Remote CIDO Strategy Lead — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; United States; Remote; USD 146,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

9/80 work schedule

401k matching

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Business Process Analyst to define strategic direction and priority logic for the Strategy and Architecture portfolio. This role acts as the CIDO business strategy lead, shaping options and aligning with architecture and execution across the organization.

The position is available as a virtual telecommuter within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for onsite meetings, with growth opportunities in enterprise planning and performance management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Strategy, Finance, Information Systems, or related field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 10+ years, or a PhD with 8+ years.
• Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
• Demonstrated experience in business strategy, enterprise planning, IT/Business strategic analysis, transformation planning, chief-of-staff, business management, or closely related roles.
• Strong ability to frame business priorities, strategic options, operating-model implications, and transformation trade-offs for senior leaders.
• Experience developing executive-ready decision materials, strategic roadmaps, briefing content, or enterprise planning artifacts.
• Demonstrated ability to work across business and technical stakeholders and connect strategy to architecture, execution, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including facilitation, synthesis, and executive-level communication.
• Experience leading enterprise or functional strategy development and execution in large matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to turn ambiguity into structured decisions, options, and action paths.

Responsibilities

• Define strategic direction, business framing, and priority logic for the broader Strategy and Architecture portfolio.
• Shape decision-ready strategic options tied to enterprise outcomes, business drivers, operating-model choices, and transformation sequencing.
• Partner with enterprise technical architecture, enterprise business architecture, and ops/performance leaders to align strategy, architecture direction, governance, and measurable execution outcomes.
• Support leadership decision-making through strategic analysis, briefing content, roadmap framing, and cross-functional prioritization.
• This position will be available as a virtual telecommuter, however, the incumbent must be within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for ad hoc onsite meetings.
• Define portfolio priorities, transformation themes, and business-value framing across architecture, operations, analytics, and AI-readiness efforts.
• Clarify how enterprise strategy choices affect operating model, business capability priorities, investment focus, modernization timing, and leadership decision thresholds.
• Develop and maintain repeatable strategy artifacts, including strategic summaries, roadmap framing, issue papers, briefing content, and decision-support packages.
• Represent the strategy lane in senior leadership discussions, planning forums, and transformation working sessions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Business Process Analyst to define strategic direction and priority logic for the Strategy and Architecture portfolio. This role acts as the CIDO business strategy lead, shaping options and aligning with architecture and execution across the organization.

The position is available as a virtual telecommuter within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for onsite meetings, with growth opportunities in enterprise planning and performance management.