Program Manager , Espada Core – Top Secret

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret

TRAVEL:
No

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’s Space Systems sector has an exciting career opportunity for a Program Manager 3 to join the Intelligence Systems Division’s Surveillance and Targeting Business Unit to lead the development, maturation, and risk reduction effort for the Passive Sensors Operating Unit’s Espada Core program responsible for the next generation of high performance, passive sensing payloads.

This position is 100% on-site in Linthicum, MD.

• Please be aware that this position will be contingent upon capturing program award, obtaining and maintaining customer funding, and holding final clearance prior to start date.

• Lead and direct cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical performance and quality objectives
• Develop, and manage to, a comprehensive integrated master schedule to meet key schedule milestones within cost and technical performance parameters
• Establish and maintain an effective program organization that addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
• Develop and adhere to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Resolve issues in accordance with business objectives, strategies, legal requirements, regulations, contract terms, and company policies
• Measure and report program performance
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Ensure team accountability while fostering team engagement
• Manage and mitigate risks aggressively and collaboratively across functional organizations
• Develop strategic plans including annual operating plans, internal development projects and business growth opportunities

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 years (or 9 years with a STEM degree) of related experience as defined below; OR a master’s degree and 8 years (or 7 years with a STEM degree) of related experience as defined below
• Professional experience in project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions
• 7 years of functional and/or technical leadership experience
• Proven experience managing a hardware development program
• Experience with customer and stakeholder relationship management
• Proven presentation/briefing development experience
• Experience using program management tools such as Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Integrated Master Plan (IMP), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Risk and Opportunity Management
• Experience supporting U.S. Government proposal activities that includes BOE development and writing contributions on proposal artifacts
• Current/Active Top Secret Security Clearance at time of application (adjudicated within the last 5 years) and the ability to obtain and maintain access to Special Compartmented Information (SCI)

• Proven experience leading an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and/or production program
• Experience in contract negotiation including fee structure, terms and conditions, and work scope
• Experience in implementing effective risk mitigation plans
• Ability to work independently with limited oversight
• Track record as an effective collaborator, communicator and problem solver who is able to…