Mission Assurance Director 2

2 weeks ago


Palmdale, United States Northrop Grumman Full time

**Requisition ID**:R10158498**:

- ** Category**: Mission and Quality Assurance
- ** Location**: Palmdale, California, United States of America
- ** Clearance Type**: Secret
- ** Telecommute**: No
- Teleworking not available for this position
- ** Shift**: Days (United States of America)
- ** Travel Required**: Yes, 25% of the Time
- ** Relocation Assistance**: Relocation assistance may be available
- ** Positions Available**: 1

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.

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems Sector is seeking a Mission Assurance Director 2. This leadership role is located in **Palmdale, CA a**nd reports directly to the sector vice president of Mission Assurance. The Mission Assurance Director will be the leader for quality management integration across the full portfolio of programs executed in Palmdale and the surrounding areas, including oversight of the quality management system and processes across the region. This includes operations diagnostics and consulting for performance, leadership, team assessment and program facilitation.
- Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs. Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements. Assess program performance and risks and determine resources to ensure mission assurance.
- The on-time delivery of high-quality products and services that meet all contractual requirements and business objectives.
- Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance with mission assurance programs, policies, processes, procedures and that the performance and quality of products/processes conform to established standards, specifications, and agency guidelines.
- Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and/or governmental regulations, and agency guidelines to assure compliance.
- Provide leadership that fosters an inclusive, motivated, and engaged work culture.
- Support the development phase of programs by assuring engineering products and processes conform to internal and customer requirements.
- Work directly with operating entities such as engineering and manufacturing to ensure that inspections, process control analyses, and audits are conducted on a continuing basis to enforce requirements and compliance.
- Ensure the Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry capability maturity models and QMS standards (ISO 9001).
- Provide direct oversight in all efforts related to factory accountability and foreign object elimination practices.
- Review trend metrics and analyze misses in order to implement the appropriate improvements to improve performance.
- Standardize and facilitate root cause / corrective action efforts to resolve quality issues.
- Oversee supplier quality management collaborating closely with multiple sites’ Quality & Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain (GSC) leaders to provide strategic thought leadership and preventive solutions to ensure the quality of procured material and services.

This position will have a standard work schedule of 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

**Basic Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of related experience as defined below, OR a Master’s degree and 8 years of related experience as defined below
- Related experience includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in aircraft, aerospace, manufacturing, quality, program management, engineering, and/or business management related functions
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Mission Assurance specific roles
- A minimum of 5 years of experience as a leader, manager, or other team lead roles
- Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
- Must have the ability to ob



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