Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Manager 2 Data Analytics in Rancho Bernardo, California. This hands-on leader will oversee a team responsible for establishing a culture of data-driven decision making and creating business value through promoting the application of data analytics techniques across a broad range of business areas. They will regularly interact with key stakeholders to identify, develop, and deploy data analytics systems that are aligned to our strategic roadmap. The successful candidate must be entrepreneurial and a self-starter with the ability to challenge the status quo.
Job Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Implement the program-specific Data strategy that supports Enterprise Data Strategy
- Build, mentor, and lead a highly performing team of data engineers and scientists
- Implement Data Science practices for prescriptive, predictive, diagnostic, descriptive, and cognitive analytics through automation, storage elasticity, and on-demand self service provisioning of all data types and lifecycles
- Proactively identify issues and inefficiencies within the business to develop and deploy solutions
- Enable the adoption of data analysis methodologies across program operations for improved performance analysis
- Establish and enforce data visualization and reporting standards to ensure consistency, accuracy and usability across the program
- Support the monitoring and analysis of operational data to identify trends, issues and opportunities, and provide recommendations/solutions
- Actively engage with program leaders and key stakeholders to identify and understand operational problems
- Manage the data infrastructure, network, and system automation
- Ensure common User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) are designed and developed across the program
Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. 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.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in a related Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline and 9 years of related professional experience; OR Master of Science in a related STEM discipline and 7 years of related professional experience
- Experience executing data strategies that consider big data solutions such as data lakes and/or data warehouses
- Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Python, SQL, Tableau, etc.) and techniques
- Experience with large-scale distributed software and agile software development methodologies
- 2+ years of experience with UI/UX design and development
- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science
- Understanding of elastic data storage and archive storage lifecycle management
- Final Top Secret Clearance
- 4+ years of management experience over a technical team
- 2+ years of experience with working/leading cross-functional teams
- Strong understanding of business and engineering processes, tools, and techniques
- Excellent ability to communicate complex analytical subject matter across varied audiences
- Demonstrated experience executing product visions and fostering effective engineering teams
- Demonstrated technical leadership of product development teams that have successfully delivered customer-driven products
- Experience supporting big data solutions related to elastic data storage and archive storage lifecycle management
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing insights from multiple data sources
- Experience with NoSQL Databases (e.g., MongoDB, Neo4J, etc.)
- Understanding of Northrop Grumman policy, process, and products
- Ability to make decisions with minimal support
- Experience in a program management role
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in a related STEM discipline and 9 years of related professional experience, or a Master of Science in a related STEM discipline and 7 years of related professional experience
- Experience executing data strategies involving big data solutions such as data lakes or data warehouses
- Experience with data analytics tools such as Python, SQL, and Tableau, and analytics techniques
- Experience with large-scale distributed software and agile software development methodologies
- At least 2 years of UI/UX design and development experience
- Ability to transfer and maintain a final adjudicated government Secret clearance, in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation
- U.S. citizenship for positions requiring government clearance
- Master's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science
- Understanding of elastic data storage and archive storage lifecycle management
- Final Top Secret clearance
- At least 4 years of management experience over a technical team
- At least 2 years of experience working with or leading cross-functional teams
- Strong understanding of business and engineering processes, tools, and techniques
- Ability to communicate complex analytical subject matter to varied audiences
- Experience executing product visions and fostering effective engineering teams
- Technical leadership experience with product development teams delivering customer-driven products
- Experience supporting big data solutions involving elastic data storage and archive storage lifecycle management
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing insights from multiple data sources
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Neo4j
- Understanding of Northrop Grumman policies, processes, and products
- Ability to make decisions with minimal support
- Experience in a program management role
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