Manager Programs 2

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Manager Programs, 2, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Melbourne, FL and will support a restricted program.

Essential Functions:

• Lead a team of multi-disciplinary functions, enabling them to successfully execute and implement a key program initiative.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and direct assistance as necessary to enable and energize the team members in the achievement of their roles and responsibilities.
• Providing strategies and direction of all technical areas within the scope of the project.
• Communicates program vision across multiple tasks to ensure outstanding tactical and operational execution of the program.
• Assist with quality, innovation, resource management, etc., to drive efficiencies while demonstrating compliance with corporate management standards.
• Ensures senior management is engaged and familiar with task order area direction.
• Act as the primary customer contact for program activities while cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop opportunities
• Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Establish milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identify program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
• Develop sound stakeholder relationships and build a culture of reliable high performance within the team.
• Plan, execute, and verify process improvement strategies.
• Excellent communication and organization skills

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with minimum of 7 years’ experience, 5 years with Master’s Degree or a high school diploma and nine (11) years of relevant experience
• 2 years of leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal.
• 2 years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead or as part of integrated program team member.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed in the last 6 years).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated effectiveness in managing internal relationships, prioritization, and delegation.
• Experience with CAM role
• Experience with EVMS
• Experience with Technical Data Package development
• Microsoft Office Suite Experience including Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint
• Prior experience in System Engineering and IT infrastructure.
• Previous experience in IT network procedures and best practices; experience with network challenges associated with systems integration, including COTS integration, capacity analysis and system architecture design
• Must be able to exercise influence and lead team to success
• Ability to make independent decisions, be self-motivated, possess excellent communications skills, detail-oriented, and team player
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to effectively communicate to all levels of employees, management and customers

Salary range: $123,900 - $185,900

Salary Range: $123,900 USD - $185,900 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.