The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.
Northrop Grumman's Payload and Ground Systems (PGSD) is seeking a Program Planning Manager 1 to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Aurora, CO, and will be required to be 100% onsite due to nature and scope of the role. This position will support our Payload and Ground Systems team.
As a manager of a professional program planning team, the selected candidate must have experience with the scheduling discipline, as well as the leadership qualities necessary to foster collaboration among team members and the programs they support.
Job duties & responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Be the organizational lead to initiate a collaborative campaign across the equivalent levels of management
* Advocate for team and products, ensuring business rhythms support skills and time to generate metrics and forecast abilities
* Ensure major projects, program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups
* Track plans and schedules, perform risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts
* Utilize Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, Earned Value Management (EVM) and other project management techniques to assess progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas
* Prepare, develop and coordinate the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to meet all program objectives
* Ensure schedule products are compliant with latest Government, Corporate and Sector requirements and cover gaps in process/knowledge within the team organizational structure
* Implement scheduling best practices as prescribed by industry to include, but not limited to: IPMR DI-MGMT-81861, Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA), Schedule Performance Analytics and Schedule Health Analysis (DCMA 14-Point, DECM metrics)
* Drive change management and ensure adoption and acceptance of change (i.e. analytics, process, innovative efficiencies).
* Manage and develop a team of program schedule analysts and reporting managers
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of stated experience - OR - a Master's degree and 4+ years stated experience
* Will consider 4+ years of work experience in lieu of a degree
* Experience with MS Project and MS Office Suite
* Experience with Integrated Master Schedules (IMS)
* Understanding of Earned Value Management System tools
* Experience with Schedule Risk Assessments (SRA)
* Position requires an active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
access at time of application
Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Aerospace and/or Defense programs and familiarity with Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)
* Master's degree in Business Administration, Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics Discipline
* PMP, PgMP, PMI-RMP, PMI, SP, PSP certifications
* Leadership experience
* Top Secret (TS) Department of Defense (DoD) Clearance with Poly and an active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access at time of application
Northrop Grumman offers a competitive and robust benefits program. As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for:

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
* 401k
* Educational Assistance
* Life Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
* Paid Time Off
* Health & Wellness Resources
* Employee Discounts
* Flexible Schedules: For example, the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work
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Salary Range: *$109,800 - $164,600
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.