Northrop Grumman
Program Manager 3- Strategy & Operations Manager
Annapolis Junction, MD | $172K - $271K
Qualifications
- Citizenship required: United States Citizenship
- Clearance Type: Secret
- Proven experience as a team player and collaborator; ability to ensure execution with delegation
- Demonstrated attention to detail; highly organized; excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Previous experience in people and technical leadership roles
- Strong understanding of engineering process with execution experience across the program lifecycle
- Bachelor’s Degree in STEM field and a minimum of 10 years of experience; or a Master’s degree with 8 years of experience; or a PhD with 6 years of experience in Engineering, Operations, Program and/or Functional Management
- 6 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries
- Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
Responsibilities
- Category: Program Management
- Location: Linthicum, Maryland, United States of America | Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States of America+ 1 more
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- The Manager of Engineering Strategy & Operations facilitates engineering functional strategy development and provides leadership of day-to-day operations for the Microelectronics Design and Application (MDA) Engineering and Sciences organization
- In this role the manager ensures the coordination and seamless integration of activities across individual teams within the two sister organizations, (HW/Sciences and SW/SEIT)
- The Manager also provides support to executive leadership to enable strategic execution, including continuous planning; goal and metrics tracking; organizational and program risk identification and mitigation; and the development, dissemination, and deployment of tasks associated with engineering initiatives
- This position offers a challenging balance between development/ implementation of long-range strategy and assurance of efficient, timely execution of tactical operations
- Facilitate and maintain an engineering strategy as the primary area of focus:
- Participate in long-range strategic planning process for E&S orgs, including engagement, seating, and other facilities needs
- Translate business needs into short / long-term engineering functional strategies (people, process, tools, products and services)
- Establish and implement a business rhythm to align resources to the organization’s objectives
- Ensure commonality and the sharing of best practices for operations functions within each engineering organization
- Lead the proactive creation and integration of work products necessary to support reporting requirements
- Develop and maintain operational calendar for leadership team; ensure clear communication of dates and deliverables to other task owners
- Partner with engineering and division operations managers in an operational cadence to include cyclic reporting and analysis of program and portfolio goals to achieve contractual and organizational objectives
- Lead and manage the process for E&S funded projects including NCTA, ITA, and capital initiatives
- Track, document, and report status of training, conference attendance, Independent Reviews, proposals, and CEACs across the organization
- Coordinate engineering status reporting tailored to customer audience
- Manage and maintain data repositories (e.g; SharePoint, Website content)
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate staff meetings, leadership off-sites and site visits, organizational reviews, and other leadership team activities
- Collect, track, and analyze data; develop appropriate reports/presentation materials in support of Engineering level mtgs and leadership team decision-making actions
- Publish meeting minutes with actions; coordinate with teams to drive actions to closure in alignment with organizational priorities
- Lead the operations team in the execution of all of the above responsibilities
- Serve as a delegate for the leader in designated reviews as required
- Perform special assignments and lead special initiatives as required
- Solid-line report to the Director of Engineering
Benefits
- Salary Range: $172,500 - $271,000
- The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions
- Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results
- Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives
- In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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