Senior HR Manager: Talent, Analytics & Leadership

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, California, seeks a Human Resources Manager 3 to lead HR programs, collaborate with site leadership, and drive talent strategies. The role emphasizes leadership, organizational effectiveness, and data-informed decision making.

The ideal candidate will have extensive HR experience, strong communication, and the ability to influence at all levels while managing multiple cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related discipline with a minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of progressive HR experience
• Solid track record in overall HR management and as trusted advisor and people leader
• Superb communication skills and the ability to establish strong rapport and credibility as a forward-looking thought leader
• Proven ability to influence for impact at all levels and develop an internal network to gain support for best HR practices
• Ability to navigate cultural and business sensitivities to champion diversity, equity, inclusion, performance, and employee engagement
• Must be able to travel as needed (up to 10% of the time)

Responsibilities

• Establish strong business relationships with assigned client leadership teams and create effective partnerships across HR and centers of excellence (COE’s)
• Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the organization and develop solutions in partnership with HR business partners, leaders, and COEs
• Use data and analytics to develop solutions for current business issues
• Provide business insight through data analysis, research and benchmarking
• Recommend and implement winning practices employed in the areas of talent acquisition, assessment, development, compensation, organizational effectiveness, strategy, on-boarding, change management and communications
• Analyze and concisely present information to the leaders and employees to enable good business decisions
• Partner with sector HR Business Partners to identify, develop and execute talent strategies with impacts at the Corporate and Sector levels
• Leverage and partner with HR colleagues in talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion and organizational effectiveness to support talent strategies
• Provide day-to-day people leadership to the team and create an environment that accelerates development of HR talent
• Role model leadership behaviors and company values
• Leadership Development—focused on strong succession planning and strategic leadership movement. Partner with enterprise-wide functional leaders to build leadership depth to support the succession planning process. Support and enable leaders to make informed decisions about talent and to hold their organizations accountable for results
• This position has significant senior leadership contact and requires a candidate with strong leadership and decision-making skills with the ability to perform in a fast-paced, ambiguous and continually changing environment

Skills

Leadership

Communication

HR management

Change management

Data analysis

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or related discipline

Master’s degree in HR or related discipline

Tools

Workday HRIS

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, California, seeks a Human Resources Manager 3 to lead HR programs, collaborate with site leadership, and drive talent strategies. The role emphasizes leadership, organizational effectiveness, and data-informed decision making.

The ideal candidate will have extensive HR experience, strong communication, and the ability to influence at all levels while managing multiple cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment. Travel up to 10% is required.