Northrop Grumman · 12 hours ago
Program Manager 2- Active Secret Clearance Required - R10221391
St Augustine, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$139K/yr - $209K/yr
4+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Program Manager 2 to support New Business Integrated Product Teams. The role involves overseeing program life cycle phases, managing cost, schedule, and technical performance while cultivating customer relationships to drive long-term value creation.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems and include, but are not limited to:
Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
Measuring and reporting program performance
Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
Preparing Business case analysis to evaluate various courses of action as it relates to cost or schedule mitigation plans
Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements
Managing Government/customer supplied property or information
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
Identify the functional skills required to complete each process within the multi-disciplined team’s statement of work
Cultivating customer relationships to develop further opportunities within the customer community
Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to manage a project team daily and communicate effectively with leadership regarding status, awareness, and escalations
The ability to effectively plan, define, establish, communicate, monitor, and control scope to ensure that all the work required and only the work required is performed
The ability to initiate, develop, integrate, execute, direct and control program plans and cost and schedule baselines that meet both program contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations
Ability to resolve disputes and negotiate with a positive outcome while maintaining good relationships with customers and within the organization
Proposal Management – Preparing and delivering proposals for Operations
Participate in creation, review and finalization of the program Statement of Work
Shapes contract strategy, supports negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions
Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
Establish the baseline and performance for their team’s cost & schedule scope in alignment with the overall program parameters
Design and owns recovery strategies for financial, schedule and customer impacts
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and 6 years of related program management experience as defined below, OR a Master's degree in STEM(science, technology, engineering, math) and 4 years of related experience as defined below
Experience as a project lead, cost account manager, functional manager or demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
Experience in Project Management skills and toolsets, such as metric creation, functional homeroom coordination, managing Integrated master schedules, etc
Experience in manufacturing within the aerospace/defense industry
Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook)
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DOD must be in-scope or enrolled in continuous evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Preferred
Experience in Risk and Opportunity Management
PMP® certification
Active Program Access
Experience on aircraft program start-up and development
Experience with manufacturing software tools, shop floor controls and metrics
Strong manufacturing background
Competent use of MES and SAP Knowledge
Prior Program Management or Project Management Experience
Prior EVMS Certification
Experience working in or with Manufacturing, Industrial, or Tooling Engineering disciplines
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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