Director of Programs 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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.

Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems sector is seeking a Director of Programs 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Intelligence Systems Division. In this role the candidate will report directly to the Vice President of the Intelligence and Sensing Business Unit and will have P&L responsibility for our Ground Enterprise Systems (GES) Operating Unit, which comprises a portfolio of programs and capture opportunities that advance our Mission 1 objectives by providing mission management, command and control, and mission data processing solutions.

Overview

The GES Operating Unit Director’s (OUD) leadership will be instrumental in ensuring NG delivers on our contractual commitments, provides the best OneNG solutions possible, and advances our strategic objectives by leveraging strong program management experience, system engineering processes, extensive mission domain expertise, and Agile/DevSecOps software practices. The OUD is responsible for the development and implementation of an aligned Mission 1 ground portfolio strategy and ensuring strong portfolio execution performance across quality, technical, cost, and schedule to deliver on AOP objectives. The OUD will partner with I&S and ISD leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, resources, processes, tools, training, etc. are provided to support successful program and capture execution. This role manages a workforce deployed at multiple sites across the United States and will be located onsite in Aurora, Colorado.

Key OUD responsibilities include:

• Providing robust program review oversight to ensure strong execution performance and the rapid identification, escalation and support to issues

• Driving predictable portfolio performance, including regular measurement and management of key performance metrics

• Developing and managing the OU’s Annual and Long-Range Operating Plans

• Partnering with strategy and business development to aggressively identify and pursue new or expanded business opportunities aligned with our Mission 1 objectives

• Advance program and NG strategic objectives by building and maintaining trusted relationships with customers and other stakeholders and by engaging in internal and customer forums related to the programs’ roles in the broader end-to-end Enterprise.

• Leverage NG’s mission, architecture, and software development expertise to provide forward-thinking solutions that conform to customer constraints (funding, capabilities of related systems, etc.).

• Collaborating with other Functionals to support OU/program needs (e.g., Business, Contracts, Global Supply, Human Resources, Mission Assurance, Security, Legal and Enterprise Services)

• Identifying advocating for, and managing NCTA, capital and indirect budgets

• Delivering presentations to customers, executive management, and other OU stakeholders

• Identifying, allocating and managing OU resources, including workforce planning, financial resources/investments and overhead allocations to optimize the financial position of the enterprise

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

• Development and adherence to program, business, and technical baselines, including use of tools such as Earned Value Management (EVM),

• Ensuring program teams understand and adhere to contract scope and appropriately manage change, especially for agile development programs

• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization, including infusion into financial booking rates and artifacts

• Build and sustain an effective, engaged, and integrated OU team in a complex, geographi