Program Manager

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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 and 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 the ability to bring 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.

Reporting to the AOX Devens Manager of Programs, the Program Manager 1 will align multidisciplinary engineering and business functional teams across all program and product lifecycle phases in semiconductor, directed energy, space, and astronomy applications. You will be responsible for the profitable execution of programs that meet schedule and customer requirements. Our ideal candidate will possess exceptional technical expertise, collaborative people skills, and a proven ability to thrive in a technically dynamic, high‑growth, fast‑paced, and strategically important operating unit for NG Space Systems.

• Lead without direct authority cross‑functional engineering and business teams during proposal, design, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases
• Lead program risk and opportunity management across all program functions through identification, mitigation planning, and execution
• Transition innovative optical product designs to manufacturing, working with the technical team to identify ways to streamline manufacturing and assembly processes, achieving required delivery rates and reduced cost targets
• Develop and execute project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, Estimates‑at-Completion (EACs), and workload forecasts
• Work with supply chain and suppliers and be able to articulate project requirements and ensure compliance
• Brief internal and customer leadership on progress of work assigned
• Lead failure root cause analysis and corrective action teams
• Track and report on manufacturing metrics vs. plan including yield, COPQ, and throughput
• Establish milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules
• Identify program problems and generate and execute recovery plans
• Work closely with leadership to ensure full compliance with Division, Corporate, and Government policies
• Accountable for all aspects of program execution and success including financial success, on‑time delivery, technical performance, product quality, scope and change management, risk management, and customer satisfaction

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical discipline and 5+ years of relevant experience, OR 3+ years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree
• 3+ years of Program or Project Management experience or similar (e.g. Lead IPT, Control Account Manager, or Lead NPT)
• Experience in the Aerospace/Defense Industry and design for manufacturing and transition to production programs
• Gated design development experience (PDR, CDR)
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Proven analytical, technical, strategic, and problem‑solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and MS Project
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance
• US Citizenship is a requirement

• Familiarity with optics (e.g. adaptive optics, deformable mirrors, complex optical structures, ceramics manufacturing)
• Experience in manufacturing and/or production program execution with optimization and/or continuous improvement production line execution
• Active Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Advanced Degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or MBA
• Lean manufacturing…