Senior Director Mission Architectures & Assessments

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Account Management

Senior Director role focused on leading the development, assessment, and demonstration of integrated mission capabilities within the Mission Systems sector, utilizing mission-level modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A), strategic demonstrations, and government exercise participation. This role involves cross-divisional collaboration, strategic leadership for Mission Engineering, coordination of MS&A activities, and driving contract-funded MS&A opportunities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Collaborate across Divisions and the functions to provide strategic organizational leadership for the sector’s Mission Engineering and related activities.
  2. Facilitate sector-level coordination and review of cross-division MS&A, CRADAs, demonstration activities and participation in Government exercises to ensure necessary synchronization and collaboration.
  3. Lead the execution of Sector Operating Objectives (SOO).
  4. Working in close coordination with ECD and the Divisions, drive the creation and capture of contract-funded MS&A opportunities (CRAD) that are specifically and well-aligned to the sector’s MS&A priorities.
  5. Serve as the sector’s lead for Corporate-sponsored mission engineering activities.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related degree and 12 or more years of relevant experience, a master’s degree and 10 or more years of relevant experience
  • Experience in system engineering, modeling and architecture analysis.
  • 5 or more years of demonstrated success in managing projects to cost, performance, and schedule requirements.
  • Demonstrated success in leading and developing cross functional teams.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration and communication across diverse teams
  • Ability to travel up to 50%.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with defense contracting frameworks and the nuances of Aerospace and Defense program management; experience across defense systems in space, air, ground, sea, cyber
  • Detailed knowledge of the Aerospace and Defense planning, program creation, and program management processes
  • Advanced technical degree in engineering, mathematics, or physical sciences
  • Experience with campaign-level systems of systems analysis

What the JD emphasized

  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
  • CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI