Sentinel Manager Project Management 2 - 18885

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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 Space Systems is seeking a Manager Project Management 2. This position will be located in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel program.

Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

The selected candidate will be responsible for oversight and management of the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. They will review status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepare status reports. They will assess project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. The selected candidate will develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

What You’ll Get To Do:

Manage a segment of a program or a function. You will be responsible for the direct supervision/management of the staff. You will also be responsible for providing objective-oriented direction to subordinates utilizing management guidelines & general policies. Your Program Manager responsibilities include: planning and program performance addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of a work package, subsystem, or related group of work packages on a large system development-type contract or full responsibility for all aspects of program performance on a large delivery order or mid-size technical services-type contract.

• Receive objective oriented assignments, give subordinates direction based on policies and management guidance, and review their work to ensure it adequately meets the stated objectives.
• Demonstrate expertise in Project Management and maintain a comprehensive, working knowledge of all relevant procedures and practices.
• Make decisions within your job function that minimize corporate risk and advance the achievement of discipline objectives.
• Oversee projects and tasks carried out by nonexempt and exempt team members, intervene only when needed to keep schedules on track or resolve technical/operational problems, and achieve results by delegating through lower-level supervisors or exempt employees.
• Execute department procedures that affect individual employees in your area; interpret and implement policies and procedures that impact subordinate units; and recommend modifications to operating policies.
• Deliver projects on schedule and within budget.
• Achieve results by directing lower -level supervisors and experienced exempt employees who operate with significant autonomy, and by leading a centralized functional activity.
• Advise the unit on tasks, projects, and operations, and intervene in daily activities only when necessary to meet schedules or resolve complex problems.
• Ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budget, and make accurate decisions and recommendations to prevent serious delays, excess time, additional resources, and increased costs.
• Maintain frequent contact with internal personnel and external customer representatives at all management levels regarding operations, scheduling, and specific project or contract phases; conduct briefings and actively participate in technical meetings to communicate detailed operational information.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
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