Mission Assurance Manager 3
Quick Summary
Support and mentor team members by promoting professional development, fostering a collaborative environment, and endorsing ethical conduct.
At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We are looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we ’II support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you ’II have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
Northrop Grumman Missions Systems AMS Division Mission Assurance has an opening for a Mission Assurance Manager 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This role will be located in Baltimore, MD Site and will have Mission Assurance responsibility for the Tactical Fighters BU.
Responsibilities
~2 min read- →Support and mentor team members by promoting professional development, fostering a collaborative environment, and endorsing ethical conduct.
- →Encourages team members to connect their efforts to overall company goals by creating an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences.
- →Participating in program planning and execution, to include the implementation of quality program plans tailored to the appropriate phase of the program, customer requirements and overall trends and/or risk profiles.
- →Ensuring the Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry standards (e.g., AS9102, AS9145 and AS9100).
- →Engages team members and drives robust root cause corrective actions utilizing appropriate quality tools (5-Whys, fishbone, etc..).
- →Tracks and owns all metrics related to quality, provides input for monthly reporting as well as presents quality results to leadership.
- →Drives improvements within the business to reduce defects and streamlines quality processes.
- →Actively monitors nonconformance and corrective actions to ensure timely dispositions and corrective action responses.
- →Functional planning, personnel management, and cost account management.
- →Champion Lean Agile and Digital Transformation initiatives.
The selected candidate must be an inclusive and collaborative leader with the ability to influence others at all levels and have demonstrated leadership skills leading multi-function and technical working groups while directly contributing to programs and proposals. The candidate must have a track record in mentoring and developing the skills of their teams, and driving change across organizations with successful, quantified business results. The candidate must be able to establish strong, collaborative, working relationships with operations, (Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program Management) business unit leaders, and customer quality representatives. The selected candidate must possess a current a DoD Secret level security clearance maintaining the required security clearance will be a condition of continued employment.
Requirements
~2 min read- NG QMS experience (PrOP, AS9100D, and customer flow-downs).
- Experience with customer interactions, including DCMA, Lockheed Martin
- Certification in lean, six sigma, and agile Quality Engineering Methodologies
- Trained as a AS9100 Lead Auditor
- 5+ years of experience as a Quality Manager or a similar Mission Assurance role
- AS9145/PPAP Experience
- Experience with GIDEP/Sentinel monitoring
- Demonstrated experience of program/product lifecycles at various stages (capture, proposal, design, program of record, and supply chain management)
Primary Level Salary Range: $167,500.00 - $251,300.00The 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.
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About this job
- Posted
- 14 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 2, 2026
- First seen
- October 3, 2026
- Last seen
- October 15, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 12
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 19%
- Scored at
- October 16, 2026
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