Sentinel Launch IPT Production Operations Director

Director Programs 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
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's Defense Systems is looking for a Director Programs 1 to lead Production Operations within the Launch Systems Business Unit for the Sentinel Program. This leadership role is located in Roy, Utah. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to lead in a dynamic engineering and manufacturing environment. There is significant responsibility and visibility with executive leadership and the broad customer organization.

As the Launch Business Unit (BU) Integrated Product Team (IPT) Production Operations Director reporting to the Sentinel Production Operations Senior Director, you will be responsible for providing execution leadership for execution of the manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, production planning, deployment and build activities for the Launch Systems BU. Your primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule to include internally produced items an deployment of assets that support qualification testing and execution of the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract.

You will be expected to manage day-to-day operations of the Launch Systems Build IPT Production Operations team, to include, cross-segment program coordination. Additionally, you will build and nurture relationships with the Production Operations homeroom to ensure appropriate resource alignment to the Launch Systems IPT Production Operations scope execution. In this position, you will work with both the Program and Launch Systems IPT Product Development Teams to drive development and maturation of manufacturing engineering and deployment content and artifacts in support of program commitments.

What You Will Get To Do:

• Establish and direct the implementation of Manufacturing and Production Operations across the Sentinel Program for the Launch Systems BU, driving consistency and implementation across program/product teams at all national locations and multiple subcontractor locations
• Execute the manufacturing scope for critical assemblies and equipment to enable launch of the Sentinel ICBM
• Own the manufacturing and production operations strategy/planning for system delivery including the follow-on production contract
• Manage all aspects of process development as it applies to production operations to include training and development across mission/weapon system engineering, subsystem/component design engineering as well as nuclear surety and SDS program specific processes and enablers
• Ensure Design Engineering product quality and consistency and manage auditing and oversight functions, including metrics development and management
• Work with and coordinate through the functional homeroom to ensure proper training, role & responsibility assignments enabling successful execution of the Production Operations scope
• Interface closely with the product/program team leadership and implement systems engineering priorities for the team and ensure manufacturing success
• Prepare the Launch Systems development teams for production execution including definition of manufacturing and deployment facilities, deployment planning and execution of build scope to support EMD…