Northrop Grumman

Senior Director – Program Excellence

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Baltimore • Illinois • Maryland • United States

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Salary

💰 $254,200 - $381,200 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead independent reviews on programs across the division
  • Awareness, education and implementation of internal processes for Program Management
  • Oversee the agile transformation for the MSTS division
  • Enable cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) program teams
  • Increased application of robust Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) across programs
  • Awareness of, compliance to, and implementation of the One NG Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology
  • Effectiveness of risk & opportunity (R&O) management practices across programs to include the identification of R&O, the quantification of R&O and the mitigation / realization of R&O, to include application of common tools across division programs
  • Continuous improvement of internal reporting systems (i.e. IPRS) and associated metrics to provide key insights to management
  • Ensuring proficiency on Contract Change Management across division programs
  • Development and delivery of presentations to sector, division, and program stakeholders
  • Understanding of execution strategies for a variety of proposals and contract types (FFP, CPFF)
  • Support process and gate reviews of proposals and strategic business focus
  • Advise teams on negotiation strategies and negotiation tactics
  • Maintains strategy and roadmap for transitioning division to agile approaches in line with vision set by General Manager and in coordination with Digital Transformation Office
  • Maintains strategy and roadmap for participating in Digital Transformation pilots and projects, in coordination with Digital Transformation Office
  • Leads the efforts to digitize division DLT operations, with particular focus on high-value dashboards and automated data synthesis to ensure timely, transparent information that is a single source of truth, to enable local data analytics of sector performance drivers, and to reduce manual, headquarters-driven data/information calls.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and 12 (10 or more years with a Master's degree) or more years of related experience in program management, engineering, project management or related field
  • Demonstrated experience supporting Department of Defense/War or Government contracts
  • Familiarity and application of NG Program Management processes and tools on programs
  • Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
  • Demonstrated success aligning teams, organizations or employee resource groups to achieve a common goal
  • Demonstrated ability to see strategic opportunities and innovation across a broad portfolio of division programs
  • Proven success in influencing individuals and teams who do not directly report to you
  • Must have an active U.S. DoW Secret security clearance or higher to be considered
  • Must be able to travel frequently to sites across the division
Benefits
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Program ManagementAgile TransformationIntegrated Master Schedules (IMS)Earned Value Management (EVM)Risk & Opportunity ManagementContract Change ManagementData AnalyticsDigital TransformationProposal Execution StrategiesNegotiation Strategies
Soft Skills
LeadershipCross-functional CollaborationStrategic ThinkingInfluencing SkillsCommunicationPresentation SkillsContinuous ImprovementTeam AlignmentProblem SolvingAdaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeU.S. DoW Secret Security Clearance