Director Mission Assurance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. 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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. 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’s Mission Systems Sector is looking for a Director Mission Assurance to lead the Quality and Mission Assurance organization for the Land and Maritime Sensors and Naval & Oceanic Systems Business Units within the Multidomain Sensing, Targeting and Survivability Division.

This leadership role will be full time on site at the Linthicum, MD (BWI) campus. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to lead in a dynamic engineering and production environment. There are significant responsibilities and a high level of visibility with internal executive leadership and customer-facing organizations.  

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following: 

• Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs. Assures quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements. Assesses program performance and risks and determines resources to ensure mission assurance. 

• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality products and services that meet all contractual requirements and business objectives. 

• Drive the continuous improvement of people (to include training & development), products, processes, systems and services through the application of world class manufacturing to include innovative technologies, lean principles, six-sigma projects, and common best practices. 

• Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with mission assurance programs, policies, processes, procedures and that the performance and quality of products/processes conform to established standards, specifications and agency guidelines. 

• Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and/or governmental regulations, and agency guidelines to assure compliance. 

• Providing leadership that fosters an inclusive, motivated and engaged work culture. 

• Support the development phase of programs by assuring engineering products and processes conform to internal and customer requirements. 

• Work directly with cross functional partners such as Engineering, Manufacturing, and Global Supply Chain to ensure that inspections, process control analyses and audits are conducted on a continuing basis to enforce requirements and compliance. 

• Ensuring the Quality & Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, Engineering, and other functional processes are consistent with industry capability maturity models and QMS standards (AS9100). 

• Provide direct oversight into all efforts related to design and factory accountability.

• Review trend metrics and analyze misses to implement the appropriate improvements to improve performance.   Specific emphasis on production program efficiency.

• Standardize and facilitate root cause / corrective action efforts to resolve quality issues. 

• Collaborate closely with Quality & Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain (GSC) leaders to provide strategic thought leadership and preventive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of related experience as defined below; OR a Master’s degree and 8 or more years of related experience as defined below:

*Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in aircraft, aerospace, manufacturing, quality, program management, engineering, and/or business management related functions

• 5 or more years of experience as a senior technical leader, manager, or other team lead roles
• Experienced in Managing Supplier Performance across a large set of diverse and complex program types.
• Quality Engineering and Management experience across the full program/product lifecycle.
• Active US Government Top Secret Clearance; OR DoE equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or MBA degree
• 15 or more years of experience in Quality Engineering or Mission Assurance specific roles
• 5 or more years of experience in metric development to assess process health and performance, monitoring large programs/projects
• Extensive Leadership experience, preferably within the Aerospace and Defense industry

Primary Level Salary Range: $194,600.00 - $292,000.00

The 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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.