Manager Programs 2

Program Manager 2, Sentinel Navigation Inertial Measurement System Deployment Lead

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Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) Sector is seeking a Program Manager 2, in the role of the Sentinel Navigation Inertial Measurement System (NIMS) Deployment Lead to provide managerial oversight and coordination and support the Program Manager Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead in the execution of the program system integration and delivery. This position will be located on site in Woodland Hills, California and will support the Sentinel-NIMS program for the Navigation and Cockpit Systems (NCS) Business Unit (BU).

The NIMS Deployment Lead will oversee the process of the NIMS integrated system across various hardware configuration life cycles, from build to integration and delivery of the system. This effort will require planning and coordinating the entire deployment process from NIMS system configuration requirements validation through integration testing, through hardware release in its full sell-off compliance. This effort will require technical oversight of the integrated team to understand and oversee deployment criteria, coordinate across multi-function teams responsible for subsystem component deliveries and manufacturing and release. The deployment lead will provide oversight to the portfolio teams while completing tasks alongside team members during peak times in aligning with schedule milestones. The candidate will manage NIMS configuration items and test hardware utilization roadmaps, to allow full extent possible of shared hardware resources and maintain the program execution pacing. The candidate will also track delivery compliance 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 lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Lead and coordinate cross-team hardware deployment activities, including integration testing, validation/verification of system requirements, and support to program test events and sell-off.
• Plan and manage hardware configuration, release sequencing, and required deployment equipment (e.g., containers, materials, transportation) in partnership with engineering and global supply chain.
• Serve as a central point of contact with the Program Manager Lead, IPTs, and stakeholders to communicate status, issues, and risks; navigate customer negotiations; and ensure alignment to contract scope and sell-off requirements.
• Monitor, measure, and report program performance using EVMS and other control tools; support financial forecasts, EACs, headcount reviews, and cost/schedule/material execution in coordination with CAMs and functionals.
• Develop and maintain master plans and schedules, manage program resources to support hardware releases, and prepare and deliver briefings to leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.

The candidate will report to the Program Manager IPT Lead and provide support for the successful execution of the team. A successful deployment lead has good leadership skills, can work independently, makes decisions that support program accomplishments, and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams. A successful deployment lead will consistently bring up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor and accountability to achieve the timely release of hardware deliveries and deployments.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant professional experience, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline or Master of Business Administration (MBA) with 6 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading development programs and coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve defined program objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering, system integration, and test principles to hardware development, integration, deployment, and/or delivery activities.
• Demonstrated experience managing program execution, including responsibility for cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, and/or program deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering program status, technical, and/or executive-level briefings to program leadership, customers, and/or other stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Current/active U.S. Government Secret security clearance required to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience supporting the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program or a comparable strategic weapons system program.
• Demonstrated program management experience within the aerospace and defense industry.
• Demonstrated experience applying Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles and/or serving as a Cost Account Manager (CAM), including responsibility for cost, schedule, forecasting, variance analysis, and/or Estimate at Completion (EAC) activities.
• Demonstrated experience executing Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contracts.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or executing an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) program.

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family. Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!