Requisition ID: R10173344- Category: Business Development
- Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America
- Clearance Type: Top Secret
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift: Not Applicable (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 25 of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available: 1
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history. Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems Division (TSSD) is seeking a Strategic Planning Director 1 to join our diverse team of professionals. The Director will report to the TSSD vice president and general manager and will lead all aspects of the division strategy and long-range planning, to include the following:
- Strategy Deployment Process (SDP): Lead the division process to develop and measure an integrated division strategy aligned with sector and corporate imperatives. Partner with business units and functions to define ‘target’ and ‘stretch’ objectives, strategic gaps, and outcomes needed to meet division annual and long-range strategic goals.
- Mission and Technology Roadmaps: Assess and influence long-term mission needs to identify future capabilities needed, investments necessary to close the gap, and acquisition strategies to deliver capability to mission.
- Strategic Gap Analysis: Lead strategic gap analysis with BU’s and functions to identify technology, capability, or process gaps, prioritize them, and align resources to meet them.
- Internal Investment (NCTA): Drive division process to prioritize Business Unit (BU) investment requests, aligned with TSSD strategy and gaps, and allocate resources. Develop candidates for sector-level technology gap funding, advocate for those resources, and manage division projects funded with sector and division funds.
- Business Development Integration: Seamlessly partner with division Business Development director for customer influence, pipeline evaluation, strategic analysis, and other competitive initiatives.
- Strategic Studies: Lead strategic arena, technology, competitor, or capability studies and provide strategic actions recommendations, to include analysis of M&A and partnerships to support strategic innovations and future capabilities.
- Cross-Division Business Insight: Develop and maintain inter-division relationships and business collaboration with other divisions. Participate in all intra-sector Business Strategy Team reviews.
- Mission Solution Engineering: Provide functional homeroom support, career management and leadership to TSSD’s division-level engineering SMEs, working high-priority deliverables and studies to influence customer interface and outcomes aligned to TSSD’s mid-term strategic priorities.
- Align Division equities with sector and corporate campaigns.
- In partnership with VP Engineering and Business Unit VPs, shape technology strategy, product roadmaps, engineering skill mix, and multi-year investment profiles.
- In partnership with VP Ops and CFO, validate facilities, real-estate, manufacturing and operations plans.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 10+ years of experience within the DoD/Intel space community.
- 10+ years management experience (direct-reports or via projects/teams).
- Detailed understanding of Tactical Space Systems’ customers, competitors, and products.
- Experience creating strategies, gap analysis, and associated investment plans.
- Proven and effective executive-level briefing, writing and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated collaboration and leadership skills in support of culture change and DE&I initiatives.
- Current TS and/or current SSBI clearance at the time of application
- US Citizenship is a prerequisite.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MBA, MSC or equivalent.
- Proven experience executing a Strategy Deployment Process for $100M+ space enterprise.
- Northrop Grumman internal long-range strategic development process experience.
- Northrop Grumman internal investment process experience.
- OU P&L or large program execution responsibility.
- Led capture or strategic opportunity of >$500M.
- Enterprise-level Leadership experience supporting employee affinity/resource groups.
Salary Range: $190,600 - $286,000
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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
