Director of Programs - Deployables & Astro

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Goleta
Posted on: November 14, 2021

Job Description:

Requisition ID: 21011172

• Category: Program Management
• Location: Goleta - CA, United States of America
• Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
• Clearance Type: None
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Positions Available: 1At 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.The Space Components Business Unit is seeking a Director of Programs to join our team. This position is located in Goleta, CA or Oxnard, CA. Responsibilities:- Develop the consolidated Deployables and Astro long-range strategic plan. Develop rationale for growth opportunities and conduct business case analysis. Support new business activities targeting change management, increasing scope and content on existing programs, and identifying new opportunities with existing customers.- Accountable for the consolidated Deployables and Astro product programmatic portion for Division Ops Reviews, delegations, and proposal reviews including cross-product proposals. Decision making authority, per delegation authority. Lead program cost control plan and improve program risk register process.- Serve as a tiered escalation level for programmatic, customer, and operational issues that aligned with the Deployables and Astro Value Stream Owner (Operations).- Provide direct leadership to assigned program managers and proactively strengthen the function through the performance management process, including: individual and group goal setting, coaching and development. Manage department priorities aligned with the strategy deployment process (SDP). Mentor talent to assume increased responsibilities. Deploy resources to meet customer demands. Establish and maintain product training requirements.- Support Product Architecture Standardization, Cost Reduction, and Vertical Integration activities.- Maintain current and actionable market-customer-pursuit intelligence that supports the assigned product and space components objectives.- Develop and implement the Deployables and Astro programs operating mode l and organizational design. Evaluate and implement program and product best practices from the legacy Deployables and Astro businesses. Implement programs daily management standards, business systems and tools, and align improvement focus with Operations team.Basic Qualifications:- B.S. in Engineering or Business required. MBA or M.S. Engineering preferred.- Minimum of 10 years of experience in Program Management. Minimum of 5 years of experience managing program manager's preferred.- Requires a proven track record of developing product strategy and developing customer relationships, pursuit capture, and shaping requirements.- Requires product-area technical experience. Requires the passion and relentless drive to achieve results, exceptional leadership skills, effective and timely decision making, negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.- Requires knowledge and experience with implementation and execution of process standards focused on programs, business development, and risk management identification and mitigation.- Excellent communication skills - written, oral, listening.- US Citizenship requiredPreferred Qualifications:- Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance- Experience with development an d implementation of a programs operating model and organizational design and evaluation and implementation of best practices.Additional Requirements:- ITAR Requirements: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.Northrop Grumman is applying entrepreneurial thinking and commercial practices to deliver reliable, innovative and affordable products and services to our customers and grow our core areas while harnessing new technologies that will take our products and your ideas into the future. When encouraged to think beyond the ordinary, you'll be amazed at what you can do!Salary Range: 192500 - 288700Employees 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.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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