Pricing Cost Estimating Manager 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Pricing Cost Estimating Manager 2 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Air Dominance Division. This position will support a primary team at our facilities in San Diego, CA, Palmdale, CA and other Northrop Grumman Sites. This position will work onsite daily.
In this role, the Manager Pricing / Cost Estimating 2 will lead a team of professionals responsible for the development of cost products. Provide integrated P&E thought leadership to the business teams, appropriate staffing to develop cost volumes, ROMs, BPEs, cost models, or other analysis required to support the business objectives. Able to step in and provide hands-on technical support, development and training to a team of professionals.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Lead a pricing and estimating team supporting multiple lines of business and programs across various sites
Manage team staffing, resources, tools, and training as needed

Direct team execution in all aspects of cost volume quality, compliance, and products in response to customer's request for proposal (RFP)

Brief senior management, contract personnel, proposal coordinators, customer representatives, and government auditors on a variety of issues as required

Engage with Senior P&E/Program/Business Unit leadership to develop pricing and estimating strategies needed to successfully capture follow-on or new business in line with company objectives

Establish strategic relationships with program, business unit, and functional leadership; and customer counterparts to enhance team operations, resources, and deliverables

Understand and adhere to internal and external policies and procedures as it pertains to the role

Support DCMA/DCAA offices and Government Compliance regarding proposal and business system audits

Basic Required Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and 7 years of related Business Management experience, or a Masters Degree and 5 years of Business Management experience or a PhD and 3 years of Business Management experience