RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
Description
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 Aeronautics Systems (AS) is seeking a Manager 2, HR Business Partner to join the Human Resources (HR) team supporting an AS Division. The position will be based in Melbourne, FL and will report directly to the Sr. Director, Human Resources for the Division. This is a full-time onsite position.
This role has key responsibilities supporting program and business area leadership and acting as a strategic partner and consultant to position the organization to meet long term vision and strategy. The role will focus on future program growth, strengthening and optimizing team effectiveness and leadership enablement and will require business acumen, leadership engagement and high levels of emotional intelligence in order to meet both the current and future needs. The successful candidate must have recognized leadership success and have a demonstrated ability to influence peers, and all levels of management to include executives. Candidate must also demonstrate successful implementation of change management practices to shift culture and drive changes across and down to the lowest level of the organization. The candidate will possess a depth and breadth of knowledge across all HR functions to include talent acquisition, talent management, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, and compensation.
Experience working in a matrix organization is a plus; Project management, interpersonal, influencing and negotiation skills, business acumen, and problem solving skills required. Candidate must be flexible and a progressive thinker with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/tasks from inception to completion in a changing environment.
Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Establish strong business relationships with program leadership teams and create effective partnerships across HR, centers of excellence (COE’s), business management, sector functions as well as operating divisions.
- Leadership Development—focused on strong succession planning and facilitation of talent conversations. Partner with business leaders to build leadership depth to support the succession planning process. Support and enable leaders to make informed decisions about talent and to hold their organizations accountable for business results.
- Build and present presentations that drive decision making agility, influence direction of stakeholders both inside the HR community and within program teams.
- Provide day-to-day people leadership to a team through influence and stakeholder management acting as a voice to program talent strategies to enable support and execution across functions and organizations who have direct people ownership.
- Proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities within the organization and develop solutions in partnership with business partners, division and matrix leadership, and program/division HR business leaders
- Using data and analytics, develop solutions to current business issues as well as proactively engage in risk mitigation.
- Recommend and implement practices employed in the areas of talent acquisition, assessment, development, compensation, organizational effectiveness, strategy, on-boarding, change management and communications.
- Analyze and concisely present information to the management team to enable good business decisions.
- Leverage and partner with HR colleagues across other functions and organizations on strategies that span: talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and organization effectiveness.
- Role model leadership characteristics and assist in driving business growth from an organization and talent perspective.
This position has significant leadership contact and requires a candidate with strong leadership and decision-making skills with the ability to perform in an environment of ambiguity, high speed of response and significant visibility. Position must model the Northrop Grumman values as well as the leadership behaviors. The incumbent must have strong communication and presentation skills.
Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, we pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in HR or related discipline with 7 years of progressive HR experience or a master’s degree with 5 years of progressive HR experience
- Solid track record in overall HR business roles, project management and acting as trusted HR advisor
- Superb communication and presentation skills and the ability to establish strong rapport and credibility as a forward-looking thought leader
- Proven ability to influence for impact at all levels and develop an internal network to gain support for best HR practices
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable time as determined by business need.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS, MA, MBA or like advanced degree preferred
- Experience supporting a special access program
- Experience working with a matrix or homeroom environment
- Active US Government Secret clearance or higher
- Current Special Program Access
Primary Level Salary Range: $115,000.00 - $172,400.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
