Manager Of Integration & Operations

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Manager of Integration & Operations within its Strategy & Engineering Excellence (SEE) organization, formerly known as DECD, which is a part of the sector’s Engineering & Sciences (E&S) organization.

The charter of the SEE organization is to partner with business division engineering teams to provide common and scalable engineering capabilities to E&S’s 11,000+ engineering workforce in the U.S., with additional support to international subsidiaries as needed. Capabilities include engineering standards, processes & tools, digital design solutions / digital transformation, data & analytics solutions and technical training & talent development programs.

The Manager of Integration & Operations will provide project management for the coordination and seamless integration, transition and deployment of capabilities developed by the SEE organization.

The Manager will also lead day-to-day operations of the SEE team’s home office, which includes integrated planning, budgeting and general administration activities required to run the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities

Integration, Project Management, Consultation

• Establish and lead a program management approach for integrating and transitioning SEE capabilities, offerings and initiatives to division engineering teams. This includes: (but not limited to):

• Ensuring the appropriate development, dissemination, and deployment of tasks associated with engineering initiatives.
• Integrated planning & budgeting for strategic initiatives.
• Goals tracking.

• Provide technical and management consultation to E&S teams for deployment and transition of SEE offerings as needed.
• Partner with Business Management and Strategy functions in the execution of the strategic planning process and the alignments to strategy for engineering.
• Partner with Communications team to ensure effective and integrated communications and messaging for SEE activities.
• Lead / Facilitate cross-functional bilateral meetings with internal partner organizations.
• Coordinate engineering status reporting for strategic initiatives tailored to customer audiences.

Day-to-Day Operations

• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate staff meetings, leadership off-sites and site visits, organizational reviews, and other leadership team activities as required.
• Collect data and develop materials in support of engineering level meetings and leadership team decision-making actions.
• Publish meeting minutes with actions; coordinate with teams to drive actions to closure in alignment with organizational priorities.
• Manage and maintain organizational budgets.
• Manage and maintain data repositories (e.g. SharePoint, Website content).
• Ensure the sharing of best practices with other operations functions across the engineering organization.
• Workforce planning, staffing, talent development & retention and employee engagement initiatives for the Integration & Operations team.
• Ensure the VP of engineering is prepared for critical meetings and engagements; May serve as a VP delegate from time-to-time.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 8 years of experience or a PhD with 6 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields.
• U.S Citizenship is required and an active DoD Secret Clearance.
• 4 years of experience managing engineering practices and providing program leadership.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good general knowledge of Northrop Grumman portfolio of products, technologies and customers.
• Strong program and project management skills, with demonstrated experience leading technical teams, either as a program / project manager, functional manager or technical leader on Northrop Grumman or other defense industry programs.
• Technical experience in any combination of Systems, Software, Hardware, or Cyber engineering within the defense or aerospace industries.
• Ability to operate independently based on strategic objectives, work in a team environment, and collaborate across the corporation as required.
• Experience working across multiple lines of business and functional disciplines (e.g. manufacturing, supply chain, business management, strategy & business development).
• Ability to apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop recommendations based on data from different sources.
• Demonstrated success in championing change within the organization to achieve competitive advantage for the business.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office suite of tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics or related technical fields.
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or higher.
• Experience interfacing at senior levels within company and the customer community.
• Understanding of Agile framework and associated tools & processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of hiring, staffing, engineering metrics and training resources, processes, and tools.
• Experience in all phases of program executions, including development, production, Integration & test, deployment and logistics support.

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.