Senior Human Resources; HR Director
Listed on 2026-01-13
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HR/Recruitment
Talent Manager, HR Manager, Employee Relations -
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Talent Manager, HR Manager, Employee Relations, Operations Manager
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Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Senior
Human Resources (HR) Director in El Segundo or Redondo Beach, California to provide leadership in support of our Air Dominance Division (ADD). This leadership role will report to the Aeronautics Systems Human Resources Vice President and lead a team of qualified, diverse individuals. Northrop Grumman was recently recognized on HRO Today’s Top 100 HR Teams which spotlights companies with the most exemplary Human Resources departments.
The Senior HR Director serves as a strategic business partner providing day-to-day support to the ADD Vice President and General Manager as well as the division senior leadership team in the accomplishment of business objectives. The primary function of the role is to be a strategic partner and consultant to the division, and to develop and execute a human capital strategy in place to attract, engage, develop, and retain the talent necessary to meet current and future state strategic goals.
The selected candidate will lead a team of HR Business Partners responsible for development and implementation of HR strategy and will lead human capital programs and core processes across the division including but not limited to talent assessment and development, performance management, employee relations, total rewards, succession planning and talent pipeline development, organization effectiveness and leadership development.
Leadership responsibilities for this role will include:- Act as a trusted advisor to division senior leadership – influence to optimize collaboration and ownership of division and sector objectives.
- Strategic thought leadership, organizational and project management skills in a high paced environment.
- Leverage data and analytics to drive business outcomes.
- Make sound decisions with urgency that require evaluation of alternatives. These decisions may be made under conditions of uncertainty or where little precedent exists.
- Interpret, execute, and recommend modifications to processes, policies, and practices.
- Implementing division HR strategy and initiatives aligned to sector and division matrix.
- Leveraging data insights and trends to identify division level business challenges; proactively partnering with / influencing division leadership to strategize business solutions; developing and leading planning, design, implementation, communication, and delivery of high impact HR initiatives across the division and in partnership with peer HR Business Leaders
- Strengthening capabilities, empowerment, and accountability among the division HR team to provide best-in-class HR partnership and thought leadership.
- Partnering with division leadership to develop talent management, succession planning, and talent review strategy / cadence to bolster technical / functional leadership talent capability and strengthen the talent pipeline.
- Partnering with division leadership to identify talent retention strategies to drive best in class employee experience (leveraging total rewards, company mission and values, best in class culture, career development and employee flexibility).
- Leading / analyzing and presenting employee survey data/key themes to leadership; supporting leadership…
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