About the position
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’s Space Sector is looking for an Integrated Product Team Lead who will own the responsibility for managing and leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers, spanning multiple spacecraft subsystems, to meet the product team’s program requirements and deliverables on schedule and within cost. This role has the authority to make engineering project management decisions and recommendations that have an impact on new business, program performance, design, development, and mission operations. This role reports to the program Engineering PM (EPM) and works with the program Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer (LSE)/SEIT Lead, and the Program Management Office (PMO) to deliver on program and stakeholder commitments. This is based out of either Gilbert, AZ or Dulles, VA.
Responsibilities
- Deliver all product team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance.
- Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards.
- Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership.
- Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives.
- Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Global Supply Chain to manage suppliers and material to achieve product team deliverables.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Manufacturing & Operations and Integration and Test to support build and I&T of IPT subsystems and products.
- Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship, and ability to obtain a USG clearance and maintain clearance per program requirements.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of applicable experience, or a Master’s Degree plus 10 years of applicable experience, or a PhD and 8 years of experience.
- Experience with at least one phase of the lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations.
- Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience.
- 1 year of experience in Project Management roles such as Program Manager, CAM, IPT.
Nice-to-haves
- 2 years of experience in Project Management roles to include earned value management (EVM).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation experience and the ability to work seamlessly with a diverse community of engineers.
- Experience with the full lifecycle of spacecraft development, build, and operations.
- Active TS/SCI or Active TS clearance with existing program accesses.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
