Mission Manager; Program Manager - Top Secret​/SCI - R10225806

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

• Creating responses to RFP/RFI/ROMs for emerging missions and enhancements to current systems
• Executing on early-phase and/or quick-reaction stakeholder needs while focusing on program execution and growth
• 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
• Executing a project quality management system to satisfy quality requirements and create a project value system which emphasizes prevention over inspection and continuous process improvement
• Leading the work of employees assigned from technical, and administrative areas. A successful candidate is solution oriented, motivated, can‑do, organized, and enjoys working with a diverse team creating complex and challenging solutions critical to our nation’s security. Locations:
  Colorado Springs, CO

• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Programs (SAP) clearance at time of application
• 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 defense industry with design, operations, engineering, program management, or any other related discipline
• Communications:
  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
• Issue & Problem Resolution:
  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.
• Planning, Scheduling & Earned Value:
  The ability to initiate, develop, integrate, execute, direct and control program plans and cost and schedule baselines that meet both program contractual requirements and…