SiAW Program Manger 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Join Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector as the SiAW Program Manager 3 in our Advanced Weapons Program Operating Unit. Location options for this role could be Northridge, California, Tucson, Arizona, or Linthicum, Maryland.

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site in whichever location selected too. No remote/telework arrangement is available for this position. Specific salary ranges are listed by site below.

This position will support various programs within the business unit portfolio of programs. This position will report directly to the SiAW Program Director.

The primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions.  The individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals.

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.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:  

• Provide profit and loss leadership across the SiAW contracts
• Measure and report program performance
• Development and adherence to master plans and schedules
• Establish a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
• Lead direct reports and cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
• Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the government community
• Develop new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
• Coordinate the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Participate in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
• Identify, distribute, track, and complete program requirements
• Establish and manage program and subordinate baselines
• Identify, allocate and manage program resources, including workforce planning
• Manage Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
• Manage suppliers and Internal Work Orders (IWOs) to meet program objectives
• Adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
• Ensure program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities  
• Leverage interpersonal skills to manage daily team battle rhythm and recurring joint government meetings (to include status, awareness and escalations)
• Resolve disputes and negotiate with positive outcome while maintaining good relationships within the organization, specifically between peers and management as well as all levels of organization
• Strengthen communications with stakeholders and cultivate a culture of transparency
• Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
• Be able to obtain additional program access

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years (or Bachelor of Science in STEM and 8