Director Mission Assurance 2

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is looking for a Director Mission Assurance 2 to lead the Quality and Mission Assurance organization for the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division. This leadership role is located in Roy, Utah. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to lead in a dynamic engineering and production environment. There is significant responsibility and visibility with executive leadership and the broad customer organization.  

The selected candidate will be responsible for the following: 

• Defines and monitors mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs. Performs or assures quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers in accordance with contractual requirements. Assesses program performance and risks and determines resources to ensure mission assurance. 

• The on-time delivery of high-quality products and services that meet all contractual requirements and business objectives. 

• Driving the continuous improvement of people (to include training & development), products, processes, systems and services through the application of world class manufacturing to include innovative technologies, lean principles, six-sigma projects, and common best practices. 

• 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. 

• Providing 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. 

• Ensuring the Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry capability maturity models and QMS standards (AS9100). 

• 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. 

• Overseeing 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. 

As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. You create trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement and respond vigorously to change. You ensure that your team has the information and tools needed to perform at their best. You demonstrate our committed pursuit of applying innovation to meet the requirements of our customer. You create and execute strategies that result in sustainable value creation that delivers measurable results. 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  

• 401k  

• Educational Assistance  

• Life Insurance  

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions  

• Paid Time Off  

• Health & Wellness Resources  

• Employee Discounts  

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. 

You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related technical experience  

• Demonstrated experience developing, communicating and instituting new processes for an organization 

• At least 5 years of formal management experience, leading a team to meet cost and schedule objectives  

• 5 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Mission Assurance specific roles  

• 5 years of experience in metric development for process health and performance monitoring large programs/projects. 

• Leadership experience in both EMD and Production programs 

• Active DoD Secret Clearance adjudicated in the last 6 years with ability to obtain SAP and Top-Secret Clearance  

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have: 

• 10 years Executive Leadership experience, preferably within the Aerospace and Defense industry  

• NG QMS familiarity 

• ISO 9001 and AS9100 familiarity 

• MS or MBA degree highly preferred 

• Active TS Clearance