Strategic Planning Director (Active Clearance required)

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Gilbert
Posted on: January 20, 2023

Job Description:

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: YesRELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescriptionJoin Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you'll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems Division (TSSD) is seeking a Strategic Planning Director to join our diverse team of professionals. The Director will report to the TSSD vice president and general manager and will lead all aspects of the division strategy and long-range planning, to include the following:Strategy Deployment Process (SDP): Lead the division process to develop and measure an integrated division strategy aligned with sector and corporate imperatives. Partner with business units and functions to define 'target' and 'stretch' objectives, strategic gaps, and outcomes needed to meet division annual and long-range strategic goals.Mission and Technology Roadmaps: Assess and influence long-term mission needs to identify future capabilities needed, investments necessary to close the gap, and acquisition strategies to deliver capability to mission.Strategic Gap Analysis: Lead strategic gap analysis with BU's and functions to identify technology, capability, or process gaps, prioritize them, and align resources to meet them.Internal Investment (NCTA): Drive division process to prioritize Business Unit (BU) investment requests, aligned with TSSD strategy and gaps, and allocate resources. Develop candidates for sector-level technology gap funding, advocate for those resources, and manage division projects funded with sector and division funds.Business Development Integration: Seamlessly partner with division Business Development director for customer influence, pipeline evaluation, strategic analysis, and other competitive initiatives.Strategic Studies: Lead strategic arena, technology, competitor, or capability studies and provide strategic actions recommendations, to include analysis of M&A and partnerships to support strategic innovations and future capabilities.Cross-Division Business Insight: Develop and maintain inter-division relationships and business collaboration with other divisions. - Participate in all intra-sector Business Strategy Team reviews.Mission Solution Engineering: Provide functional homeroom support, career management and leadership to TSSD's division-level engineering SMEs, working high-priority deliverables and studies to influence customer interface and outcomes aligned to TSSD's mid-term strategic priorities.Align Division equities with sector and corporate campaigns.In partnership with VP Engineering and Business Unit VPs, shape technology strategy, product roadmaps, engineering skill mix, and multi-year investment profiles.In partnership with VP Ops and CFO, validate facilities, real-estate, manufacturing and operations plans.Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 10+ years of experience within the DoD/Intel space community.10+ years management experience (direct-reports or via projects/teams).Detailed understanding of Tactical Space Systems' customers, competitors, and products.Experience creating strategies, gap analysis, and associated investment plans.Proven and effective executive-level briefing, writing and organizational skills.Demonstrated collaboration and leadership skills in support of culture change and DE&I initiatives.Current TS and/or current SSBI clearanceUS Citizenship is a prerequisite.Preferred Qualifications: MBA, MSC or equivalent.Proven experience executing a Strategy Deployment Process for $100M+ space enterprise.Northrop Grumman internal long-range strategic development process experience.Northrop Grumman internal investment process experience.OU P&L or large program execution responsibility. - -Led capture or strategic opportunity of > $500M.Enterprise-level Leadership experience supporting employee affinity/resource groups.Salary Range: $223,000.00 - $334,400.00Employees 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. - The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. - U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 .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 most positions. -SummaryLocation: United States-Virginia-Dulles; United States-Arizona-GilbertType: Full time

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