Talent Acquisition University Recruiting and Relations Manager 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None 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. Northrop Grumman (NG) Defense Systems (DS) sector is seeking a Talent Acquisition (TA) University Recruiting & Relations Manager 2 to join the DS Talent Acquisition (TA) organization. We’re looking for strategic thinkers, systems connectors, and empathetic leaders as we continue delivering top talent for the DS sector’s accelerating growth. If you love designing creative laser-focused approaches to pinpoint top talent that also deliver a stellar candidate experience, we want to talk to you! This position can support a teleworker or be based out of one of the following office locations: McLean, VA; Falls Church, VA; Linthicum, MD; Roy, UT; Rocket Center, WV; Plymouth, MN; Warner Robins, GA; Huntsville, AL; or Northridge, CA. This role requires ability to travel up to 25% of the time. As a leader in the DS TA organization, you’ll play a pivotal role in integrating our talent sourcing strategy, technology optimization, and recruitment marketing. You’ll lead a team of talented TA Business Partners who seek, engage, and nurture our DS talent pipeline across all sector business units and early career job profiles. You’ll apply your data-driven mindset and your functional expertise to elevate our team’s market awareness and industry knowledge. We have outstanding partnership with our customers and Human Resources colleagues, which you’ll contribute meaningfully to and cross-functional collaboration with TA managers is critical. Qualified candidates have direct experience leading individual contributors and building trusted relationships with customers. In this role, you will: • Provide project leadership to facets of the Defense Intern Program, including planning, facilitation, and process improvement. This individual would work closely with Talent Acquisition Business Partners (UR&R college recruiters) to ensure a positive and engaging internship program and to promote the conversion of these students to full time openings after their internships are complete. • Lead the Defense URR Operations team, providing leadership and process improvement to ensure the Defense URR Operations team is fully utilized. • Lead the Defense Sector hiring events team, to include planning and providing strategic vision to ensure a diverse pipeline of talent into entry level and interns roles. • Lead the training and development of new members on the Defense University Relations and Recruiting team. • Develop creative strategies to identify, attract and hire top candidates in a timely fashion and share best practices with team members. • Collaborate with Enterprise and Sector UR&R teams to participate in and attend events at focus Universities. • Collaborate with our leaders and other key players to ensure streamlined and positive candidate experience. • Lead Sector Demand Planning and analyze UR&R metrics. • Devel