Manager Project Management 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Manager of Project Management 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within the Test Resources Center of the Test and Evaluation Organization. This leadership role is located on-site in Palmdale, CA or San Diego, CA.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Manager of Project Management (Level 2). The selected candidate will serve as a Functional Section Manager for the Program Support Department. This role involves managing a section of 10-15 project managers along with maintaining program responsibilities. This leadership position is available on-site in Palmdale, CA or San Diego, CA.

Responsibilities of the Section Manager include:

• Functionally manage a team of 10-15 project managers across multiple test activities and locations.

• Oversee a technical Statement of Work within an established program.

• Conduct employee performance management, goal development, quarterly connections, leadership development, and knowledge retention.

• Collaborate with programs to understand staffing needs, leadership development, performance management, and knowledge retention.

• Foster team engagement and collaboration to drive employee engagement, enhance development, improve training, and retain top talent.

• Support section staffing for project managers through requisition development, facilitating and conducting interviews, onboarding, and mentoring staff.

• Assist with integration activities, data calls, metrics generation, data collection, and reporting.

• Champion engagement activities to enhance the workplace environment.

• Interface directly with test engineers, test leadership, technical experts, and other management within the department.

• Direct the work of employees assigned to the task order from technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.

• Travel between various Northrop Grumman facilities as required (10%).

Program responsibilities include:

• Establishing milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules

• Identifying program constraints and manage solutions, such as resource allocation or changes to contractual specifications

• Monitoring cost scheduling, change board packages, and ensure deadlines are met

• Managing budget objectives, adjusting project forecasts based on financial analysis

• Overseeing forecasting for each tasking budget and manage variances

• Interfacing with leadership and the team to update project status, scheduling forecasts, and address future obstacles

• Delivering presentations and briefings on project status to internal leadership and customers.

• Managing program risks and opportunities; coordinate cross-program risks

• Suggesting new business opportunities to the Program Manager and assist with conceptual plans that may lead to new business captures

• Planning and program performance, addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of a work package

• Possessing full working knowledge of procedures and practices, making decisions that support accomplishments or discipline objectives

• Collaborating with department managers/supervisors to define key general position tasks, key projects, and goals

• Evaluating performance based on defined expectations while overseeing projects and tasks assigned to the organizational group performed by non-exempt and/or exempt employees

• Applying knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance

• Identifying and addressing program impac