Director 1 Programs (Active Top Secret clearance required) - Space Security

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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’s Rapid Innovation Office (part of the Space Security Business Unit in the Tactical Space Systems Division) is looking for a Program Director (Director 1) to lead the Advanced Missions Portfolio, an exciting and challenging group of programs focused on fielding several first-of-kind missions.

This position is responsible for leading a team of program managers through all phases of the program lifecycle including shaping, capture, studying, architecting, designing, integration, test and fielding.  The selected candidate will be simultaneously responsible for leading execution of several executing programs and leading the capture of other more nascent efforts.  The selected candidate will be in an influential position of shaping a critical portion of the nation’s future counterspace architecture.  Included within these responsibilities is the primary objective to deliver on all contractual requirements within cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies. 

Program Directors are responsible for guiding their teams through all phases of the program life cycle from inception (customer shaping, proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout).  Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of programs or subsystems and include, but are not limited to:

• Work with Space Security leadership and assigned staff to develop and communicate an organizational or mission roadmap.

• Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.

• Establishing an efficient portfolio organizational structure and processes, flowed to each program.

• Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning

• Leading and directing a team of program managers responsible for cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives.

• Measuring and reporting program performance to the customer and NG leadership

• Delivering clear and compelling presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders

• Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.

• Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.

• Creation, review and finalization of program Statements of Work

• Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements

• Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines

• Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools

• Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.

• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards

• Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities.

• Development and adherence to master plans and schedules.

• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 13 years, or master’s degree and 11 years experience supporting U.S. Government programs and/or project management in other industries.

• At least one technical degree (science, math, engineering, computer science) from a nationally accredited institution

• Currently holds and abil