Program Director 1

About the role

This leadership opportunity may be based in Melbourne, FL or in St. Augustine, FL with travel to Melbourne, FL required. This is a leadership position with daily executive interactions, and selected candidate will display consistent impeccable judgment and embody Northrop Grumman leadership behaviors.

Key Responsibilities

• Positively lead, inspire and motivate a team to execute to plan
• Effectively coordinate across multiple program IPTs to manage change and configuration of requirements
• Customer communication and collaboration to drive mutual goals and shared success
• Lead a team of technical team members to deliver program, cost and technical milestones
• Lead a diverse team in the execution of a dynamic development, manufacturing and test program baseline
• Actively manage Risk, Issues & Opportunities to ensure program execution success
• Partner with functional disciplines to define and integrate expertise into the team
• Be a digital advocate, applying new tools and functionality to drive execution efficiencies
• Define, negotiate, monitor & track performance of suppliers; manage change and ensure performance to plan

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years (or Bachelor of Science in STEM and 9 years) of related experience as defined below, OR a Master’s degree and 8 years (or Master of Science in STEM and 7 years) of related experience as defined below
• Related experience includes a background in project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions
• At least 3 years’ experience in program/project management on development, manufacturing and/or testing of Department of Defense contracts
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation)
• and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
• Responsibility for profit and loss with government customers in the execution of cost-type contracts
• Earned Value Management experience within the defense industry
• Change Management experience
• Supplier Management experience across the defense industrial base

Preferred Qualifications

• Active U.S. government Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Prior roles executing on digital programs leading to an understanding of how digital ecosystems function, integrate data and deliver execution efficiencies
• Experience leading a team in a matrixed environment to achieve program goals
• Program management experience on Agile programs applying incremental planning and delivering programs on schedule
• Responsibility for profit and loss with U.S. Military customers in the execution of cost-type contracts
• Earned Value Management experience on U.S. Military programs
• At least 3 years’ experience in program/project management on development, manufacturing and/or testing of air vehicles or modification of air vehicles