Spacecraft Operations Manager 1

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Join 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 worlds 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.
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
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.
The selected candidate will be an Engineering functional leader for the NOALS contract located in **Colorado Springs, CO** . The selected candidate will help to build, develop and manage operations and support personnel. In addition, they will be responsible for identifying resource needs (people, tools, areas, support services) and working with stakeholders to address these needs.
**The new manager will be responsible for:**
Managing technical personnel assigned to a department with a size of approximately 10-12 team members.
Will ensure qualified and experienced personnel are assigned to meet the staffing needs of the NOALS contract, to ensure mission success.
The role includes all aspects of staff management, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching/mentoring, career development, performance management, compensation management, and separation of assigned employees.
Responsible for overall success of ongoing satellite operations missions, including flight and mission safety.
Analyses and forecasts division or group resource needs for satellite operations.
Ensures that properly trained, certified resources are available.
Interface with external agencies to negotiate usage of ground-based assets across multiple satellite missions.
Work with business development to investigate mission and mission operations opportunities.
In addition to the functional role, the candidate will be a working technical leader the split between direct and indirect is approximately 80%/20%. Duties will be supporting launch and on-orbit operations, will an emphasis on launch integration.
**Basic Qualifications:**
High School Diploma
Five years experience in NOPS launch and real-time space operations.
Demonstrated experience in management and leadership role
Must have U.S. Citizenship with active or current TS Clearance.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Bachelors Degree
Holds NOPS Launch and Operations Lead qualifications
Certified to conduct NOPS real-time operations
Prior experience with NOPS Launch Integration processes and procedures
Prior work leading teams and managing direct reports
Salary Range: $108,700.00 - $163,100.00
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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with **Executive Order 14042** ( ****), we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022, or by your start date if it is after January 18. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.
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.
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With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.
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Management
Engineering
Business
Posted:
2022-03-01
Expires:
2022-03-31
Northrop Grumman

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