Manager Business Management 3

Northrop Grumman; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus opportunities

Long Term Incentives

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's F-35 Program seeks a Business Manager 3 for the Production portfolio in Redondo Beach, CA. The role leads business management activities, drives profitability, and ensures execution across contracts, EVMS, and supplier integrations.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration with various internal teams and external partners, while traveling up to 10% and maintaining a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree and 10 years of business experience leading highly engaged and effective teams, or a master’s degree with 8 years, or a PhD with 6 years.
• Proven ability to collaborate across multiple teams and functions.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time and to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and be accountable for all Business Management activities supporting part of the Production OU of the F-35 Program.
• Coordinate contract business execution, earned value, and profitability assessments including EAC.
• Oversee cash collection, Pre-RFP activities, and integration with major subcontractors (e.g., Rheinmetall).
• Develop long-range strategic plans and participate in program rhythm activities.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Travel readiness

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 F-35 Program has an opening for a Business Manager 3 of the Production portfolio to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This leadership position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.

As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engage team. You create trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change. You ensure that your team has the information and tools needed to perform at their best. You demonstrate our committed pursuit of applying innovation to meet the requirements of our customer. You create and execute strategies that result in sustainable value creation that delivers measurable results. If this is YOU…keep reading!

Critical success factors for candidates will include a dynamic leadership presence, highly collaborative work style, the ability to anticipate problems, proactively deal with difficult situations and communicate appropriately with all levels of stakeholders. The candidate selected for this role must have strong organizational, problem-solving and closure skills, strong written and oral communications skills, and demonstrated interpersonal skills with different stakeholders and levels of professionals and management. Training in any of Northrop Grumman’s common process management tools is a plus.

The selected candidate will lead and have accountability for all Business Management activities supporting part of the overall Production OU of the F-35 Program. The selected candidate will be responsible for various critical business efforts that support the broader Production system such as, Special Tooling and Test Equipment (STATE), Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) programs, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS), Engineering / Production Change Requests, Tooling Return / Reuse, and lead business integration of the largest subcontractor (Rheinmetall) that is co-producing the F-35 Center Fuselage in Germany as well as F-35 Sustaining Modeling EAC activities

This position requires strategic planning to support pursuits and captures including across various contract types. Responsibilities include development, monitoring and maintenance of Business Management processes, tools and procedures to manage contract business execution, earned value, capture of new business; oversight of Pre-RFP activities to contract definitization; oversight of cash collection; participate in generating and execution accountability of profitability and financial EACs; accountable for the Estimate-at-Complete (EAC), contract profitability assessments/reviews, and application of the Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS); participation in long range strategic planning process; and support to the Program/Business Area Rhythm (Program Management Meetings, Affordability, Risk Review, EAC Reviews). Coordinate activities between Contracts, Cost/Schedule, Finance, and Pricing functional groups.

Basic Qualifications

• Must either have a bachelor’s Degree and 10 years business experience leading highly engaged and effective teams, or a masters degree and 8 years business experience leading highly engaged and effective teams or a PhD and 6 years business experience leading highly engaged and effective teams
• Must have minimum 4 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Program Financial Planning & Control, DoD Contracts, or Government Cost Accounting Standards
• Proven ability to collaborate in a productive, strategic, and positive manner across multiple teams and various functions
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• A current active Secret level security clearance
• MBA
• Experience in presenting financial data to senior leadership
• Demonstrated success in developing and leading functional and cross functional teams

Primary Level Salary Range: $159,500.00 - $239,300.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.