Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Manager Business Management 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, CA or Clearfield, UT
The selected candidate will lead and have accountability for all Business Management activities supporting part of the overall Production Business Area on the B-21 Program. The selected candidate will be responsible for various critical business efforts that support the broader Production Business Area including Special Tooling and Special Test Equipment, Engineering / Production Change Requests, Tooling Return / Reuse, and ramp/scaling 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
- Experience developing and managing financial goals and overseeing monthly financial reporting
- 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 Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
- Must have an active DoD Secret or Top-Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA
- Experience in presenting financial data to senior leadership
- Demonstrated success in developing and leading functional and cross functional teams
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