Program Manager 1 - Deputy Program Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Northrop Grumman’s Space sector is looking for a Deputy Program Manager 1 to support the Advanced Responsive Capabilities Operating Unit in the Space Superiority Business Unit.

The Ground Segment Deputy Program Manager’s responsibilities will assist the Ground Segment program in managing the development, integration, test, and deployment of the Ground Segment in support of National Space Assets. Specifically, the deputy PM will assist in all facets of programmatics (schedule, budgets, EVMS, work direction) for multiple efforts within the Ground Segment portfolio.  This portfolio covers multiple current and upcoming initiatives to expand existing capabilities and provides insight into the larger Space Awareness community.

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 and include, but are not limited to:

• Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives.

• Measuring and reporting program performance.

• Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders .

• Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.

• Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.

• Creation, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work.

• Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements.

• Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines.

• Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools.

• Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning.

• Managing Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.).

• Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.

• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.

• Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities.

• Development and adherence to master plans and schedules.

• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.

• Business Acumen: The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance.

• Issue & Problem Resolution: The ability to identify and address 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 program.

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