Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Manager of Project Management 2 located in Clearfield, UT. This position support the ICBM-S program.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You’ll Get To Do:
- Committed to increased quality and productivity to meet program requirements.
- Control Account Management at the segment for planning and program performance
- In accordance with organizational and leadership goals, provides direction on activities, behaviors and results.
- Motivates team members and facilitates team meetings that cultivate and reinforce appropriate group values, norms, and behaviors consistent with Northrop Grumman leadership behaviors and Northrop Grumman values.
- Identifies and analyzes problems, plans, tasks, and provides solutions.
- Provides guidance to team on development, performance, and productivity issues.
- Serves on the Program Management Homeroom team in a leadership capacity while also providing management support to the segment lead for execution and operations.
- Collaborating with the segment execution and operations lead on anticipating leadership needs and driving multiple project threads to meet strategic objectives while managing priorities through changing requirements
- Directly responsible for guiding and supporting segment team members to prepare, coordinate, and facilitate executive level and customer level engagements along with segment and program level meetings.
- Responsible for segment coordination, tracking, and management of Contract Data Requirements List deliverables as required or assigned.
- Manage program increment rhythm to enable and integrate program, segment, and element level execution of objectives.
- Responsible for supporting communications and executive directives.
- Support strategic planning and investment initiatives as assigned.
- Support and drive efficiency and innovation initiatives as prioritized and assigned
- Support and drive program management and project management best practices and standards to improve team performance.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience; master's degree and 6 years’ experience or an additional 4 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance
- Experience in project management/ execution and closeout
- Experience in Earned Value Management
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- Experience managing people, such as daily functional leadership of a team of ~10-15 employees with capacity to lead and support a team of ~50 employees
- Strong understanding of the impact of decision-making on organizational objectives, emphasizing accountability and foresight
- Ability to demonstrate independent creative thinking and problem-solving capabilities
- Program Management experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry
- Familiarity with the Deterrence mission
- Active S or TS clearance
- Current/Active Special Program Access (SAP)
- CAM or IPT leadership with proficiency managing project costs and schedules effectively
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 8 years of related experience; or Master's degree and 6 years' experience; or an additional 4 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance
- Experience in project management, execution, and closeout
- Experience in Earned Value Management
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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