Principal/Senior Principal Organization Effectiveness Consultant

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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (AS) sector is looking for a Principal/Senior Principal Organization Effectiveness Consultant to join the AS Human Resources Organization Effectiveness (OE) team.  If you are passionate about helping people, teams and organizations reach their maximum potential, we want to talk to you! This position will be onsite in either Melbourne, FL or Palmdale, CA. This position will report to the Senior Director, Organization Effectiveness for AS.

As a member of the OE team, the successful candidate will help lead efforts to assess, develop and deliver outcome-based strategies and solutions in partnership with program managers and executives, as the assigned OE/Talent Advisor to our Aeronautics Systems sector divisions and programs. The successful candidate will collaborate within and across HR; consult across business lines and take a data-driven approach to assessing talent development needs in our divisions and programs. Additionally, they will take an employee-centric approach to developing and adapting effective and impactful solutions; and where appropriate, consult on organization design and organizational culture initiatives, change management approaches and best practices, team effectiveness and operating systems assessments, leadership effectiveness, L&D consultations, and employee coaching engagements. 

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Partner with Division General Managers & Vice Presidents and their HR Business Leaders to identify talent management priorities and goals and measures of success
• Consult with key stakeholders to assess and analyze both current and future program management (P&L) professional and leadership development skill needs; Assess critical business issues and design organization development and strategic plans to enhance company performance
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and provide design input by applying instructional design methodologies and adult learning theories to sector specific programs and resources; When applicable, work to implement programmatic learning and development activities leveraging all learning methods and programs (i.e. instructor-led classroom, virtual, self-paced eLearning, gamification, etc); Facilitate training where needed
• Design and implement professional & leadership development training programs to enhance the effectiveness of individual contributors, managers, and teams to increase organization productivity and customer satisfaction
• Collect, analyze, and evaluate data for development related metrics to determine the impact of development initiatives and make appropriate recommendations
• Facilitate individual and team assessments to identify and create plans to address opportunity areas to improve individual and team performance and effectiveness
• Engage in executive coaching engagements
• Advise on organizational design initiatives, including assessing strategy, structure, and processes; partner with senior leaders to implement future-ready solutions that align with strategic business objectives.
• Leverage solid project management skills to implement development activities to include managing multiple projects simultaneously, mitigating risk, escalating when appropriate and reporting status to key stakeholders
• Provide input and execute change management plans (including behavior change fundamentals such as mindset shift, dealing with resistance, cultural shift); Partner with communication partners to promote awareness and utilization of resources
• Create and deliver professional presentations and resources that inform, compel, and drive action across various populations
• Stay abreast of training and development research, theories, methodologies, and techniques; Demonstrate the ability to apply concepts and theories to develop practical solutions