Manager, Planning - Woodland Hills, CA, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Program Management

Woodland Hills, California, United States of America
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 Mission Systems is seeking a Program Manager 2 or 3.

This position will be located in Woodland Hills, California and will support Navigation solutions for the Navigation and Cockpit Systems business unit.

Learn more about the Northrop Grumman's Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) efforts.

The individual will lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals, with a heavy focus on software development and verification.

Program Managers are responsible for leading all phases of the program life cycle from inception (proposal development), program initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control, and program closure (contract closeout).

Primary responsibilities are the management of cost, schedule, and technical performance of programs or subsystems and include, but are not limited to:

Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
Leading and directing cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
Measuring and reporting program performance
Participating in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
Establishment and management of the program and subordinate baselines
Development and adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management System (EVMS) control methodologies and tools
Participating in internal Program Management Reviews, Headcount Reviews, Financial Forecast reviews, and monthly EAC submittals
Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning
delivering presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
Managing Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
Managing suppliers to meet program objectives.
Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manages change through control board activities
Conducting thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization

Bachelor's Degree and 10 years, or Master's and 8 years' experience supporting U.Government contracts and customers and/or program management in other industries.

Experience with Earned Value Management
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
Experience with Agile Project Management
Program Management experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry
Program execution on multiple contract times, as an example: Possess an active DoD Secret clearance
Experience with Software Model Based Design in accordance with DO-331

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.