Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Director 1 - Human Resources (HR)
United States-California-El Segundo
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $278K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Director of Human Resources to support the Engineering Air Dominance Division. The role involves leading HR strategy, managing a team of HR Business Partners, and partnering with leadership to enhance talent management and employee experience.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Implementing HR strategy and initiatives aligned to sector, function and division matrix
Lead a team of HR professionals by providing guidance, flow-down, coaching and support to optimize their performance and potential to provide best-in-class HR partnership and thought leadership
Partnering with Engineering division leadership to develop talent management, succession planning, and talent review strategy/cadence to bolster leadership talent capability and strengthen the talent pipeline
Partnering with Engineering division leadership to identify talent retention strategies to drive best in class employee experience (leveraging total rewards, company mission and values, best in class culture, career development and employee flexibility)
Effectively communicate and partner with internal and external stakeholders to influence and guide our engineering and technical talent teams
Understand critical skills & supply/demand needs across the technical population to identify trends and inform talent deployment/development actions
Leverage data insights and trends to inform decisions, identify business challenges and proactively partner with and influence leadership to strategize business solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of HR or related experience – OR – a Master's degree with at least 8 years of HR or related experience
Experience managing and leading teams; strong people leader and manager with a focus on inspiring and enabling an inclusive, development-focused, and high-performance culture
Strong communicator, collaborator and relationship-builder; experience with influencing, coaching, and consulting with multiple senior executives concurrently
Experienced at leveraging HR processes, tools and data & analytics to accelerate business results and enhance business and employee growth and the employee experience
Demonstrated change management experience, problem solving skills, and the ability to be flexible and adaptable
Executive-level verbal and written communication skills
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance. US Citizenship is a prerequisite
Preferred
Current U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance. US Citizenship is a prerequisite
Previous experience in Aerospace & Defense and/or government contracting
Experience leading a team as an HR manager or higher responsible for multiple HR disciplines
Proficiency with HRIS platforms and emerging technology trends
Experience working in a matrix environment
Ability to travel as needed (approx. 25%)
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