Manager Programs 3 - Strategic Planning Manager

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking is a Strategic Planning Manager for our Emerging Capabilities Development (ECD) Division onsite in Linthicum, MD. This is a leadership opportunity reporting to the Director of Strategy for the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Chief Technology Officer and is focused on analyzing, planning, coordinating and leading allocation of resources and focused initiatives to drive value growth and improve organizational efficiency. This is a high visibility role with opportunity to interact with and present to executive leadership.

What You'll Get to Do:

This leader will engage with diverse business and technical leaders to develop comprehensive comprehensive investment planning portfolios that optimize for business outcomes over near, mid, and long term time horizons. The will partner with external division and sector strategic growth leaders to develop and refine strategic planning approaches, tools, and analyses and support sector-level investment prioritization for senior executive adjudication. Specific responsibilities include:

• Investment recommendations aligned to ECD strategy.
• Lead annual investment planning process and continuous process improvement.
• ECD-BU’s investment liaison.
• Management and oversight of investment resources.
• Quarterly investment reviews.
• Monthly investment analysis and reporting.
• Continuous investment process improvement and training.
• MS Sector Strategy engagement.
• Communication with Sector Strategic Growth on current year NCTA Allocations and Movements.
• Current and Future NCTA Planning and Execution with BM.
• Allocation Planning and Management of ECD ITA funding.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Economics, or Business and 10+ years' OR a Master's Degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Economics, or Business with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in program management and/or strategic planning.
• Financial analysis of large budgets.
• Demonstrated success developing and delivering persuasive executive level presentations.
• Experience working collaboratively across business functions (i.e. business management, strategy, business leaders, contracts, etc).
• Demonstrated ability leading multi-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills and detail-oriented.
• US Citizen.
• Active Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Top Secret / SSBI.
• Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Economics, or Business.
• Experienced with Agile development practices and tools.

Salary Range: $172,500.00 - $258,700.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.