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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Manager Programs 2 - R10217936

Aurora, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$161K/yr - $242K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company that provides innovative technologies and solutions. They are seeking a Program Manager 2 to lead all phases of the program life cycle, manage cost, schedule, and technical performance, and cultivate customer relationships to develop new business opportunities.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community

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

Leading NCTA and IRAD efforts to support future growth

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

Qualification

Earned Value ManagementProgram ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementProject Management ProfessionalRisk ManagementTechnical PerformanceIssue ResolutionProgram IntegrationResource ManagementQuality ManagementSupplier ManagementLogistics ManagementScope ManagementConfiguration ManagementCustomer IntimacyCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years, or Master's and 6+ years', a PhD and 3+ years experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers. In lieu of a degree, 12+ years of relevant experience will be considered

Must possess an active/current Top-Secret/SCI at time of application

Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies and tools (Earned Value Management System)

Must have experience managing programs from concept through design, prototyping, manufacturing, integration, and delivery

Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal (experience in professional, academic, and other relevant settings is acceptable)

Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements

Issue & Problem Resolution: The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program

Communications: The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs

Program Integration: The ability to identify, orchestrate, coordinate and controls the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion

Requirements: The ability to define, document, analyze, trace, prioritize, and confirm requirements throughout the entire program life cycle

Resources: The ability to plan for, identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints

Preferred

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Experience managing various contract types to include CPFF, CPIF, FFP, CPAF

Logistics: The ability to manage the maintenance and support of delivered products including spares availability; product reliability, maintainability, and testability; support equipment; modeling and simulation; training systems; prognostics and health management; field and fleet support; and program support management

Risk & Opportunity: The ability to address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the program

Program Growth: The ability to recognize and respond to customer needs in order to develop additional sales that support organizational objectives

Scope, Configuration & Change: The ability to effectively plan, define, establish, communicate, monitor, and control scope to ensure that all of the work required and only the work required is performed

Supplier & Subcontractor: The ability to identify, select, direct and manage subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy

Technical Performance: The ability to establish and apply a technical performance baseline to monitor and compare key program technical performance measures, assess program and product status, and take appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline

Customer intimacy: Consistently makes time to seek and incorporate input from customers and understand their expectations. Demonstrates commitment and energy to meet customer needs. Builds strong relationships with strategic partners and key suppliers. Guides program team and support functions on how to take action to satisfy customer expectations

Quality: The ability to plan and execute a project quality management system to satisfy quality requirements and create a project value system which emphasizes prevention over inspection and continuous process improvement