Program Support Training Manager 2

Program Support Training Manager 2

Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree AND 9 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master’s AND 7 years of related professional/military experience
• Must have prior management or leadership experience.
• Must have experience in a system test environment.
• Must have experience with developing and implementing a training regimen in a large environment.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years) and ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR)

Responsibilities

• Functionally manage a team of 10-15 project managers across multiple test activities and locations.
• Oversee a technical Statement of Work within an established program.
• Conduct employee performance management, goal development, quarterly connections, leadership development, and knowledge retention.
• Collaborate with programs to understand staffing needs, leadership development, performance management, and knowledge retention.
• Foster team engagement and collaboration to drive employee engagement, enhance development, improve training, and retain top talent.
• Support section staffing for project managers through requisition development, facilitating and conducting interviews, onboarding, and mentoring staff.
• Assist with integration activities, data calls, metrics generation, data collection, and reporting.
• Champion engagement activities to enhance the workplace environment.
• Interface directly with test engineers, test leadership, technical experts, and other management within the department.
• Travel between various Northrop Grumman facilities as required (10%).
• Responsible for the management of Test Program training courseware development and implementation.
• Serve as the primary Test Program training interface with internal and external customers.
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules.
• Identify program constraints and manage solutions, such as resource allocation or changes to contractual specifications.
• Monitor cost scheduling, change board packages, and ensure deadlines are met.
• Manage budget objectives, adjusting project forecasts based on financial analysis.
• Oversee forecasting for each tasking budget and manage variances.
• Interface with leadership and the team to update project status, scheduling forecasts, and address future obstacles.
• Deliver presentations and briefings on project status to internal leadership and customers.
• Manage program risks and opportunities; coordinate cross-program risks.
• Suggest new business opportunities to the Program Manager and assist with conceptual plans that may lead to new business ventures.
• Responsible for planning and program performance, addressing cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of a work package.
• Possess full working knowledge of procedures and practices, making decisions that support accomplishments or discipline objectives.
• Direct the work of employees assigned to the task order from technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
• Collaborate with department managers/supervisors to define key general position tasks, key projects, and goals.
• Evaluate performance based on defined expectations while overseeing projects and tasks assigned to the organizational group performed by non-exempt and/or exempt employees.
• The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance.
• The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of combined aviation maintenance or manufacturing experience
• Significant experience in a developmental/operational test maintenance environment
• Experience in a US Air Force Combined Test Force
• Experience leading an aircraft operation under DCMA Instruction 8210 oversight.
• Currently hold Special Program Access