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Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Maryland-Linthicum
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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. Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems (NGMS) Sector is looking for a Manager, Programs Level 3 to support the Advanced Electronic Warfare Business Area in the Emerging Capabilities Development (ECD) organization onsite in Linthicum, MD . The primary objective of this position will be the leadership of Research and Development programs to satisfy contractual requirements, on cost and on schedule, while delivering a products and services that meet customer expectations. What You'll Get to Do: The selected candidate will lead a highly technical Science and Technology (S&T) team focused on Advanced Sensor and multi-function capabilities. Typical program duties encompass all phases of the S&T program life cycle from inception (customer engagement and proposal development) through startup, execution, demonstrations and completion. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Program Management of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the program. • Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning • Measuring and reporting program performance. • Interfacing with internal and external customers, suppliers, and industry partners. • Developing and delivering presentations to customers, executive management, and other stakeholders. • Identifying new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, cultivating customer relationships, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans. • Managing customer and/or capital property Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant professional experience, or a Master’s degree in a related STEM discipline with 6 years of relevant professional experience. • Demonstrated program or project management experience supporting U.S. Government/DoD programs, proposals, and/or contracts. • Demonstrated experience serving in both a technical contributor and technical leadership capacity on engineering, research and development, and/or technology development programs. • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical teams with responsibility for cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, and/or program deliverables. • Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering technical and programmatic briefings, program reviews, and/or recommendations to customers, senior leadership, and other stakeholders. • Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, and Microsoft Project, for program planning, analysis, reporting, scheduling, and/or executive presentations. • Demonstrated experience serving as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) and/or managing cost and schedule performance using Earned Value Management principles.