Engineering & Operations Process Excellence Manager 3

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Job description

Requisition ID: R
Category: Program Management
Location: Redondo Beach - CA, United States of America
Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
Clearance Type: None
Telecommute: Yes- May Consider Occasional/Part-Time Teleworking for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Positions Available: 1

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.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for prime satellite and payload capabilities and directed energy and electronics solutions for national security, military, and civil customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) has an opening for a Engineering & Operations Process Excellence Manager 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.

The Process Excellence Manager 3 will concurrently manage, lead, and facilitate a strategic operational process transformation project for SSSD. In this role, you will help achieve corporate business goals and strategic objectives by devising creative solutions and innovative ideas to improve our processes. You will be the responsible for the successful technical and financial execution of the project. You will collaboratively lead and support these initiatives from inception to completion by leveraging methods and tools consistent with industry standards. You will manage a cross functional team that is focused on improving processes, training, and data analytics/metrics across engineering and operations. You will lead technical meetings with functional and program leadership and as well as strategic reviews with SSSD's executive leadership. You will manage organizational change as you manage our transition from document based to model based processes across our functions and programs. In support of that transition, you will manage a team utilizing process mapping software (such as Nimbus and Visio) to develop, implement, and maintain process and data models; specifically to define "current state" and transform into the "future state".

In this role, you will:

Plan and implement the Space Process Excellence initiative across the Strategic Space Systems Division Engineering and Operations organizations.

Management of model-based process architecture development and deployment

Identify and manage process documentation gap analysis/update/creation, training, user interface, configuration management & control, and oversight to ensure process execution and compliance in order to minimize future process escapes on space programs

Management of project strategic direction and planning, cost and schedule management, collaboration with Space programs, data analytics and metrics, development of an affordable sustainment plan and project transition into sustainment

Financial responsibility for a multi-million dollar annual project budget

Develop and execute Executive level briefings.

Organizational change management related to process & infrastructure change

Additional responsibilities may be assigned commensurate with performance or due to business need

To be successful in this role, you need to possess the following key attributes:

Highly self-motivated

Strong organizational skills

Outstanding analytic skills

Polished facilitation skills

Exceptional interpersonal, collaborative and communication skills.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, with 10 years of experience in engineering, operations, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, process management, and/or program/project management.

Knowledge of Lean/ Six sigma methodology and process management

Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance and SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working effectively across organizational and program boundaries

Experience with TIBCO Nimbus process modeling tool

Demonstrated ability to develop and brief executives

Active DoD Secret clearance with SCI

Lean/Six Sigma/Agile training/certification

Salary Range: 137200 - 205800

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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 () we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022 or by your start date if it is after January 18th. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.

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 U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.