Manager Programs 1

About the role

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector is looking for Manager Programs 1 to support the Propulsion Systems & Controls (PS&C) operating unit (OU). The position will be located in Elkton, MD. Level 1 program managers will be expected to manage programs and/or segments of a program in the Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) Business Unit (BU). Duties include ensuring delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions.

Responsibilities

• Supports program manager(s) in all aspects of daily customer and cross-functional coordination and program support including proposals, planning, and execution
• Able to take on independent tasks as deputy program manager
• Plans and assesses cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality on development and/or production-type programs
• Opportunity to gain full P&L responsibility for all aspects of a small to mid-size program
• Ensures that projects are completed on schedule and within budget while managing risks and opportunities
• Coordinates with cross-functional teams internally and externally to drive delivery objectives and to resolve technical, quality, and operational challenges
• Supports/leads proposal requests and ensures proposals are submitted on-time and align to overall business strategy
• Supports program manager(s) with gathering/preparing information in support of customer status updates and formal program/business reviews
• Clearly communicates program status to various levels of internal leadership and external customer representatives
• Aligns activities with the Northrop Grumman Program Excellence processes and procedures, including internal program review monthly metric tracking and action plans

Recommended Attributes

• Leadership & Communication: Strong leader that is driven to succeed, sets high standards for his/her team and inspires them to achieve. Comfortable around internal leadership and external customers. Well-developed interpersonal skills, builds strong relationships with internal and external customers including strategic partners and key suppliers; effective communicator both verbal and written
• Business Acumen: The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of active programs and developing market strategies
• Communications: The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs
• Program Growth: The ability to recognize and respond to customer needs in order to develop additional sales that support organizational objectives
• Risk & Opportunity Mindset: The ability to address program/portfolio uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities for the Market Area
• Drive/Perseverance: Resourceful, action oriented, doesn’t accept no, pushes for results; Makes time to seek and incorporate input from customers and understand their expectations. Guides program team and support functions on how best to satisfy customer expectations
• Technical Proficiency: The capability to comprehend technical parameters, mitigate scope expansion, and oversee implementation while adhering to budgetary and timeline limitations, contingent upon the intricacies of the technical requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years, or Master’s and 3 years’ experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other related industries
• 5 or more years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project, systems, modeling or avionics engineer, integrated program team lead, finance or business manager, operations or material program manager or cost account manager
• 5 or more years of demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background and/or experience in development of propulsion systems
• Technical background and/or experience in control system technologies such as actuation systems, mechatronics, software and configurable logic, control algorithms and modeling, and systems integration and testing
• Technical background and/or experience in advanced manufacturing in the areas of composites, additive manufacturing, and solid propellant
• Experience managing people preferred
• Experience supporting programs in all phases of the program life cycle including initiation, development, qualification, production, maintenance and/or closeout
• Experience with Earned Value Management systems
• PMP certification
• Active Secret Clearance

This position falls under a Federal Explosives License issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for this location. Candidates hired into this role will be required to complete and submit an Employee Possessor Questionnaire to ATF for approval to be a possessor.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $127,000.00 – $190,600.00

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 market conditions.