Sentinel Specialty Systems Engineering SSE Supplier Validation Section Manager 2 - 13064-2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Specialty Systems Engineering Manager 2. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL. This role may offer a competitive relocation package. This role will be overseeing Supplier Validation (SupVal) on the Sentinel System Security Engineering (SSE) Specialty Engineering team. As a Section Manager you will be expected to spend approximately 20% of your effort on Functional Homeroom (FHR) responsibilities with 80% of your efforts focused on a technical assignment on an SDS project or IPT. This role is responsible for developing, executing, and continuously improving a comprehensive Supplier Validation (SupVal) Plan covering all hardware, software, firmware, and associated services delivered by the prime and its suppliers, vendors, distributors, subcontractors, and integrators. This role ensures that supplier risks are systematically identified, assessed, mitigated, and monitored across the program lifecycle, and that those risks are integrated into the broader system and program protection risk posture. The Supplier Validation Manager will work closely with SSE, Program Management, Quality, Procurement, Configuration Management, and customer stakeholders to ensure compliant, resilient, and secure supply chains in alignment with NIST SP 800-161 and program-specific requirements. What you’ll get to do: • Develop, maintain, and execute a holistic Supplier Validation Plan across the program lifecycle. • Identify, assess, track, and report supplier risks; integrate into the System Risk Management Plan. • Flow down SCRM and NIST SP 800-161 requirements to suppliers, vendors, distributors, subcontractors, and integrators. • Establish processes to validate suppliers and authenticate components with SSE SCRM as genuine and unaltered. • Define and oversee controls for secure shipping, storage, and handling to prevent counterfeit, tampering, and malware insertion. • Coordinate with SSE Threat Analysis and Mitigation to incorporate emerging supply chain threats and countermeasures. • Integrate Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and obsolescence considerations into supply chain risk mitigation strategies. • Present supplier risk posture and status in technical reviews, change control forums, and program protection activities. • Communicate complex technical issues and solutions to SSE team members and management. • Manage SSE team member task allocation, provide technical oversight, direction. • Allocate resources to meet time, cost, and schedule. • Ability to rapidly reprioritize tasks due to leadership demand signals. • Collaborate and provide inputs to both Functional Homeroom (FHR) and Sentinel Program leadership for status of task execution and milestone completion. • Communicate with the FHR to establish and opti