Northrop Grumman Australia · 5 months ago
F-35 Program Director 2
United States-California-Palmdale
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$252K/yr - $377K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company that offers incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems. They are seeking a Director for the F-35 Program, responsible for the management of quality, cost, schedule, and technical performance of F-35 Production contracts, while leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception to completion.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop executable production plans within the customer community
Developing strategies to expand multi-year contracts and obtaining customer funding in support of extra-long lead requirements driven by our international production in Germany
Optimizing 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
Driving predictable program performance, including regular measurement and management of key performance metrics
Delivering presentations to customers, executive management, and other program stakeholders
Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
Development and adherence to program, business, and technical baselines, including use of tools such as Earned Value Management (EVM)
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
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with 10 years (or Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline and 9 years) of related experience; or Master's degree with 8 years (or Master of Science in a STEM discipline and 7 years) of related experience
Related experience includes progressive engineering, operations, aircraft production program management or business leadership experience inclusive of pursuit, capture, design, development, and full rate production
Must have significant P&L with integrated program team or CAM experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries
The ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
Preferred
Master's degree and advanced training in program management
The ability to address uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach
Experience in supply chain management to support the production of complex weapons systems
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase