Media Strategy & Engagement Manager 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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 is looking for a Media Relations Manager to support the company’s Corporate functional senior executives. In this role, the Media Relations Manager serves as a leader on the company’s Media Strategy & Engagement team responsible for developing, planning, executing, and measuring earned media and external engagement strategies in alignment with the company’s business priorities and thought leadership objectives. Your communications expertise will play a critical role in continuing to position the company as an innovation and technology leader.

This position location is located at Northrop Grumman’s headquarters in Falls Church, VA with options for hybrid work.

The Media Relations Manager is the primary communicator responsible for supporting Corporate functional senior executives in their engagements with media and other external stakeholders. In this role, the Media Relations Manager develops, supports and executes strategies that align with and support the company’s overall media engagement strategy to shape the understanding of our company priorities, enhance customer engagement events and more.

The manager is also responsible for leading a team that plans, coordinates, prepares, tracks, measures and reports on media and other events in which the company's functional subject matter experts participate. This responsibility also includes preparation of the spokesperson, ensuring all logistics are secured, and directly engaging with reporters and public affairs officers, when necessary.

In this role, the manager leads the development of preparatory materials to support the company's earnings release cycles and partnering to develop and execute the executive media strategy to support the same. ​

The manager also collaborates closely with other communicators and functional leaders across the company to lead media training and provide additional support to media engagements. As part of this responsibility, the manager may also write and edit news content, as required. ​

The Media Relations Manager also leads our team of reviewers to ensure content for external stakeholder use is accurate, impactful and ready for external audience consumption.

This leader is a mentor throughout the Communications team and helps develop media and public relations professionals across the company.​

How you will make a difference:

• Prepare and position company-wide subject matter experts for strategic external engagement opportunities as well as proper public release of related materials

• Analyze and share regular results and metrics on media relations efforts, use the data to help make informed decisions about engagement opportunities, timing and placement, aligned to achieve intended communications and business goals.

• Stay informed on industry news and flag issues and trends for appropriate internal stakeholders, correct inaccuracies and act as a company spokesperson, developing and maintaining relationships with key reporters to help shape and manage coverage for enterprise innovation and technology priorities.

• Lead, mentor, and develop media and public relations professionals across the company.

Skills for success:

• An ability to interact with executive leadership confidently and independently.

• High level of attention to detail and risk conscious mindset.

• Experience demonstrating strategic thinking, planning and decision-making.

• Comfort with change in a fast-paced, empowered work environment with strong collaboration and alignment to company priorities.

• Proven success i