
* Flexible Schedules: For example, some roles offer the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work

For more details, please view Northrop Grumman Benefits.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

* Active in-scope TS/SCI clearance
* Bachelor rsquo;s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum ten (10) years of relevant and/or related skills and experience with communication systems products
* Minimum five (5) years of experience in a project/program management role as a project lead, IPT, CAM, and/or PM
* Experience in program execution and demonstrated ability to meet program technical, cost, and schedule milestones
* Demonstrated experience leading classified program execution with development and implementation of complex OPSEC plans.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Demonstrated ability to lead complex programs comprised of engineering, business, contracts, law, supply chain, production and mission/quality assurance disciplines
* Demonstrated ability to create trusted relationships with customers
* MS in STEM discipline or MBA from an accredited university
* Proven experience delivering class A space communication hardware on-schedule in a multi-shipset production environment
* Experience delivering and integrating restricted communications products, or other products with high technical overlap
* Experience optimizing space hardware production flow to meet fixed-price or schedule-incentivized contract environments
* Leadership experience in new technology areas and effective change management
* IPT and/or Project Management experience across multiple phases of program lifecycle
* Experience with risk, issue, and opportunity management
* Demonstrated ability to make tough decisions