Mgr Systems Engineering 3 - Comm Payload SE & CAM - TS/SCI

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Communications Payload Systems Engineering & Cost Account Manager. This position is responsible for leading IPT managers and individual contributors supporting business, schedule, I&T integration, and risk/opportunity tracking.  This CAM role manages ~$180M scope with ownership of the payload portfolio sales ~$500M across the programs within the Business Unit.  There are 5 reporting IPT managers into this role, ~45 heads within the monthly CAM responsibility, and a staff of 4 full-time personnel.

The Payload SE CAM is responsible for staffing and guiding the team through payload and subsystem integration and requirements sell-off.  Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
• Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
• Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
• Leading Integrated Program Teams (IPTs) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
• Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for payload development, integration and test
• Identification, distribution, tracking, and verification of payload requirements for sell-off
• Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools
• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 9+ years of engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 7+ years of engineering experience OR PhD Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience 
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a technical leadership/lead role
• Cost Account Management experience
• Domain experience with spacecraft or space systems and communications payload integration
• Experience in developing, managing, and decomposing requirements
• Candidate must have, and be able to maintain, at least ONE of the following active U.S. Government security clearances: Dept. of Defense Top Secret level with a background investigation date within 5 years OR SCI access with a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completed within 5 years

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Strong People and Technical Leadership Skills
• Excellent communication skills (upward and downward)
• Experience managing a technology portfolio of approximately $500 million
• DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI access

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