SDS- Sentinel Specialty Systems Engineering Director 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 50% 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 Defense Systems sector is looking for a Director 1 for Sentinel Parts Material and Process Engineering within the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division. This position can be located in Roy, Utah, Manhattan Beach, CA or Huntsville, AL and will support the Sentinel program.  Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems.

This position will lead a multi-discipline team of Parts, Material and Process Engineers on Sentinel with a focus on positioning the program for success through EMD. 

Some key attributes of this role include:

• Provide senior leadership across multiple diverse programmatic areas including technical, cost and schedule
• Lead a diverse team of assigned matrixed engineers in developing and executing the vision and business strategy to achieve and exceed growth and overall performance metrics
• Develop trusted partnerships with key internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency, ownership of tasks, and accountability.
• Provide leadership to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Develop strategies to partner with the Functional Home Room Leadership Teams to add and retain current and future key talent.
• Excel at organization and navigating ambiguity to drive clarity and inform and unite others.
• Recognize the importance of culture both at an individual and organizational level and with demonstrated commitment to and success in individual employee and broader organizational development.
• Partner effectively across organizational lines to achieve goals and objectives; preferably with specific appreciation for the interactions across various sites, engineering disciplines, processes, and roles and responsibilities on complex DoD programs.
• Coordinate with the broader NG organization to identify & leverage existing resources, tools, and practices.
• Effectively communicate progress to customers, senior leadership and companywide audiences
• Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation & realization.
• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
• Ensuring program team understands & adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities  

What You Will Get To Do:

Lead the PM&P Engineering organization within Sentinel Systems Engineering & Integration, reporting to the SE&I Integrated Product Team Lead. Responsibilities include leadership over the following areas:

• Responsibilities related to all areas within Parts Material and Process (PM&P) engineering
  • Management of PM&P engineering work scope including planning, budgeting, and reporting.
  • Leadership on PM&P engineering responsibilities and objectives across various integrated product teams (IPTs)
  • Leadership and coordination on PM&P engineering-focused internal and external stakeholder engagements (engineering review boards, customer sync meetings, formal working groups, etc.)
  • Ensuring flow down and satisfaction of requirements based on PM&P engineering analyses
  • Setting strategic PM&P objectives to meet program needs on the large scale and complexity of the Sentinel Program

• Strategic leadership for Parts, Materials, and Processes Engineering which includes:
  • Leading up and out with Product Engineering Team Leadership in meeting requirements, program objectives and priorities
  • Leading down and in with the PM&P senior managers in team organization, setting team objectives, team culture and meeting commitments
  • Recognizing outstanding performan