Director of Flight Systems Payloads & Integrations

• Developing increased customer intimacy for the customer base by leading the Flight Systems Payload Integrations IPT and partnering with System Program Office (SPO) Government leadership

• Coordinating with SDS Engineering FHR organizations regarding current and projected staffing needs to execute IPT activity and drive employee engagement and effectiveness

• Partnering with SMT Leads to oversee and adjust IPT activity being performed by Textron, Lockheed Martin, and Inter-Agency Work Order (IWO) suppliers

• Profit & Loss management to include monitoring earned value management system metrics and compiling Monthly and Quarterly financial reports to support annual sales projections, comprehensive estimates at complete, and long range strategic plans

• Developing and supporting growth strategies for Payloads and Protections Sentinel and adjacent program opportunities

• Execute program activity in a manner that meets or exceeds Northrop Grumman yearly financial goals and customer requirements

• Oversee the preparation of new and restructure/modification proposals and guide proposal teams to develop executable program plans balancing risk and affordability

• Grow the Payloads and Protections portfolio to drive profitable revenue growth and maximized annual sales

• Support the development and refinement of program management and project control processes and procedures

• Participate in programmatic and technical governance boards and assist engineers with executing change management

• Lead Payloads & Protections activities to execute upcoming flight tests and to scale for production

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of relevant experience or 8+ years with a Master’s Degree.
• Direct work experience with Department of War Government personnel
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to build and maintain supplier and Government relationships
• Active US Government Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance and SAP

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Hard Skills

• Profit & Loss management
• earned value management
• financial reporting
• program management
• project control processes
• change management
• program proposals
• risk management
• affordability analysis
• customer intimacy development

Soft Skills

• leadership
• employee engagement
• communication
• collaboration
• strategic planning
• relationship building
• governance participation
• team guidance
• adaptability
• problem-solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree
• US Government Secret Clearance
• Top Secret Clearance
• SAP