Senior Planner - Falls Church, VA, United States - BuildSubmarines

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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 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.

Northrop Grumman Corporate Strategy is seeking a Principal Strategic Planner to lead analytics projects with a focus on business environment trends and strategic competitive assessments.

The selected individual will execute various analyses to support enterprise-wide strategic planning, development of competitive assessments, identification of key trends, in-depth understanding of our business environment and assessment of future competitive opportunities.

The individual will monitor and derive insights from competitive and customer developments that may impact our corporate strategy. The individual will support the development of executive briefings and communication of findings to strategy leadership across the company.

The selected individual will lead a cross-sector community of practice to advance the strategy discipline and promote knowledge sharing across the organization.

Qualified candidates must have experience in market and competitive analysis in the aerospace and defense industry. The candidate should have familiarity with the government budget and acquisition process. Excellent organization, communication, presentation, and data analytics skills are required.

The position reports to the Director of Strategic Planning and will be located in Falls Church, Virginia.

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience; Master's degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a related field
Experience in analyzing defense markets and data sources (Janes Markets Forecast / GPS data, DACIS, FYDP, etc.).
Experience analyzing the competitive landscape, competitive positioning, and competitors (portfolio, financials, strategy, etc.).
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Knowledge of government budgeting and acquisition process
Experience developing project objectives and creating the plan and schedule to meet those objectives
Experience with Tableau, Salesforce and financial analysis tools
Experience producing executive-level presentations and supporting material (talking points, data books, backup reports, etc.)
Experience representing an organization as a prime contact on contracts or projects and interfacing with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations
Current DoD Secret clearance

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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.