Engineering Process & Governance Manager 2 (15688)

This is a functional home room (FHR) manager position, involving balancing both the overall functional oversight and management of a multifunctional engineering group of up to 15 engineers while maintaining a technical baseline of performance. The candidate will spend ~20% of their time on functional/organizational support and ~80% of their time on a mix of technical process and governance development work from his/her current or future tasking. As a Functional Manager, you will be required to provide a wide range of people leadership, mentoring activities and fostering a culture that allows employees to learn and grow. You will facilitate and execute the performance management cycle for your direct reports. This includes setting goals, quarterly connection reviews as well as performance evaluations and compensation. This role will also require you to mentor your direct reports in many ways. You will be their first line of contact for things such as career growth, training and certifications funding, stretch assignments, etc.
What You Will Get To Do:
• Promotes the professional development of the Homeroom workforce and fosters a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth, and continuous improvement.
• Managing and guiding direct report annual goals, performance evaluations and compensations reviews
• Ensure accurate time charging and timecard approvals
• Conflict resolution, managing performance issues and improvement plans
• Career growth mentoring for team of direct reports
• Aligning direct reports to technical roles based on program needs
• Helping to identify stretch assignments and opportunities.
Essential functions - Technical:
• Process and governance development work may include development/update/improvement of systems engineering, design engineering, test engineering or software engineering processes or other technical functions as needed to meet schedule, leadership and program priorities and goals.
• Developing and publishing auditable engineering processes and governance documents, models and training.
• Coordinate with multiple IPTs/programs, functional technical teams, technical management, change management, risk management, specifications, system engineering, design engineering, test engineering and software engineering processes, procedures, and governance to develop and implement engineering processes, governance, and training across division level and across multiple division programs.
• Support implementation, evaluation and presentation of metrics for programs and division
• Develop process architecture, including modeling, integration processes, tools, and techniques.
• Help to establish conformity of process and governance documentation and the processes by which they are created. Work with mission assurance, tech writers, process modelers, and engineering department managers to achieve that goal.
• Support quality audits (internal and external) and any resultant compliance actions
• Support development of process training.
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
You'll Bring These Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 6 years of related experience
Active DoD Secret Clearance adjudicated in the last 6 years with ability to obtain SAP.
1+ years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
1+ years of experience working across multiple engineering disciplines, including Systems, Design, Software and Test
1+ years of experience writing technical documents, processes, procedures and/or training materials.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

Advanced degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) field.
2+ years experience leading teams in a functional, programmatic or technical capacity.
Strong verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks
7+ years of experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment
Model Based System Engineering with an understanding of DODAF, UAF or SysML/UML
Active DoD Secret clearance with investigation completed within the last 6 years or in continues evaluation (CE)
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance within 6 years.
Special Access Program (SAP) Clearance
Systems Engineering/CMMI/Agile process and governance development
Experience with complex system development on large programs
Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
Demonstrated understanding of model development/management.
Familiarity with Mission Assurance/Quality compliance and auditing
Demonstrated understanding of engineering processes and governance across the development lifecycle, including planning, requirements, baseline control, configuration management, change management, design engineering, risk management, verification and validation, sustainment, and retirement.
Familiarity developing or contributing to process training
Familiarity with Agile methodology
Engineering process training development and support
Proficient in Jira, Confluence, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00The 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. 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.