Sentinel Program Manager Equipment and Transport Lead R10218449

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available.

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time

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.

As the NGLS IMT Support Equipment and Transport Lead, you will lead a dynamic cross‑functional team managing major supplier support equipment efforts by providing Program Management leadership, technical leadership, and direction in support of multi‑million‑dollar projects. Your primary focus within the IMT is managing the vast scope associated with Booster for support equipment and transportation.

• IMT Program Manager (Supporting IMT Booster Lead)
• Global Supply Chain (GSC)
• Mission Assurance (MA)
• Production
• Engineering
• Business Management
• Various support functions

• Supports and monitors technical performance baselines, compares key subcontract technical performance measures, assesses execution status, and takes appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline.
• Identifies and addresses impacts through a systematic and proactive approach to risk and opportunity management.
• Communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves issues across all functional elements within the IMT, including the supplier.
• Manages and balances communications with stakeholders through organized and disciplined processes ensuring that subcontract information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored, and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs while protecting the company’s contractual rights.
• Effectively plans, defines, establishes, communicates, monitors, and controls scope to ensure that all of the work required and only the work required is performed.
• Addresses subcontract uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward‑looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the life cycle of the subcontract.
• Oversees and provides financial control and maintenance of budgets, including EVMS metrics (specifically IPMDAR evaluation and reviewing leading/lagging metrics and how they can be applied to performance management) and variance explanations as a Control Account Manager for your supplier.
• Analyzes changes to balance technical, cost, schedule, quality requirements and develops alternatives that address program needs and expectations.
• Prepares higher‑level management briefings and develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress, and tools for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and customers.
• Interprets supplier schedules to understand impact on program schedule and milestones.
• Key leader in developing and reviewing Supplier Statements of Work (SSOWs).
• Develops and maintains Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Reviews supplier proposal responses, including performing technical evaluations, reviewing supplier Basis of Estimates (BOEs), overall proposal quality reviews, and attending proposal related reviews.

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine‑hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.