Mission Manager (Program Manager 2) - Active Top Secret/SCI required

- Manager

About the position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. The Mission Integration Organization (within the Space Security Business Unit and the Tactical Space Systems Division) is seeking a motivated and talented Mission Manager (Manager, Programs 2) to join the Space Security Software Factory leadership team. This individual will oversee Peregrine, our modeling & simulation product that supports operator training and force exercises, and our related investments to expand our modeling and simulation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Creating responses to RFP/RFI/ROMs for emerging missions and enhancements to current systems
• Executing on early-phase and/or quick-reaction stakeholder needs
• Managing and executing concurrent projects
• Leading all phases of assigned programmatic efforts from inception through completion
• Owning the cost, schedule and technical performance of assigned programmatic efforts
• Participating in contractual change management, negotiation of contracts, and contract changes
• Interfacing with internal and external customers for assigned program activities, leading program review sessions with customers to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Establishing design concepts, criteria and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test
• Working with business development and capture management team members to develop new business and enhance the product
• Establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to master plans and schedules, identifying program problems and obtaining solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications
• Coordination amongst functional, security and site leadership to ensure access to needed resources in support of successful project execution
• Leading the work of employees assigned from technical, manufacturing and administrative areas.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Clearance/SCI
• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years, or Master’s and 6 years’ experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other industries
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
• Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
• Experience with agile software development and associated toolsets
• Experience in the space industry with design, operations, engineering, program management, or any other related discipline
• The ability to manage communications with stakeholders to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs
• 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.
• 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.
• The ability to recognize and respond to customer needs in order to develop additional sales that support organizational objectives.
• 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.
• The ability to plan for, identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints.
• 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.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience with Modeling & Simulation systems and concepts, in support of operator training, large force exercises and/or wargaming
• The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance.
• Insight into customer technical and business (financial, political, cultural) requirements and the ability to shape customer expectations with a solution that satisfies their needs and is advantageous to the company.
• 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.
• The ability to define proposal strategy, lead proposal teams, analyze and shape RFPs, produce and deliver winning proposals, effectively track and incorporate Review Team comments and findings, and manage post-proposal submittals (orals, finding responses).

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business