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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 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 Space Systems Payload and Ground Division (PGSD) is seeking a Program Director for the New Moon program to direct all phases of a large agile development project.

As the selected New Moon Program Director, you will provide the programmatic, technical and people leadership necessary to develop, integrate, and deliver complex ground mission data processing capabilities to globally distributed operation sites. You will help manage and set organization objectives for multiple Agile Release Trains that combine to form a multidisciplinary team of >200 dedicated, diverse professionals consisting of ~65% NG and 35% subcontractor personnel from multiple partners. Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring NG delivers on our contractual commitments, provides the best OneNG solutions possible, advances our strategic objectives, and provides effective and engaged leadership to the franchise New Moon program. You are responsible for working with PGSD leadership to ensure appropriate staffing, resources, processes, tools, training, etc. are provided to support successful program execution as well as proactively providing program direction to best leverage PGSD capabilities. To facilitate your access to PGSD resources, you will report functionally to the Ground Enterprise Systems Operating Unit Director (GES OUD) as the Program Review Authority. The GES OU is part of the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) within PGSD and encompasses a portfolio of programs providing mission management, control, and processing capabilities for national security customers. GES is headquartered in Aurora, Colorado and has a substantial presence at Northrop Grumman's Space Park campus in Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach, California, as well as other locations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage the cost, schedule and technical performance of New Moon projects across multiple simultaneous program phases (e.g., conceptual design through delivery and installation of fully integrated mission data processing systems).
• Advance program and NG strategic objectives by building and maintaining trusted relationships with customers and other stakeholders and by engaging in internal and customer forums related to the programs' roles in the broader end-to-end Enterprise.
• Establish milestones, product roadmaps, and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
• Ensure effective identification and management of issues, risks and opportunities. Drive issues and decisions to closure considering competing points of view, constraints, customer/stakeholder priorities and company strategic objectives.
• Leverage NG's mission, architecture, and software development expertise to provide forward-thinking solutions that conform to customer constraints (funding, capabilities of related systems, etc.).
• Build and sustain an effective, engaged, and integrated team in a complex, geographically disperse, partner-rich, and dynamic environment.
• Direct large and small subcontractors and suppliers driving towards alignment on common program objectives.
• Lead the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract.
• Approve proposals, ROMs and ECPs that fall within program signature authority. Lead approval coordination for new business efforts that require OU or higher-level sign-off.
• Participate and support our Contracts organization in the negotiation of contracts and contract changes. Ensure any ramifications to scope are fully understood and coordinated.
• Act as primary customer contact for program activities and lead program review sessions with customer and/or NG leadership to address cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Effectively coordinate and collaborate with functional and P&L leadership across NGC to ensure required staffing, processes and infrastructure are available to efficiently execute the contract.
• As a senior leader, support color teams or other independent reviews when requested (consistent with program commitments).
• Provide leadership support to program and OU engagement and DE&I initiatives.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
• 15 years of combined work experience relevant to technical, functional, program management or major IPT leadership supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other Federal Government Systems
• 8 years of program management or major IPT leadership experience
• Demonstrated ability to create trusted relationships with customers
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex programs comprised of engineering, business, contracts, law, supply chain, production and mission/quality assurance disciplines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative management style, and an inherent drive to deliver on commitments
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Familiarity with and willingness to work in a secure environment
• Leadership experience building effective and engaged multi-discipline teams
• TS/SCI clearance w/SSBI

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS or MS in EE/CS/CE
• Experience leading large agile software development efforts
• Experience developing data processing software systems in the defense industry
• Demonstrated depth of experience in System Engineering and/or Software Development
• Cross-sector/division program experience
• Knowledge and familiarity with the New Moon customer and business area
• Excellent conflict management and negotiation skills
• Effective dealing with personnel issues
• Proven ability to effectively work across multiple organizations to form teams, gain internal support, act with speed, and make tough decisions

Salary Range: $189,200 USD - $283,800 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. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/) we require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by their start date. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.