Manager - Project Management 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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Northrop Grumman is seeking a Manager, Project Management 3 to lead the Operations Project Management organization supporting Manufacturing and Infrastructure to work at its Elkton, Maryland location.

Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

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The OPM manager must be a self-starter, self-motivated individual who can work in a fast-paced environment. The manager oversees project execution across Manufacturing, Testing, Planning and Scheduling, Mission Assurance, Supply Chain, Engineering, Shipping, and other functional organizations. The role is responsible for project planning, risk management, cost and schedule performance, technical quality, manufacturing readiness, resource coordination, and customer commitments. The successful candidate will establish objectives and execution plans, monitor performance, resolve issues, lead recovery actions, and communicate status and risks to leadership and customers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of Operations Project Managers supporting multiple development and production programs across PS&C.
• Maintain effective day-to-day interfaces and communication among the Program Management Office, Manufacturing, Testing, Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling, Mission Assurance, Supply Chain, Engineering, Shipping, and other functional organizations.
• Coordinate OPM team activities to ensure manufacturing deliverables remain on track for cost, schedule, quality, and program requirements across multiple programs.
• Lead manufacturing planning and readiness efforts in support of production and program needs.
• Facilitate production, testing, readiness, and problem-solving meetings to support execution and timely issue resolution.
• Coordinate with OPMs, production schedulers, manufacturing managers, and program managers to resolve conflicts involving shared resources and competing program priorities.
• Communicate relevant manufacturing metrics, status, risks, and recovery actions to the Program Management Office and leadership.
• Serve as the focal point for manufacturing input to proposals and new-business activities.
• Support bill-of-material development for development programs.
• Support Manufacturing and Infrastructure oversight of applicable proposal submissions and commitments.
• Identify continuous-improvement opportunities and lead the execution of improvement plans.
• Establish objectives, plans, schedules, budgets, performance standards, and reporting mechanisms.
• Monitor cost, schedule, technical quality, productivity, risks, issues, and customer commitments.
• Maintain effective communication with customers, stakeholders, and functional organizations.
• Recommend improvements to project-management practices and influence organizational strategy.

Job Scope and Decision Making Manages a project-management function or group of projects within a larger organization. Translates organizational objectives into project plans, priorities, schedules, and performance expectations while providing leadership and guidance to project managers and subordinate personnel. Evaluates alternatives involving cost, schedule, technical performance, quality, resources, and customer commitments. Recommends tradeoffs and corrective actions that may affect project performance, budgets, staffing, and future business opportunities.

Knowledge and Technical Skills

• Advanced knowledge of project, program, or operations management.
• Understanding of planning, risk management, cost and schedule control, technical quality, and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to integrate requirements across technical and functional disciplines.
• Ability to evaluate data, identify trends, assess risks, and recommend corrective actions.
• Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams and ability to achieve results through others.
• Strong communication, negotiation, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

Financial and Strategic Responsibility

• Develop and manage project budgets, resource plans, and performance standards.
• Monitor cost performance and resource utilization.
• Support cost and schedule analysis, recovery plans, proposals, and purchase-order commitments.
• Identify capacity, process, staffing, technology, and execution opportunities.
• Provide leadership insight for strategic planning, business capture, manufacturing growth, and customer commitments.

Supervisory Relationships Provides leadership, direction, coaching, performance expectations, and professional-development support through project managers, subordinate supervisors, and exempt specialists.

Impact and Communication The position significantly influences project execution, manufacturing performance, customer commitments, and organizational objectives. Strong leadership is essential to align stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and deliver results. Poor decisions could result in delays, increased costs, reduced productivity or quality, missed deliveries, and lost business opportunities. Communicates regularly with managers, project and program leaders, functional organizations, customers, and stakeholders regarding project status, performance, cost, schedule, readiness, resources, problem resolution, and new-business activities.

Basic Qualifications

• This position emphasizes skills and experience and will consider candidates with at least 12 years of experience. Will also consider those with a bachelors degree and at least 8 years of relevant project-management experience or a master’s degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience. A bachelors degree is preferred but not required.
• The candidate must have proven leadership abilities and management experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD U.S. Secret Clearance, which US citizenship is a pre-requisite
• Experience with Costpoint, SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point
• Experience with earned value management systems (EVMS)

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations Management, or a related discipline
• Experience with cost, schedule, project leadership, and/or process improvement
• Manufacturing or Engineering experience
• Active DoD Secret or higher Clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.