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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 (NGMS) Advanced Communication Operating Unit has an immediate opening for a Senior Manager of Programs. This role will be located in San Diego, CA.

This position plays a critical role in driving program and portfolio execution in Advanced Communication domestic and international markets with a focus on communications products and services.  The selected candidate will be responsible for proposing and leading the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions.  The individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout).  Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems. 

The candidate must have demonstrated experience successfully leading large programs or portfolio of programs, to include extensive experience with customer engagement, strategy development, resource planning, and acquisition processes. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading diverse teams, be a strong communicator, and be able to work successfully within classified and unclassified arenas.  The candidate will collaborate closely with business execution leadership at the Operating Unit (OU), and above, and several business functions (e.g., business management, contracts, global supply chain, security, etc.).

Primary Roles and Responsibilities Include:

• Exceptional leadership, collaboration, communication, and team building skills.
• Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
• Establishing a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
• Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
• Leadership of employees including mentoring, problem solving for all employees and functions reporting to the program directly (Engineers, support staff, contractors)
• Measuring and reporting program performance
• Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
• Establishing design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.
• Creation, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work
• Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements
• Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines
• Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools
• Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
• Managing Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
• Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.
• Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
• Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities  
• Development and adherence to master plans and schedules
• Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization
• Develop new business strategy and tactics to produce capture products such as competitive assessments, teaming strategies, and prices-to-win analysis results applied to improve competitive posture.
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and functional organizations involved in program capture and execution.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with teaming partners and industry associations to help drive partnerships.
• Coordinate and collaborate with line of business management, strategy, business and finance, contracts and global supply chain, technology and engineering offices and functions.
• Meeting all security, organizational conflict of interest, export control, protection of proprietary information, and risk and opportunity management processes, as appropriate.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively interact with the customer, program management, business unit and supply base executives and functional management.
• Lead with thought leadership emphasis in the development and execution of franchise and individual program strategies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Demonstrated large-scale program leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years, or Master’s and 6 years’ experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers
• Demonstrated people leadership skills and the ability to lead effectively in a diverse team environment to achieve key milestones.
• Proven ability to provide independent critical assessments, that ultimately result in better outcomes for the enterprise.
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager - earned value management
• Experience building strong customer relationships
• A current/active DOD Secret Clearance is required
• US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Technical and/or Leadership/Management-focused master’s degree
• 15 years of industry experience in capture leadership, business development, and/or program management
• International capture and proposal experience (FMS/DCS)
• Government proposal experience
• Experience w/ Agile for Business tools such as Jira (Kanban) and Confluence
• Capture and Strategy experience
• Active DoD top secret clearance (TS/SCI).

Salary Range: $187,000.00 - $280,600.00The 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 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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.