Director Mission Assurance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes
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.

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is looking for a Director Mission Assurance 1 to lead the Quality and Mission Assurance organization for the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division. This leadership role is located in Roy, Utah
. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to lead in a dynamic engineering and production environment. There is significant responsibility and visibility with executive leadership and the broad customer organization.

• Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs.
• Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Assess program performance and risks, and determine resources to ensure mission assurance.
• Ensure the on‑time delivery of high‑quality products and services that meet all contractual requirements and business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement of people, products, processes, systems, and services through world‑class manufacturing, innovative technologies, lean principles, Six Sigma projects, and common best practices.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with mission assurance programs, policies, procedures, and standards, conforming to established specifications and agency guidelines.
• Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and governmental regulations, and agency guidelines to assure compliance.
• Provide leadership that fosters an inclusive, motivated, and engaged work culture.
• Support the development phase of programs by assuring engineering products and processes conform to internal and customer requirements.
• Work directly with engineering and manufacturing to ensure inspections, process control analyses, and audits are conducted continuously.
• Ensure Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes align with industry capability maturity models and QMS standards (AS9100).
• Provide direct oversight in all efforts related to factory accountability and foreign object elimination practices.
• Review trend metrics and analyze misses to implement appropriate improvements.
• Standardize and facilitate root cause/corrective action efforts to resolve quality issues.

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of related technical experience or a Master’s with 8 years of experience
• Demonstrated experience developing, communicating, and instituting new processes for an organization
• Experience managing people
• 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Mission Assurance specific roles
• 5 years of experience in metric development for process health and performance monitoring of large programs/projects
• Leadership experience in both EMD and…