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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Modernization Lead to join our diverse team of professionals based out of our Roy, UT location working on the Sentinel program.
The role of the Modernization Lead is to ensure that Sentinel continually delivers new technologies and capabilities to the USG Customer and warfighters. This challenging position is critical to the viability of the Sentinel weapon system and helps drive long-term weapon system capability, affordability and availability. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Develop and maintain the Sentinel Modernization Plan.
- Perform long-range planning and technology insertion analysis in collaboration with Segment Advanced Planning Leads.
- Partner with multiple functions including but not limited to Segment Advanced Planning Leads, Division Advanced Programs, other NG Sectors, Industry Partners, and USG Customer.
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with USG Customer and Industry partners.
- Communicate and update plans, progress, and projections regularly throughout modernization and sustainment lifecycle to Program Leadership.
- Lead investment and capital allocation planning for Sentinel portfolio investments - drive processes to identify and prioritize investments and capital requests that are aligned with program strategy and gaps.
- Develop and manage multi-year investment portfolio to achieve modernization plan including developing candidates for technology gap funding within the program and advocate for those resources.
- Lead what-if scenario analysis in collaboration with Segment Advanced Planning Leads including modeling, simulation and analysis (MS&A) to feed technology roadmap and support investment portfolio.
- Support new business initiatives including competitive and sole-source proposals.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors of Science in STEM discipline and 9 years of experience or Master's degree and 7 years of experience.
- Experience supporting U.S. Government contracts and customers and/or project management in other highly regulated industries.
- Minimum five (5) years of program leadership, systems engineering, strategy and/or capture role.
- Experience in major proposals and/or captures and/or technology development efforts.
- Experience leading across product teams.
- The ability to deliver, manage, and present communications (written/oral) with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets program and stakeholder needs.
- Experience independently assessing complex problems and decomposing into a plan of action while coordinating across a large and diverse team of technical and schedule/business SMEs.
- Proven and effective executive-level briefing, writing and organizational skills.
- Must have an active and current DoD Secret clearance and be SAP clearable.
- US Citizenship is a prerequisite.
- Ability to travel domestically, up to 25% of the time.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven experience leading the development and execution of an Modernization Plan for a $100M+ enterprise.
- Experience related to ICBM technologies and products.
- Direct experience interfacing with a diverse group of stakeholders and customers.
- Strategic thinker, skilled communicator, with negotiation capabilities.
- Able to analyze and synthesize business, programmatic and technical challenges into a cohesive picture.
- Action-oriented, self-starter, with an ability to lead through influence.
- DoD Top Secret clearance.
Salary Range: $141,900 - $212,900
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 most positions.
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