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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 Aeronautics Systems has an exciting opening for a **F-35 Program Manager 2** professional to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our F-35 Business Unit. This position will be **onsite** in **Redondo Beach, California.**

Employees at Northrop Grumman live our values daily. **_We do the right thing:_** upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. **_We do what we promise:_** holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. **_We commit to shared success:_** operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, **_we pioneer:_** setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Essential Functions:

This individual will be responsible for management of the F-35 Sustaining Allocation Proposals, P&L ownership of F-35 Sustaining Non-Labor Accounts, and technical, cost and schedule ownership of F-35 Discretionary Resources. The F-35 Sustaining Allocation include essential production, supply chain and overall program support functions and activities across the entire Business Unit. This individual will manage the Sustaining Allocation Proposal model process and integrate the program financial and execution goals across the BU proposals. This will include leading the negotiations for all F-35 proposals for Sustaining. The Program Manager 2 will be responsible for technical, schedule, financial and overall execution of the Non-Labor accounts; these accounts include Freight, Integrated Assembly Line (IAL) Maintenance, Recurring IT support, Tooling Materials and Offsite Tooling, Special Test Equipment (STE) Maintenance, Packaging Handling Shipping & Transportation (PHS&T) material maintenance, Recurring Expat support. Discretionary Resources include Capital, Non-Contractual Technical Activity (NCTA), & Indirect Funds and F-35 Program Office Control Accounts include all Program Travel and Discrete Program Office labor. This role reports directly to the Senior F-35 Sustaining & Discretionary Program Manager within the Program Change & Execution Management organization. The role interfaces with the F-35 VP & Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Program Change & Execution Management Director as well as the Air Dominance Division Leadership and Staff.

Responsibilities include:

+ Management of F-35 Sustaining Proposal processes, integration, schedule, estimating direction and negotiations

+ Lead F-35 Sustaining EWW and Functional Allocation management with the support of the Sustaining Cost team

+ P&L ownership and execution management of all Sustaining Non-Labor accounts

+ Baseline and execution management of all projects within the Discretionary Resources budgets (Capital, NCTA, Indirect)

+ Leading a matrix team of 5 supporting team members across Estimating, Cost Mgmt and Integration and 15 CAMs/WP Managers

+ Establishing and managing annual budget targets for Sustaining Non-Labor

+ Partnering with the Senior Sustaining Program Manager, the Sustaining Cost Manager and the F-35 functions to establish the overall baseline integrated across the current executing contracts, proposals and future efforts

+ Leading the program AOP/LRSP process for Capital & NCTA

+ F-35 Business Unit liaison to Air Dominance Division for Capital, NCTA and Indirect

+ Owning and presenting various reviews including internal leadership reviews, program performance reviews, budget prioritization recommendations, risk & opportunities

+ Leading and directing cross-functional project teams to meet program cost, schedule and technical performance objectives

+ Partners with the F-35 Operating Units (OUs) in managing NCTA, Capital and Indirect funds and maximizing program growth and efficiency opportunities

+ Acts as Deputy to Senior F-35 Sustaining & Discretionary Program Manager

Successful candidates will have the following key attributes:

+ Proactive – anticipates requirements from higher management and initiate and complete actions required to meet those requirements

+ Perceptive – sees the “big picture” but is also able to focus on the details and follows all of them through to completion

+ Composed – maintains a “level head” in the extremely dynamic, fast-paced, and demanding environment on the F-35 Program, especially when working closely with executive management on projects with highly compressed timelines and tight deadlines

+ Reliable – becomes a key resource and the “go-to” person for the executive leadership in the F-35 Program Office

Basic Qualifications:

+ Must have a Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of related experience OR Master's Degree with 6 years of related experience

+ Related experience must be in project management, program management, global supply chain, operations, resource planning, program planning/scheduling, engineering, proposals / capture efforts, and/or business management

+ Must have experience utilizing earned value management (EVM) as a CAM and/or Program Manager

+ Experience working proposals including capture or estimating or program management or proposal management

+ The ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Demonstrated ability to develop and influence project team relationships

+ Secret DOD

+ Experience and familiarity with aircraft production, FAR/DFARS proposals, capital expenditure accounting rules, color of money management, capital projects, and facilities projects

+ F-35 Program Familiarity

+ Program Integration experience

+ Experience with Annual Operating Plan / Long Range Strategic Plan development, management and execution

+ Experience with risk, issue, and opportunity development

+ Experience in the defense industry or relevant military experience

Salary Range: $156,500.00 - $234,700.00

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.