Director 1-Strategy and Analysis

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.

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.

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Strategy and Analysis Director to join our diverse team of professionals based out of our Roy, UT location working on the Sentinel program.

Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Sentinel program in September 2020. A program of mega-project scale, competitive flexibility and digital transformation are key to delivering a weapon system that will continue to evolve to outpace the threat and achieve and be affordably maintained and sustained over the expected 75+ year life. The Sentinel program modernizes nearly every facet of the land leg of the nuclear triad, including:

• Developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, including guidance, three stages of propulsion, payload reentry system and building 600+ missiles (400 deployed + spares for testing)
• Completely refurbishing 450 buried launch facilities (silos) spread across ~39,000 square miles in five different states
• Developing, building, and populating launch centers, similar to heritage missile alert facilities, at the three missile wings
• Fielding new  communications  infrastructure and building/consolidating hundreds of support facilities, including for security, training, maintenance, and testing

This position will report to the Sentinel Strategy and Planning Director and will lead the business strategy and long-range planning to include the following:

• Strategy Deployment Process: Lead the program process to develop and measure an integrated strategy aligned with division, sector and corporate imperatives. Work with operating segments and functions to define objectives, strategic gaps, and outcomes needed to meet business annual and long-range strategic goals.
• Mission and Capability Roadmaps: Assess and influence long-term mission needs to identify future capabilities needed, investments necessary to close the gap, and acquisition strategies to deliver capability to mission.
• Strategic Gap Analysis: Lead strategic gap analysis to identify technology, capability, or process gaps, prioritize them, and align resources to meet them.
• Internal Investment (NCTA) and Capital Allocation Planning: Drive processes to prioritize investment and capital requests, aligned with program strategy and gaps, and allocate resources. Develop candidates for technology gap funding within the program and advocate for those resources.
• Strategic Planning and Studies: Lead strategic arena, technology, competitor, capability studies and provide strategic actions recommendations, to include analysis of risks, opportunities, M&A and partnerships to support strategic innovations and future capabilities. In partnership with engineering, program execution and segment planning leads, shape schedules, technology strategy, product roadmaps, engineering skill mix, and multi-year investment profiles.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  

• 401k  

• Educational Assistance  

• Life Insurance  

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions   

• Paid Time Off   

• Health & Wellness Resources   

• Employee Discounts  

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.   

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelors of Science in STEM discipline and 10 years of experience, Master’s degree and 8 years of experience, or 6 years of experience with a PhD
• Experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other highly regulated industries
• Minimum five (5) years of program leadership, strategy and/or capture role
• Experience in major proposals and/or captures and/or technology development efforts.
• Experience leading across product teams.
• The ability to deliver, manage, and present  communications  (written/oral) with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs.
• Experience independently assessing complex problems and decomposing into a plan of action while coordinating across a large and diverse team of technical and schedule/business SMEs.
• Experience creating strategies, gap analysis, and associated investment plans.
• Proven and effective executive-level briefing, writing and organizational skills.
• Must have an active and current DoD Secret clearance and be SAP clearable
• US Citizenship is a prerequisite
• Ability to travel domestically, up to 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience developing and executing a Strategy Deployment Process for $100M+ enterprise
• Experience related to ICBM technologies and products
• Direct experience interfacing with a diverse group of stakeholders and customers
• Experience leading, reviewing, and/or participating in proposal development
• Strategic thinker, skilled communicator, with negotiation capabilities.
• Able to analyze and synthesize business, programmatic and technical challenges into a cohesive picture.
• Action-oriented, self-starter, with an ability to lead through influence.
• DoD Top Secret clearance

Salary Range: $160,400 USD - $240,600 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. 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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.