Technical Services Project Management IPT Lead - Level 4
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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 seeking a Sr. Principal Technical Services Project Management IPT Lead – Level 4 to join our team in Dulles, VA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.
Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is looking for an Integrated Product Team Lead who will own the responsibility for managing and leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers and production, spanning multiple spacecraft subsystems, to meet the product team’s program requirements and deliverables on schedule and within cost. This role has the authority to make production project management decisions and recommendations that have an impact on new business, program performance, design, development, and mission operations. This role works with the program Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer(LSE)/SEIT Lead, and the Program Management Office (PMO) to deliver on program and stakeholder commitments.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
In this job, you will:
Deliver all product team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance.
Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards
Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership
Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives. Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT.
Coordinate and collaborate with Global Supply Chain to manage suppliers and material to achieve product team deliverables
Coordinate and collaborate with Manufacturing & Operations and Integration & Test to support build and I&T of IPT subsystems and products
Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience. Will consider an additional 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations
Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience
1 year of experience in Project Management roles such as Program Manager, CAM, IPT
Preferred Qualifications:
2 years of experience in Project Management roles to include earned value management (EVM)
Experience with the full lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations
Active TS/SCI or Active TS clearance with existing program accesses
Communications: The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that department and program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs
Issue & Problem Resolution: The ability to identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly r
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