Human Resources Director

Northrop Grumman

Director of Human Resources at Northrop Grumman driving HR strategies to support business success. Leading a team in executing talent management, organizational structure, and employee engagement initiatives.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeLinthicum • Maryland, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $177,000 - $278,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead organization transformation and change management efforts to drive culture and business outcomes in partnership with CoE partners and sr. Division leaders.
Create organization design structures and operating models to enable optimal team support, driving the success of the business and maximizing employee performance and engagement.
Aligned to the evolving business demands, understand critical skills & supply/demand needs across the organization to inform talent movement actions.
Develop talent management, succession planning, and talent review strategies / cadence to bolster leadership talent capability and strengthen the talent pipeline.
Identify strategies to drive employee performance, engagement & retention, leveraging total rewards, company mission and values, best-in-class culture, career development and employee flexibility.
Leverage data insights and trends to identify functional business challenges; proactively partnering with/influencing leadership to strategize on business solutions; developing and leading planning, design, implementation, communication, and delivery of high impact HR initiatives across the organization and in partnership with peer HR Business Leaders.
Lead a team of HR professionals by providing guidance, flow-down, coaching and support to optimize their performance and potential.
Collaborate closely with the Sector functional organizations and CoEs to ensure clear communication, clarity and overall alignment for the leaders and HR teams.
Lead the HR operating rhythm (planning cycles, HRLT cadences, Human Capital reviews, and executive materials).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of progressive experience in HR, People Operations, strategy, or related field – OR – Master’s degree with 8+ years of progressive experience in HR, People Operations, strategy, or related field.
5+ years leading teams and delivering cross-functional programs.
Proven experience developing and executing HR or business strategies at the sector or enterprise level.
Strong program/project management skills and experience with HR operating models.
Executive-level communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
Proficiency with HR analytics, KPIs, and dashboarding.
Ability to travel 10–20% between sites.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays
paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

HR analyticsprogram managementproject managementtalent managementsuccession planningemployee engagement strategiesoperating modelsdata insightsbusiness strategy executionperformance management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationinfluencestakeholder managementcoachingcollaborationorganizational transformationchange managementemployee retention strategiesteam optimization