Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) Fighter Networked Systems (FNS) Operating Unit has an immediate opening for a Manager of Programs 3. This role will be located onsite in San Diego, CA.
This position plays a critical role in driving program and portfolio execution in the F-35 family of programs. The selected candidate will be responsible for overseeing the F-35 Development portfolio 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 team of Program Managers 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.
What You’ll Get To Do:
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 department 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:
Bachelor's + 8 years; Master's + 6 years; PhD + 4 years of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers.
Demonstrated experience serving as project lead, task lead, IPT lead or coast account manager responsible for execution of program scope.
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams in an engineering, program management, supply chain, quality, or test environment to deliver defined program milestones.
Demonstrated experience providing independent program or technical assessments and presenting recommendations to program leadership or customers.
Demonstrated experience leading and delivering program tasks on schedule, within cost baseline, and meeting defined technical and contractual requirements in a project lead, IPT lead or CAM capacity.
Demonstrated experience applying program management tools and processes such as Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Risk and Opportunity Management, Scope control or change management boards.
Demonstrated experience executing development or engineering contracts, including delivery of contractual milestones and program deliverables.
Demonstrated experience interfacing with customers and stakeholders in support of program execution.
US citizenship required
A current/active DOD Secret Clearance is required to be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree in a technical and/or leadership/management related discipline.
10 years of industry experience in capture leadership, business development, and/or program management, or related defense/aerospace roles.
Experience supporting international capture and proposal efforts including Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Salas (DCS)
Experience supporting Integrated Functional/Air Operations Planning (IF/AOP) activities within defense programs.
Experience utilizing Agile program or business tools, such as Jira (Kanban) and Confluence, to trace work execution and collaboration.
Experience supporting capture planning or strategy development for defense and/or aerospace programs.
Active DoD Top Secret clearance.
What We Can Offer You
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family. Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
Primary Level Salary Range: $193,000.00 - $289,600.00The 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 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.