RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

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’s Space Sector is looking for a Functional Department Manager to join the Tactical Space Systems Division (TSSD) Engineering Project Management (EPM) Directorate. This Senior Manager role will be based in Dulles, VA or Gilbert, AZ, and will lead a department supporting the Space Security Business Unit of TSSD, including front-line managers, Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, and technical individual contributors with Control Account Management (CAM) duties. The Senior Manager receives general strategic, business, and administrative direction from the Director of Engineering Project Management and has authority to make engineering project management decisions and recommendations that have an impact on new business, program performance, design, development roadmaps, and mission operations for their assigned mission portfolio. 

In addition to performing Functional Management duties, the selected candidate is expected to be mostly self-directed and leverage previous technical experience to create and tailor training, processes, and tools to empower and lead the technical team across a portfolio of programs and spacecraft bus product lines to deliver on our commitments while meeting cost, schedule and technical performance. The position includes an anticipated time split between functional/personnel leadership duties (75%) and direct work in support of programs (25%) and will be responsible for the following:

• Lead the technical-staff planning, assignments, career development, compensation planning and performance management for the assigned EPM department

• Lead coordination of Engineering activities, including pre-proposal analysis, proposal development, baseline development, execution to the plan, problem resolution and customer interactions.

• Support the development and review of engineering cost estimates and schedules to capture new business opportunities, including review of technical and cost volumes, detailed Basis of Estimates (BOEs).

• Identify EPM, IPT Lead, and CAM skills & experience needed for program engineering execution and participate in the recruiting, hiring and training of new staff

• Ensure that the EPM staff adhere to their Statements of Work (SOWs), deliver robust engineering products and meet all program engineering requirements, within technical, cost and schedule requirements

• Ensure that the EPM staff coordinate cross-functionally with Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing to adhere to a design to cost approach throughout procurement and build operations

• Ensure that the EPM staff adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards 

• Functional personnel management of an EPM Department and front line EPM managers

• Travel is expected between 10%-25%.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have U.S. Citizenship with Active TS/SCI clearance 

• Existing Space Security program accesses  

• Bachelors Degree and 10 years of applicable technical experience, or a Masters Degree plus 8 years of applicable experience, with a minimum of 2 years of functional management experience

• 2 years of demonstrated success in Project Management roles such as CAM, IPT Lead, Program Manager, or Engineering Program Manager/Lead to include earned value management (EVM)

• Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• STEM Degree 

• Experience with the full lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations

• Functional engineering management in aerospace

• Personnel Development: Personnel development, performance assessments, mentoring and conflict resolution

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

• Issue & Problem Resolution:  The ability to identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the organization.

• Program Integration:  The ability to identify, orchestrate, coordinate and controls the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion. 

• Risk & Opportunity:  The ability to address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the program.

• Scope, Configuration & Change:  The ability to effectively plan, define, establish, communicate, monitor, and control scope to ensure that all of the work required and only the work required is performed. 

• Supplier & Subcontractor:  The ability to identify, select, direct and manage subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy.

• Technical Performance:  The ability to establish and apply a technical performance baseline to monitor and compare key program technical performance measures, assess program and product status, and take appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline.

Salary Range: $161,500.00 - $280,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.