Human Resources Director 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is currently seeking a Director of Human Resources – Level 1 to join our HR team supporting both the Engineering & Sciences (E&S) and Emerging Capabilities Development (ECD) team.   

The selected candidate will be the Human Resources (HR) Director located on-site in Baltimore, MD and will be the primary strategic partner for the E&S and ECD organizations within Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector.  The HR Director will lead a team of HR business partners who support over 11, 000 employees across four geographically dispersed business divisions.

We are seeking a proven human resources leader to provide thought leadership and demonstrated ability to coach and influence at the executive level.   The selected candidate will assist in the development and implementation of HR strategic priorities and will partner with executive leaders to build organizational capability to meet financial and strategic goals, including leading through change to drive cultural and people changes in support of the business strategy. The ideal candidate will be capable of supporting a large and complex aerospace & defense company in an ever-changing landscape and be able to lead others in a matrixed environment.

The selected candidate will be expected to develop and deploy a human capital & technical development strategy across the organizations.  The candidate must have strong relationship building skills and a proven track record of building collaborative partnerships to influence direction and drive change across complex organizations.  Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:  talent strategy and deployment; talent management and succession planning; change management; project management; leadership & technical development; staffing and talent acquisition; employee engagement; compensation oversight; and employee relations.

Key Leadership Traits:

• Unwavering ethics and values; trusted partner to leadership, peers and employees
• Strong team player; focused on organizational and team success
• Decisive and action oriented; acts with a thoughtful sense of urgency
• Innovative; regularly advocates and drives meaningful change & improvements
• Excellent business acumen
• Leverages HR processes and tools to accelerate business results
• Strong people leader, manager, collaborator and business partner
• Solution-oriented and comfortable using qualitative and quantitative data to inform recommendations and decisions

In this job, you will:

• Lead a team of HR professionals by providing guidance, flow-down, coaching and support to optimize their performance.
• Effectively communicate and partner with internal and external stakeholders to influence and guide our engineering and technical talent teams.
• Be responsible for creating innovative higher level talent strategies but also the tools and processes to put them into execution to produce business outcomes across a large functional homeroom.
• Partner with our CTO and early technology R&D teams to understand emerging technology trends and skills needed to win and perform work now and in the future in support of customer needs.
• Understand critical skills & proficiencies levels across the technical population to identify trends and inform development actions.
• Understand supply/demand needs of the business to inform external and internal talent deployment strategies.
• Leverage data insights and trends to inform decisions, identify business challenges and proactively partner with and influence leadership to strategize business solutions.
• Develop talent management, succession planning and a talent review strategy to bolster technical and functional talent capability and pipeline.
• Lead, analyze, and present employee survey data and key themes to senior leadership, support leadership action plan development.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources (or related field) with 10+ years of professional human resources experience including people management – OR – Master’s degree in Human Resources (or related field) with 8+ years of professional human resources experience including people management.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategizing and implementing broader workforce strategies such as talent development and/or talent management solutions.
• Experience and focus on proactively identifying trends, risks, and opportunities. Regularly advocating for improvements.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams of direct and indirect leadership to drive successful business and functional outcomes.
• Strong change management experience, problem solving skills and the ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional projects to completion while tracking ROI and measuring business impact.
• Experience collaborating with and influencing senior leaders & stakeholders across organizational boundaries to ensure client-satisfaction regarding project and/or process goals and objectives and strategic initiatives.
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, communication and relationship-building skills with an ability to manage multiple clients with multiple needs in an efficient and effective manner.
• Systems and strategic thinking.
• Executive level verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance. 
• US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.  US Citizenship is a prerequisite.
• Previous experience in Aerospace & Defense and/or government contracting.
• Experience leading a team as a HR manager responsible for multiple HR disciplines.
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms and technology (Workday, Confluence, SharePoint).
• Experience working in a matrix environment.

Salary Range: $171,400.00 - $257,200.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.