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About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense
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The Northrop Grumman (SkillBridge) – Manager Programs 2 joins the Amherst Systems Operating Unit within the Multidomain Sensing, Targeting, and Survivability Division. This role involves managing cost, schedule, technical, and contractual performance for complex engineering development, production, lab infrastructure, logistics, and sustainment activities. You will build executable plans, manage cross-program dependencies, control risk, and ensure engineering change and lab readiness to support customer commitments. Key responsibilities include requirements definition, proposal development, contract negotiations, and financial performance forecasting. You must utilize Earned Value Management and Risk & Opportunity Management tools to oversee evolving hardware and software baselines. The work focuses on developing and delivering realistic threat simulation systems used for testing and training electronic warfare systems globally. This position requires an active Secret clearance and significant program management leadership experience.
Own end-to-end execution of complex engineering development, production, lab infrastructure, logistics, and sustainment activities.
Manage cross-program dependencies and proactively remove barriers to ensure timely closure of critical issues.
Build and maintain strong customer relationships through transparent communication of risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
Establish disciplined programmatic control of engineering changes by assessing technical, cost, schedule, and contractual impacts.
Forecast and achieve financial performance objectives across the portfolio while maintaining strict contractual scope discipline.
Serve as a senior leader in requirements definition, proposal development, contract negotiations, and change management.
Prepare and present regular briefings to senior internal and external stakeholders regarding program health.
Make timely, risk-informed decisions using facts and sound judgment in situations with incomplete information.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor's degree with 6 years of program management leadership experience.
Must have a Master's degree with 4 years of program management leadership experience.
Must have a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
Must have experience leading complex development, engineering services, production, logistics, or sustainment programs with ownership of cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
Must have experience operating within a cross-functional execution environment.
Must have experience managing programs using financial management and reporting tools like Earned Value Management and Risk & Opportunity Management.
Must have experience managing customer-facing execution.
Must have an active Secret level government clearance.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Experience managing transition of complex systems through development, production, fielding, and sustainment (preferred).
Experience managing fixed price and cost type contracts in environments with evolving requirements (preferred).
Experience integrating hardware and software development across multiple contracts or organizational boundaries (preferred).
Experience planning and executing lab, integration, test, or other technical infrastructure (preferred).
Experience with Integrated Product Team (IPT) focused execution frameworks (preferred).
Experience leading large-scale proposal development and contract change efforts (preferred).
Experience leading complex programs with multifaceted scope inclusive of production, fielding, and sustainment (preferred).
Earned Value Management (EVM)
Cyber Operations
Program Management
Integrated Program Teams (IPT)
Proposal Development
Technical Performance Measures
Product Research
Earned Value Management (EVM)
RF Product Development
FAR
DFARS
Project Management
Proposal Development
Integrated Program Teams (IPT)
Cost & Schedule Control
Product Research
Capture Planning
Earned Value Management
Risk & Opportunity Management
Software Development
Cyber
Electronic Warfare
Lab Infrastructure
Logistics
Sustainment
Lifecycle Support
Integrated Product Team
Proposal Development
Change Management