Program Manager 2 - Precision Products

Northrop Grumman’s Space sector has an opening for a Program Manager 2 to support our Precision Structures team in the Mission Enabling Products Operational Unit. This selected candidate will join our leadership team of qualified, diverse individuals onsite in San Diego California.

This position will manage the cost, schedule and technical performance of contract(s) and lead shaping program requirements for follow-on efforts.  The candidate will act as primary customer interface for program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.  Additionally, they will establish and manage milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules, identify program risks and opportunities, and obtain solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications. This leader will also direct and manage the work of employees assigned to the program from technical, operations and administrative roles.

A successful candidate must have a record of achieving successful outcomes by leading diverse technical teams, navigating internal processes, communicating with customers, creating a positive work environment that engages our employees, managing suppliers, bringing clarity and clear direction to a variety of situations, excelling in the fundamentals of program management and use of predictive metrics to employ innovative problem-solving skills. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Cultivate customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community
• Develop new business opportunities through long term strategic planning, capture planning, and development of proposals and business plans
• Establish a program organization that effectively addresses customer requirements and incorporates the necessary internal and external sub-organizations
• Lead and direct cross-functional Integrated Program Teams (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives
• Measure and report program performance
• Deliver presentations to customers, executive management and other program stakeholders
• Participate in the negotiation of contracts, contract changes, specifications, operating budgets, schedule milestones, and key terms and conditions.
• Establish design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration and test.
• Create, review and finalize the program Statement of Work
• Identify, distribute, track, and complete program requirements
• Establish and manage the program and subordinate baselines
• Develop and adhere to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools
• Identify, allocate and manage program resources, to include workforce planning
• Manage Government/customer supplied property or information (GFE, CFE, etc.)
• Manage suppliers to meet program objectives
• Adhere to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards
• Ensure the program team understands and adheres to contract scope, and manage change through control board activities  
• Develop and adhere to master plans and schedules
• Conduct thorough risk and opportunity management practices to include identification, mitigation and realization
• Travel Approx 10%

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in STEM and 10 years or Masters degree in STEM and 7 years of related experience as defined below
• Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering, capture efforts, and/or business management related functions
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in program management
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills to internal and external Customers
• Experience leading the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, operating budgets and program budgets
• Program Plan Development
  • Budgets, EACs
  • MS Project IMS
  • Risk Management including Risk mitigation and Opportunity Realization strategies 
• Demonstrated Program Execution and Performance
• Gated design development experience (PDR, CDR)

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