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Northrop Grumman · 23 hours ago

Manager Programs 3 - R10218650

Jessup, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$193K/yr - $290K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company that seeks a Manager of Engineering Strategy and Operations to join their team in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role involves facilitating engineering functional strategy development, leading day-to-day operations, and supporting executive leadership to enable strategic execution and organizational alignment.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Facilitate and maintain an engineering strategy as the primary area of focus:

Participate in long-range strategic planning process for engineering

Translate business needs into short / long-term engineering functional strategies (people, process, tools, products and services)

Support to executive leadership to enable business execution excellence, including continuous planning, goals tracking, organizational and program risk identification & mitigation and the appropriate development, dissemination and deployment of policy

Establish and implement a business rhythm to align resources to the organization’s objectives

Lead the proactive implementation and integration of work products necessary to support reporting requirements

Ensure commonality and the sharing of best practices for operations functions within each engineering organization

Partner with engineering and division operations managers in an operational cadence to include cyclic reporting and analysis of program and portfolio goals to achieve contractual and organizational objectives

Lead and manage the process for E&S funded projects including NCTA, ITA, and capital initiatives

Lead the integration and track status of training, Independent Reviews, proposals, and CEACs across the organization

Coordinate engineering status reporting tailored to customer audience

Manage and maintain data repositories (e.g; SharePoint, Website content)

Plan, coordinate, and facilitate staff meetings, leadership off-sites and site visits, organizational reviews, and other leadership team activities as required

Collect data and develop materials in support of Engineering level mtgs and leadership team decision-making actions

Publish meeting minutes with actions; coordinate with teams to drive actions to closure in alignment with organizational priorities

May serve as a delegate for the leader in designated reviews

The operations manager will also perform special assignments and lead special initiatives as required

Qualification

Engineering StrategyProgram ManagementLeadership ExperienceDefense Industry ExperienceSTEM DegreeData ManagementCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree in STEM field and a minimum of 8 years of experience, a Master's degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience in Engineering, Operations, Program and/or Functional Management

6 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries

US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance

Active Secret Security Clearance