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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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!\nNorthrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an Engineering & Sciences (E&S) Designated Pathways Assignment Teams (DPAT) and Engineering Business OperationsMgr 2 in Linthicum, MD. This position will report to the E&S Chief of Staff (CoS) and be responsible for leading E&S level Pathways/Early Careers & Interns DPAT efforts across the Sector for E&S. The role also includes execution of tactical E&S efforts related to supporting the Business of Engineering in an Engineering Operations Role, and the individual selected for this role will also provide support to senior and executive leadership to enable execution and engineering initiatives.\nThe Manager will perform tasks to include:\nDevelop and maintain an engineering strategy as the primary area of focus ensuring greater coordination across E&S organizations:Lead E&S Pathways/Early Careers (EC) & Interns DPAT effortsCoordinate activities/efforts across E&S organizations\nE&S Level Demand planning & Organizational guidance including E&S metric generation and analysis to support demand planning and placement\nMaintain E&S level guidance documentation and resources to be used by those performing efforts across the organization\nPartner with Sector Engineering and other parts of E&S to assess adoption of tools to aid in tracking and metrics\nEvent coordination and tracking\nLead E&S organizations with purposeful rotation planning\nPartner with organizations to support determination of skills that need to grow via EC pipeline\nSupport UR&R and E&S organizations for enhancements to referral process and tracking\nSupport and creation of mgr training for all phases of Pathways/Early Career and Intern (hiring, onboarding and sustainment)\n\nSupport E&S Chief of Staff in other efforts/initiatives to include serving as a delegate for the CoS in designated reviews\nPerform E&S Site Visit Rotational Planning & Coordination\nSupport and in various instances lead E&S Facilities Projects/Optimization\n\nKey attributes of the Manager:\nProven experience as a team player and collaborator\nPrevious experience in People and Technical Leadership roles, including leadership through influence\nStrong understanding of engineering process with execution experience across the program lifecycle\nHighly organized with strong communication skills\nDemonstrated ability to perform both as a part of a team and individually\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of experience or a PhD with 4 years of experience in Engineering, Operations, Program and/or Functional Management\n6 years of professional experience in the defense or aerospace industries\nUS Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance\nAbility to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.\nFamiliarity with placement/management of Early Career and/or Interns OR Experience managing or coordinating intern, university, Pathways, early-career, rotational, talent-development, or workforce-development programs.\nDemonstrated ability to coordinate multiple organizations, priorities, and stakeholders.\nExperience leading or managing employees, teams, or cross-functional initiatives.\nAbility to work onsite full-time in Linthicum, MD\nPreferred Qualifications:\nActive Secret Clearance or Higher\nDemonstrated success in identifying inefficiencies, gaps, and bottlenecks and leveraging automation, application development, and AI to streamline operations\nExpertise with the NGMS Work Load Forecast (WLF) tool and other business systems related to forecasting program demand requirements and labor planning\nExperience working with program performance, engineering, and staffing related metrics, including driving metrics collection to be leading-focused and creating and leveraging metrics to drive outcomes and behaviors\nPrior operations experience and support of executive leadership, including preparation of executive briefing material\nThis position is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining a Secret Clearance.\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $127,100.00 - $190,700.00The 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. 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