Department Manager Engineering 3 – Product Support: Technical Publications (Restricted Programs ADD)

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Department Manager, Program Planning 3 to lead the (Restricted Program ADD) Technical Publications organization in Product Support (PS). This role reports to the PS Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) leader on the (Restricted Program ADD) program. This leadership role is located on-site, based at one of the following locations Palmdale, CA, or Rancho Barnardo, CA.

The Department Manager provides leadership and oversight for the development, sustainment, and integration of logistics elements across a project, with primary expertise in Technical Data.  This role ensures program objectives for Product Support are achieved by coordinating across engineering, operations, and sustainment disciplines, while providing functional oversight and governance of logistics requirements.  

This position will partner closely with PS EI&E to monitor technical, cost, and schedule commitments through effective alignment of staffing, execution processes, and disciplined use of engineering tools. The Department Manager forecasts staffing needs on a rolling 12-month cycle, ensures staffing requirements are entered into POST, and ensures talent is deployed, transitioned, and onboarded in sync with program demand. While the Department Manager’s primary responsibility is meeting the talent needs of their assigned disciplines, this position must also maintain visibility across the division and sector to enable proactive redeployment and optimize overall workforce utilization—ensuring programs remain cost-effective and aligned with affordability goals. 

This leader plays a critical role in aligning functional capabilities with program needs, enabling successful execution across cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership & Talent Management

• Lead program-level planning, execution, and oversight of Technical Data development, ensuring compliance with program and customer requirements  
• Provide working-level oversight and coordination across all logistics elements, including:  
  • Reliability, Maintainability, and Testability (RM&T)  
  • Supportability Engineering and Life Cycle Sustainment Planning  
  • Technical Publications and Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs)  
  • Provisioning, Spares, and Repairs Management  
  • Support Equipment Design and Integration  
• Lead all aspects of personnel management, including workforce planning, hiring, retention, engagement, redeployment, and succession planning.
• Partner closely with program leadership, HR, and functional peers to align talent to current and future program needs.
• Support staffing for section manager and senior technical roles, including requisition development, interview facilitation, onboarding, and mentoring.
• Foster a culture of engagement, collaboration, accountability/ownership, and belonging by modeling Northrop Grumman leadership behaviors: Sets a vision, builds a high performing team, takes ownership, leads with courage, responds to challenges with resilience and acts with speed
• Conduct performance management activities, including goal setting, quarterly connections, leadership development, and knowledge sharing activities.

Execution & Operational Leadership

• Drive day-to-day execution of departmental activities in support of program objectives.
• Serve as Delegation of Authority (DOA) in the absence of the Department Manager and/or EI&E leadership, as required.
• Ensure c