Program Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Program Manager 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within the F-35 Program Management organization. This leadership role is ideally located in either El Segundo, CA or Yuma, AZ, but will consider remote candidates.

The Program Manager 2 will be responsible for managing a subset of programs within the F-35 Fleet Readiness & Sustainment Operating Unit (FR&S OU) through all phases of program life cycle; proposal development, negotiation, startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). This individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. The primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule (to include, but not limited to, products returned for repair and spare material orders), while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions. The position will also have ad-hoc exposure to other statements of work with the FR&S OU.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others. 

Key Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities are included but not limited to:

• Managing cost, schedule, and technical performance of portfolio subset.

• Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop future opportunities within the customer community.

• Leading cross-function Integrated Program Teams (IPTs) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives.

• Managing suppliers to meet program and customer objectives.

• Measuring and reporting program performance.

• Conduct risk, issue and opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.

• Drive common process improvements within scope of business to improve supplier and program performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related experience as defined below, OR a Master’s degree and 6 years of related experience as defined below:

• Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions in support of aircraft sustainment activities.

• Must have previous experience leading/managing teams.

• Must have knowledge of Earned Value Management.

• Must have an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical experience in the field of test and evaluation and/or research development.

• Experience in fleet readiness or overseeing maintainers on carriers or military bases.

• Experience interfacing with external customers.

• Experience managing suppliers and/or subcontracts.

• Familiarity with existing Northrop Grumman AS F-35 processes.

• Strong understanding of technical, cost and schedule impacts on a program.

• Ability to apply knowledge of business and financial concepts to the benefit of program decisions and performance.

• Ability to travel approximately 15% of the time.

Primary Level Salary Range: $131,800.00 - $241,700.00

The 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.