Manager Programs 3

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 Mission Systems (NGMS) Advanced Communication Apertures Operating Unit (ACA OU) has an opening for a Program Manager Level 3 onsite in Linthicum, MD .  ACA OU is a rapidly expanding OU within the NIC Division, focusing on cutting-edge High Band Multi-Function Aperture technology.  It operates in a high-energy and challenging environment aimed at delivering essential capabilities to the War Fighter.  The available position within ACA OU is crucial for steering program and portfolio execution. The selected candidate will be responsible for the delivery of all objectives and requirements on cost and on schedule, while achieving all technical milestones, and creating customer intimacy to support value creation strategies and actions.  The individual will lead a cross-functional team aligned to common program performance goals.   What You'll Get to Do: Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development) through startup, execution, and completion (contract closeout). Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of company programs or subsystems.    The candidate must have demonstrated experience successfully leading large programs or portfolio of programs, to include extensive experience with customer engagement, strategy development, resource planning, and acquisition processes. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading diverse teams, be a strong communicator, and be able to work successfully within classified and unclassified arenas. The candidate will collaborate closely with business execution leadership at the Operating Unit (OU), and above, and several business functions (e.g., business management, contracts, global supply chain, security, etc.).   Primary Roles and Responsibilities include: • Exceptional leadership, collaboration, communication, and team building skills. • Developing new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans. • Establishing a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations. • Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives. • Leadership of employees including mentoring, problem solving for all employees and functions reporting to the program directly (Engineers, support staff, contractors). • Measuring and reporting program performance. • Delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders. • Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and