Manager Programs 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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 Mission Systems' (NGMS) Secure Processing Operating Unit (OU) has an immediate opening for a Manager of Programs 3 located onsite in Linthicum, MD. This position will be responsible for capturing and executing on development programs within the SPOU.

The selected candidate will be responsible for proposing and leading the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical requirements and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions. The individual will also lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common capture and program performance goals.

In addition, the candidate will be responsible for development of individual product strategy and internal investments aligned to these strategies (IRAD and Capital).

What You’ll Get To Do

The selected candidate will be expected to strengthen external customer relationships, support strategic positioning activities, and help translate market and mission needs into executable capture and program plans.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience working with and leading diverse teams, be a strong communicator, and be able to work successfully within classified and unclassified arenas. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Capture and execute development programs with may be adjacent to SPOU’s core product lines.
• Serve as the primary interface directly with internal and external SPOU customers and be an essential part of the capture and growth activities within the OU.
• Partner with technical SMEs to develop product line roadmaps.
• Manage SPOU IRAD and Capital portfolios to support next generation product line strategy.
• Develop and manage proposals, as required. Participate in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, milestones schedule, and key terms and conditions.
• Create, review and finalize programs’ statements of work (SOWs), as required.
• Conduct and lead thorough risk & opportunity management including identification, mitigation and realization.
• Lead and direct cross-functional teams to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives.
• Identify, allocate and manage program resources, including Workload Forecast planning (WLF).
• Support opportunity capture activities in partnership with business development, engineering, and functional leaders, including shaping win strategies, supporting gate reviews, contributing to capture plans, and helping mature opportunities from early identification through award.
• Build and sustain trusted customer relationships through regular engagement, responsiveness, and mission understanding, while identifying emerging needs and translating them into actionable growth and execution strategies.
• Support OU-level strategy execution by aligning program priorities to portfolio objectives, informing investment and growth decisions, and coordinating across stakeholders to advance strategic initiatives and operational outcomes.
• Contribute to competitive positioning by assessing customer priorities, mission drivers, acquisition context, and discriminators to help strengthen value propositions and improve probability of win (Pwin).
• Partner across the OU to connect capture, transition, and execution activities so that strategic pursuits are resourced, integrated, and positioned for successful program start-up and delivery.

Basic Qualifications

• · Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant professional experience, or a Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant professional experience, supporting U.S. Government contracts, customers, programs, or related technical/business operations.
• · Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering program reviews, business updates, technical information, recommendations, and/or presentations to customers, program leadership, business-unit leadership, and functional management.
• · Demonstrated experience performing data analysis and cross-functional coordination to identify, implement, and/or measure process improvements.
• · Demonstrated experience leading program, project, or work-package execution with responsibility for schedule, cost, requirements, and defined deliverables as a Project Lead, Integrated Program Team (IPT) Lead, Cost Account Manager (CAM), Earned Value Manager, or comparable role.
• · Demonstrated experience coordinating external customers and cross-functional internal teams, including functions such as Engineering, Operations, Global Supply Chain, Contracts, Finance, and/or Program Management, to execute program objectives.
• · Demonstrated experience with program financial management, including development and/or management of budgets, schedules, forecasts, financial risks, and program performance.
• · Demonstrated experience identifying, tracking, and completing program requirements, milestones, actions, and deliverables.
• · Demonstrated experience identifying and managing security, organizational conflict of interest, export-control, proprietary-information, and/or risk and opportunity requirements, as applicable to program execution.
• · Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams with responsibility for coordinating work, resolving execution issues, and achieving defined program milestones.
• · U.S. citizenship required.
• · Must possess a current/active U.S. government Secret security clearance to be considered and be able to obtain and maintain required Special Access Program (SAP) access after starting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience supporting development-program execution, including cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, and program deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent program priorities, projects, or workstreams with competing schedules and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale programs or a portfolio of programs.
• Experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), program schedules, milestones, and/or execution plans.
• Experience supporting program direction, customer requirements, business objectives, and measurable program results.
• Experience complying with internal processes, policies, procedures, and applicable government or industry requirements.
• Experience supporting capture strategy development, competitive assessments, customer engagement planning, proposal development, and/or transition from capture to program execution.
• Experience working across Business Development, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and other functional organizations in support of program or operating-unit strategy.
• Experience with Mission Security, System Security, cybersecurity, information assurance, and/or related security technologies.
• Current/active U.S. Government Top Secret and/or TS/SCI clearance.

What We Can Offer You

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package