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Northrop Grumman, Mission Systems is looking for a Program Director to support the Navigation, Targeting and Survivability division program execution team. The primary objectives will be the leadership of program management discipline and captures, and driving the division’s digital transformation forward. The individual will lead a team focused on continuous improvement of division program execution, serve as the division lead for achieving program execution results, driving adoption of agile tools and practices, and identifying and performing digital transformation projects. This individual will be the division point of contact to the enterprise Digital Transformation Office.

The individual is responsible for Program Management / Program Execution process, tools, innovation and leadership development across the division and in coordination with enterprise and sector frameworks. The individual will support the coordination and management of all phases of execution, from inception (proposal development) through completion (contract closeout).

Primary focus areas will include, but are not limited to:

• Lead independent reviews on programs across the division
• Awareness, education and implementation of internal processes for Program Management
• Oversee the agile transformation for the NT&S division
• Enable cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) program teams
• Increased application of robust Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) across programs
• Awareness of, compliance to, and implementation of the One NG Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology
• Effectiveness of risk & opportunity (R&O) management practices across programs to include the identification of R&O, the quantification of R&O and the mitigation / realization of R&O, to include application of common tools across division programs
• Continuous improvement of internal reporting systems (i.e. IPRS) and associated metrics to provide key insights to management
• Ensuring proficiency on Contract Change Management across division programs
• Development and delivery of presentations to sector, division, and program stakeholders
• Understanding of execution strategies for a variety of proposals and contract types (FFP, CPFF)
• Support process and gate reviews of proposals and strategic business focus
• Advise teams on negotiation strategies and negotiation tactics
• Maintains strategy and roadmap for transitioning division to agile approaches in line with vision set by General Manager and in coordination with Digital Transformation Office.
• Maintains strategy and roadmap for participating in Digital Transformation pilots and projects, in coordination with Digital Transformation Office.
• Leads implementation of agile roadmap for division leadership team, including training, adoption support, and performance measurement.
• Leads the efforts to digitize division DLT operations, with particular focus on high-value dashboards and automated data synthesis to ensure timely, transparent information that is a single source of truth, to enable local data analytics of sector performance drivers, and to reduce manual, headquarters-driven data/information calls.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 10 years of related experience
• Demonstrated experience supporting Department of Defense or Government contracts
• Familiarity and application of NG Program Management processes and tools on programs
• Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead,integrated program team or cost account manager
• Demonstrated success aligning teams, organizations or employee resource groups to achieve a common goal
• Demonstrated ability to see strategic opportunities and innovation across a broad portfolio of division programs
• Proven success in influencing individuals and teams who do not directly report to you
• Must be able to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in forming and leading independent review teams, to include the ability to come up the learning curve on multiple programs in a short amount of time
• The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance
• The ability to manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs
• The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the program
• The ability to initiate, develop, integrate, execute, direct and control program plans and cost and schedule baselines that meet both program contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations
• The ability to recognize and respond to customer needs in order to develop additional sales that support organizational objectives
• The ability to identify, orchestrate, coordinate and control the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion
• The ability to plan and execute a project quality management system to satisfy quality requirements and create a project value system which emphasizes prevention over inspection and continuous process improvement
• The ability to define, document, analyze, trace, prioritize, and confirm requirements throughout the entire program life cycle
• The ability to plan for, identify, estimate, cost, acquire, schedule, and retire resources needed to satisfy program requirements within organizational constraints
• The ability to address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities throughout the lifecycle of the program
• The ability to effectively plan, define, establish, communicate, monitor, and control scope to ensure that all of the work required and only the work required is performed
• The ability to identify, select, direct and manage subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy
• The ability to establish and apply a technical performance baseline to monitor and compare key program technical performance measures, assess program and product status, and take appropriate action to maintain conformance with the baseline
• Strong data analytic capability and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Familiarity with agile processes, and agile collaboration and data analytics tools, including the Atlassian suite and Tableau.
• Understanding of end to end processes for product development through delivery and sustainment, including supporting business and functional processes. To inform identification of the most beneficial digital transformation and agile initiatives that will improve operational efficiency.

This position reports to Rolling Meadows, IL, USA, however, you are able to work from any of the additional 4 locations listed above.

Salary Range: $176,000 USD - $306,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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