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Functional Engineering Project Management (EPM) Frontline Manager
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Virginia-Dulles
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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. 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’s Space Sector is looking for a Functional Frontline Manager to join the Eastern Region Engineering Project Management (EPM) Homeroom. This Manager role will be based in Dulles, VA and will both perform in a leadership role on a program and simultaneously manage a team of engineers supporting multiple business units, including EPMs and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads. The Manager receives general strategic, business, and administrative direction from the Senior EPM Department Manager, and has authority to make engineering project management decisions and recommendations that have an impact on new business, program performance, design, development roadmaps, and mission operations for their assigned mission portfolio. In addition to performing Functional Management duties, the selected candidate is expected to be mostly self-directed and leverage previous technical experience to lead a technical team on a program to deliver on our commitments while meeting cost, schedule and technical performance. The position includes an anticipated time split between functional/personnel management duties (20%) and direct work in support of a program (80%) and will be responsible for the following: • Lead coordination of Engineering activities, including pre-proposal analysis, proposal development, baseline development, execution to the plan, problem resolution and customer interactions on a program. • Lead the technical-staff planning, assignments, career development, compensation planning and performance management for the direct reports. • Identify EPM, IPT Lead, and CAM skills & experience needed for program engineering execution and participate in the recruiting, hiring and training of new staff • Ensure that the EPM staff adhere to their Statements of Work (SOWs), deliver robust engineering products and meet all program engineering requirements, within technical, cost and schedule requirements • Ensure that the EPM staff adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry s