Principal/Senior Principal Technical Services Project Management

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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.

The Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Technical Services Project Manager to support the Microelectronics Products & Services (MPS) Organization in Linthicum, MD, Apopka, FL, or Manhattan Beach, CA.

The NGMC’s semiconductor foundries, packaging capabilities, and test lines offer unique solutions that support a range of production microelectronics and provide leading-edge technology development.  The MPS team acts as the commercial storefront for the NGMC and manages everything from proposals to contract execution for external customers.

This role will report to an MPS Program Manager to support the organization as a Project Manager. The focus will be both proposal and execution support, as well as operations projects supporting the MPS organization.

Position Summary/Responsibilities:

The Technical Services Project Manager must be a self-motivated individual who can work in a fast-paced environment and can take initiative with little direction. This Project Manager position provides exposure opportunities with leaders in the NGMC Division as well as across functional departments within the company. In this role, close customer and functional interface will be required to successfully manage and mitigate program risk. Additional responsibilities include and are not limited to the below.

·         Manage cost, schedule, and technical performance of external contracts

·         Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community

·         Develop new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans

·         Lead and direct cross-functional teams to meet program & proposal cost, schedule and technical performance objectives

·         Measure and report program performance

·         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.

·         Establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.

·         Create, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work

·         Manage suppliers to meet program objectives.

·         Adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards

·         Develop and adhere to master plans and schedules

• Develop, plan, and schedule proposals in a team environment in response to customer requests

• Coordinate internal comprehensive reviews of proposal cost and pricing

• Compile cost, schedule, and technical elements in the development of proposals in accordance with RFP specifications.

• Analyze data such as direct labor hours, past performance, costs of previous procurements, Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and/or comparison to similar items/scope

·         Travel Approximately 15%

********This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. This is not a Manager position.********

 

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Technical Services Project Manager or Senior Principal Technical Service