Mission & Quality Assurance Lead, Program Excellence

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission and Quality Assurance Lead to guide program-level mission assurance, quality assurance, risk management, and process improvement across aerospace programs. The role collaborates with program leadership, engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure contractual and customer requirements are met and to translate data into measurable program results.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and leadership skills, experience in managing quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations, quality, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in mission assurance, quality, or program execution.
• Experience developing performance metrics and communicating results.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission assurance and quality activities to meet program objectives and contract requirements.
• Develop and execute program quality and mission assurance plans, metrics, and reviews.
• Review plans, requirements, and data to identify quality and technical concerns.
• Support program reviews, readiness reviews, and leadership forums with assessments.
• Establish and monitor performance measures for quality, schedule, and program health.
• Lead root-cause analyses and corrective actions for nonconformances and issues.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, supply chain, and management on risk responses.
• Promote continuous improvement and first-time quality throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Program leadership

Quality assurance

Risk management

Process improvement

Data analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations, quality, or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

SAP

Lean Six Sigma

Kaizen

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission and Quality Assurance Lead to guide program-level mission assurance, quality assurance, risk management, and process improvement across aerospace programs. The role collaborates with program leadership, engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure contractual and customer requirements are met and to translate data into measurable program results.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and leadership skills, experience in managing quality