Roles and Responsibilities:

Support and mentor team members by promoting professional development, fostering a collaborative environment, and endorsing ethical conduct.
* Encourages team members to connect their efforts to overall company goals by creating an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences.
* Participating in program planning and execution, to include the implementation of quality program plans tailored to the appropriate phase of the program, customer requirements and overall trends and/or risk profiles.
* Ensuring the Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry standards (e.g., AS9102, AS9145 and AS9100).
* Engages team members and drives robust root cause corrective actions utilizing appropriate quality tools (5-Whys, fishbone, etc..).
* Tracks and owns all metrics related to quality, provides input for monthly reporting as well as presents quality results to leadership.
* Drives improvements within the business to reduce defects and streamlines quality processes.
* Actively monitors nonconformance and corrective actions to ensure timely dispositions and corrective action responses.
* Functional planning, personnel management, and cost account management.
* Champion Lean Agile and Digital Transformation initiatives.
The selected candidate must be an inclusive and collaborative leader with the ability to influence others at all levels and have demonstrated leadership skills leading multi-function and technical working groups while directly contributing to programs and proposals. The candidate must have a track record in mentoring and developing the skills of their teams, and driving change across organizations with successful, quantified business results. The candidate must be able to establish strong, collaborative, working relationships with operations, (Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program Management) business unit leaders, and customer quality representatives. The selected candidate will be required to obtain a DoD Secret level security clearance within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company, and also by customer and/or program requirements; maintaining the required security clearance will be a condition of continued employment.
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant work experience
* Secret Clearance
* Minimum of five (5) + years of leadership experience.
* Experience with Quality Management Systems and identifying critical quality metrics.
* Ability to communicate, manage, and achieve Mission Assurance tactical and strategic goals.
* Experience in leading independent assessments, quality assessments/audits, and program gate reviews as the mission assurance representative.
* Experience with problem solving techniques and strategies to determine Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA).
* Experience indicative of IPT leadership or direct-line management (basis of estimate methods, development program/project schedules).
* Demonstrated ability to apply strong analytical skills and Lean Agile methodologies.
* Strong leadership, assertiveness, facilitation, and communication skills.
* US citizenship
Preferred Qualifications:

NG QMS familiarity (PrOP, AS9100D, and customer flow-downs).
* Experience with customer interactions, including DCMA, Lockheed Martin
* Certification in lean, six sigma, and agile Quality Engineering Methodologies.
* Trained as a AS9100 Lead Auditor.
* 5 years of experience as a Quality Manager or a similar Mission Assurance role
* AS9145/PPAP Experience
* Experience with GIDEP/Sentinel monitoring.
* Demonstrated understanding of program/product lifecycles at various stages (capture, proposal, design, program of record, and supply chain management).
* A current DoD Secret level security clearance (or higher).
Salary Range: $162,300 - $243,500
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.
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.