Manager Programs 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’s Mission Systems (NGMS) sector is looking for a Manager Programs 2 to support the Global Tactical Operating Unit in Linthicum, MD. The primary objective will be to lead the sustainment efforts, ensuring all contractual requirements regarding cost and schedule are met, achieving all technical requirements, managing work scope, and creating customer intimacy.  The position will require cross-sector interaction with the various groups within Northrop Grumman while balancing customer needs and business objectives.

What You'll Get to Do:

Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs and include, but are not limited to:

• Directing all phases of programs from inception through completion.
• Acting as primary customer contact for program activities, supporting program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.
• Delivering presentations to customers, executive management, and other program stakeholders.
• Leading and directing cross-functional team with members drawn from technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas to meet program cost, schedule, and technical performance objectives.
• Coordinating the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract.
• Development of and adherence to budget baselines using cost control methodologies.
• Identifying, allocating and managing program resources.
• Managing Government supplied property or information.
• Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.
• Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change.
• Conducting risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.
• Measuring and reporting program performance.
• Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree and 6+ years of relevant experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries.
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager.
• Program, operations, or project management experience.
• Experience supporting proposal efforts.
• Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal.
• Must possess strong organization and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with all levels of management and individual contributors.
• US Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance after starting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing government property inventories.
• Experience supporting repair efforts.

Salary Range: $149,400.00 - $224,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current m