Supply Chain Subcontract Specialist - Level 5

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman's Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Supply Chain Subcontract Specialist – ​Level 5​, you'll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position allows for FT remote work.

This position resides within the Space Global Supply Chain Regulatory Compliance team and serves as a key compliance and governance role supporting Prime Contract Flowdown Analysis across the Space Sector. The role is responsible for ownership, implementation, sustainment, and oversight of the Prime Contract Flowdown Analysis tool and process, ensuring that contractual and regulatory requirements are accurately translated into subcontract actions.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Supply Chain, Contracts, and other Compliance stakeholders to ensure that FAR and DFARS requirements are properly analyzed, maintained, and incorporated into purchase orders and subcontract instruments. This role also supports audit readiness and execution, enterprise-level regulatory initiatives, and supplier risk management activities.

This role requires deep regulatory expertise, independent judgment, and the ability to operate as a sector-wide subject matter expert. The position carries enterprise impact, audit exposure, and responsibility for governance of a critical compliance tool.

In this job, you will: 

Serve as the Space Sector lead for Prime Contract Flowdown Analysis, including:

• Ownership, implementation, sustainment, and continuous improvement of the Flowdown Analysis tool

• Ensuring the tool remains current with FAR, DFARS, and customer-specific requirements

• Partnering with Contracts to align flowdown requirements with new awards and contract modifications

• Providing guidance and hands-on support to Buyers and Subcontract Managers in applying flowdowns to POs

• Developing and delivering training to GSC personnel on proper tool utilization and compliance expectations

• Participate in enterprise level teams responsible for evaluating, interpreting, and updating FAR and DFARS clauses and procurement policy guidance

• Support supplier risk management initiatives and cross-functional compliance efforts

• Provide regulatory compliance support for internal and external audits, including DCMA, DCAA, CPSR, and internal SOX and Common Controls audits

• Serve as a subject matter expert for FAR, DFARS, and subcontract terms and conditions, providing authoritative guidance to Supply Chain and program teams

• Support broader Space GSC Regulatory Compliance initiatives as required

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience in Supply Chain, Subcontracts, Contracts, Regulatory Compliance, or other Business-Related field – OR - Master’s degree and a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated expertise in FAR and DFARS, including interpretation and application of contract clauses and flowdown requirements

• Experience supporting or interfacing government audits (e.g., DCMA, DCAA, CPSR)

• Experience working in a regulated government contracting environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to advise senior stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a compliance, contracts, or regulatory role within aerospace or defense

• Experience with prime contract analysis and subcontract flowdown development

• Familiarity with enterprise compliance tool