Program Manager - Site Lead Security Clearance

Position: Program Manager 3 - Site Lead with Security Clearance
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
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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 Program Manager 3, Site Lead to to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position is located in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The Program Manager 3, Site Lead will require a strong technical leader with a focus on program execution and business development including customer intimacy, proposal development, cost and schedule performance management. You will be overseeing full site operations as direct manager to the Hopkinton Site, which includes a variety of disciplines, and reporting to the larger corporate division.

In addition, you will be the main interface with customers and leadership, developing solution and ensuring captures, and successful execution of technical performance, schedule and budget. The Hopkinton Massachusetts facility is engaged in the design, development, and manufacturing of antennas, passive microwave components, and high power components for EW aerospace applications and associated OEM's. We have a strong cultural focus on design for manufacturability and therefore have our manufacturing and engineering resources co-located within the facility.

In addition to our in-house machining, assembly, and quality capabilities, our test department has two antenna ranges. One is a far field range and the other is a near field 8'x8' scanning range. The test department also has multiple PNAs giving us measurement capability to 50GHz on site. Design development and manufacturing use industry standard software packages which are readily available.

Position

Description:

This position will require an individual comfortable with leading diverse team with a significant amount of autonomy and associated accountability, covering the full life cycle of projects from inception through production. Given the small team environment, we are looking for a leader with the willingness to assume multiple roles and responsibilities from supporting RF and mechanical design, design for manufacturability (DFM), proposal support, program execution and management and business development.

This position has the ability to directly influence site growth through business development that contributes to the objectives of the division. Applicants must have the ability to work hands-on with floor operations, engage in leadership, and assist in customer development. Applicants must demonstrate prior working experience in the aerospace industry and substantiate prior leadership and engineering experience. Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same.

We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree and 10 years (or Bachelor of Science in STEM and 9 years) of related experience as defined below, OR a Master's degree and 8 years (or Master of Science in STEM and 7 years) of related experience as defined below:

* Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions.

* Prior experience in the aerospace industry, with design, development and/or production of antenna apertures and passive RF components.

* Project or Program Leadership experience: scheduling, budgets, product costing, Cost Account Management (CAM), internal and external customer interface, reports and presentations, PDR's CDR,s etc.

* Experience in at least one of the following areas of business development: proposal management, customer development, new business capture, business management and strategy.

* Your ability to obtain and/or…