Business Development Operations Manager 1 ( Secret Clearance)
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Salary range: $121,000 - $181,600 USD yearly (also repeated later). So Pay section with that.
- Relocation assistance: No relocation assistance available. That's a detail; could be in Benefits? But it's not a benefit; maybe we can include in a short paragraph under About the role? But we need to decide sections.
- Clearance required: Yes, Secret clearance required for start. Also Active Secret clearance at time of application. Also eligibility to obtain TS/SCI clearance (preferred). So we need to include clearance info maybe under Requirements or Qualifications.
- Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time.
- Description: At Northrop Grumman... (company description). Could be About the role.
- Role: Business Development Operations Manager 1 to support key growth initiatives in Space Systems sector. etc.
- Core Responsibilities list: bullet points.
- Basic Qualifications: list.
- Preferred Qualifications: list.
- Why Northrop Grumman: more description about company, mission, benefits.
- Benefits: health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, paid time off (PTO). Also mention overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, annual bonuses, long term incentives for VP/Director.
- Also mention that salary range is a guideline.
- Application period etc: but we should remove application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. The "application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days..." is maybe considered application instruction? It's not exactly instruction to apply, but it's about timeline. Might be considered boilerplate? Probably we should drop it as it's not substantive about the job. Also EEO statement etc remove.
- Also "U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions." That's a requirement; we should keep.
- Also "Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." remove.
- Also "For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit ..." remove.
- Also "Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay." That's benefits/compensation; keep.
- Also "Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results." keep.
- Also "Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives." keep.
- Also "In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business." keep.
Thus we need sections:
- About the role: includes description of company, role purpose, location options (Chandler, AZ or McLean, VA campus). Also maybe mention that it's based at those campuses.
- Responsibilities: the Core Responsibilities bullet list.
- Requirements: maybe combine Basic Qualifications and clearance, citizenship, travel? Could separate Requirements and Qualifications but we need to avoid thin sections. We could have Requirements (basic qualifications + clearance + citizenship + travel) and Qualifications (preferred qualifications). Or we could have Requirements (basic qualifications) and Qualifications (preferred). But we also have Skills: maybe we can include proficiency with Microsoft Office etc under Skills. However the instruction says use headings for sections like Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should include them only if we have real content.
We have Pay: salary range.
We have Benefits: list of benefits.
We have Schedule: travel 25% of time maybe considered schedule? Could also mention relocation assistance none. But schedule maybe not explicit besides travel. Could we create a Schedule section with travel %? The instruction: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". Travel 25% of the Time is specific content about schedule/travel. So we can have Schedule section with that.
We also have Clearance info: could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Since we have a Requirements section, we can include clearance required, citizenship, etc.
We also have Relocation assistance: No relocation assistance available. That's a detail; could be placed under Benefits? But it's not a benefit; maybe under About the role as a note. Could also be under Requirements? Not exactly. Could be under Benefits as a note that relocation assistance is not provided. But better to include in About the role or a separate short paragraph under About the role.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must not include boilerplate.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... description ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (Business, Engineering, Political Science, International Affairs, or related) + 5 years relevant experience or Master’s degree (same fields) + 3 years relevant experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint essential)
- Strong organizational, communication, and analytical abilities; comfortable presenting to senior executives
- Support coordination for key events or engagements
- Strategic thinking with the ability to influence senior leadership and customer decision‑makers
- Familiarity with the Business Acquisitions Process (BAP)
- Active Secret clearance at time of application
- U.S. Citizenship required (for positions with government clearance)
Schedule
Travel required: approximately 25% of the time.
Now Qualifications (preferred):Qualifications
- Defense, aerospace, or government‑contracting experience
- Hands‑on experience with Salesforce, Tableau, or comparable CRM/analytics tools
- Deep knowledge of DoD acquisition lifecycle & capture‑management processes
- Eligibility to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives worldwide, from historic milestones like the first trans‑Atlantic flight and stealth bombers to lunar landings. The company fosters intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and a pioneering spirit, seeking individuals with bold ideas and courage to invent the future. Northrop Grumman is hiring a Business Development Operations Manager 1 to support key growth initiatives in the Space Systems sector. The incumbent will drive pipeline development, capture and proposal activities, and BD‑process alignment while partnering with Capture, Strategy, and enterprise‑wide teams. This role can be based at the Chandler, AZ or McLean, VA campus and supports portfolio management, strategy, business development, customer relations, partnerships, and capture support to maintain a robust backlog and healthy pipeline of domestic and international opportunities. Note: No relocation assistance is provided for this position.
Now Responsibilities: list the 8 core responsibilities. We need to preserve exact phrasing? Use bullet points. List: - BD Operations Management – Own pipeline administration, opportunity tracking, and internal process alignment across the sector. - Capture & Proposal Support – Conduct data analysis,