Northrop Grumman Australia · 19 hours ago
Program Manager 1 - Precision Products
United States-California-San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$133K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Program Manager 1 to support their Precision Structures team. The role involves managing program cost, schedule, and technical performance, while acting as the primary customer interface and leading program review sessions.
Defense & Space
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
Develop new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
Establish a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
Lead cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
Measure and report program performance
Deliver presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
Participate in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
Establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test
Create, review and finalize the program Statement of Work
Identify, distribute, track, and complete program requirements
Establish and manage the program and subordinate baselines
Develop and adhere to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools
Identify, allocate and manage program resources, to include workforce planning
Manage Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
Manage suppliers to meet program objectives
Adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
Ensure the program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manage change through control board activities
Develop and adhere to master plans and schedules
Conduct thorough risk and opportunity management practices to include identification, mitigation and realization
Travel Approximately 10%
Qualification
Required
Bachelor degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years' related experience as defined below
Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, IPT Lead, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions
Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills to internal and external Customers
Experience supporting proposal efforts, business plans, operating budgets, or program budgets
Demonstrated financial management skills including: development and control of program budgets, schedules, Estimate at Complete (EAC), and the ability to recognize and capture program changes
Demonstrated Program Execution and Performance
Gated design development experience (PDR, CDR)
US Citizenship is required
Preferred
Bachelor's of Master's degree in Engineering
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