Program Manager

• Provide program control support services in program finance and analysis, annual and multi-year fiscal planning, and work-plan development
• Track budgets, monitor costs, prepare project financials, explain variances, and provide forecasts
• Research and analyze data to derive relationships across Program Finance functions, including budget analysis, systems, schedules, cost variations, and Earned Value Management
• Interpret, assess, and analyze planning documents and directives to determine effects on PMO objectives and plans
• Participate as a cost analyst in planning, coordinating, and conducting operations research studies of material/support systems
• Assess the cost impact of major hardware components and related support systems with the Program Manager
• Monitor cost, schedule, technical, and operational aspects of assigned projects
• Perform other duties as assigned

Program Analyst I

• Lead, develop, coach, and provide day-to-day direction to a team of Material Program Managers
• Own and drive the integrated material strategy for assigned programs
• Align procurement, planning, inventory, supplier performance, quality, engineering, and production activities with program requirements and schedules
• Lead material readiness and Line of Balance reviews
• Identify material constraints, gaps, and risks to production and delivery schedules
• Manage material risks and opportunities with defined program impacts, root causes, mitigation or recovery plans, owners, and completion dates
• Establish escalation paths for critical material and supplier issues
• Lead monthly and quarterly material forecasting processes
• Analyze forecast performance and material actuals, identify variances and root causes, and implement corrective actions
• Partner with Procurement and Supplier Management to manage critical supplier issues and recovery plans
• Support proposals, Estimates at Completion, material budgets, long-range material strategies, and program financial planning
• Provide executive-level communication on material status, risks, forecast performance, supplier challenges, recovery actions, and leadership decisions

Material Program Manager – MPM

• Own end-to-end program delivery across technical and business domains
• Ensure adherence to scope, schedule, cost, and quality commitments
• Ensure contractual obligations and service-level agreements are met
• Identify and resolve delivery risks
• Oversee personnel assignments, onboarding, offboarding, and workforce planning
• Serve as primary communications point with technical personnel and clients
• Coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, and solve problems with clients
• Lead and supervise technical and administrative staff, including subordinate supervisors
• Perform hiring and performance evaluations
• Manage technical execution, financial stewardship, and business development for annual revenues of $10M+
• Build and manage a high-performing team
• Assure quality of products, services, and deliverables
• Participate in reviews, audits, and site visits
• Oversee contract transition activities
• Leverage cloud, infrastructure, and application-development services
• Prepare and review technical and cost proposals
• Perform financial analysis, budgeting, cost quoting, cost control, reconciliation, and profit enhancement
• Coordinate and monitor subcontractor activities and finances
• Develop, review, and approve plans, schedules, consulting agreements, and program documentation
• Prepare and deliver reports and technical reviews for senior management
• Ensure compliance with corporate and government policies and standards
• Participate in special projects as required

Senior Program Manager

• Drive day-to-day statement of work and deliverables execution
• Manage statement of work assignments
• Initiate assignments and integrate analysis of resource forecasts and/or Estimates at Completion (EACs) for control accounts, budgets, functions, or pools
• Integrate financial EACs for contracts or programs
• Develop, review, analyze, and maintain cost and/or schedule performance measurement baselines
• Leverage earned value management practices and support variance analyses
• Communicate cost and/or schedule trends
• Develop performance reports
• Integrate variance analyses and provide understanding of operational and financial performance to senior management
• Make recommendations to senior management on financial performance projections
• Train and mentor junior analysts
• Support process improvement initiatives and communicate the need for change to stakeholders
• Act as a finance representative lead for cross-business/Center of Expertise engagements
• Analyze key performance indicators to improve process cycle time, quality, and timeliness
• Complete peer reviews
• Serve as a change agent

Experienced Financial Analyst – Program Finance Lead

• Provide overall leadership, direction, and management across all aspects of the DoW force management capability
• Ensure the program meets cost, schedule, and performance objectives while aligning with Air Force operational priorities
• Provide day-to-day project oversight, including schedule management, resource allocation, budget tracking, and coordination of monthly software releases
• Serve as primary liaison among the customer, stakeholders, end users, and corporate leadership
• Deliver clear, concise, and timely status updates to senior client and corporate leadership
• Lead risk identification, analysis, and mitigation planning
• Oversee requirements intake, refinement, prioritization, and alignment with warfighter needs
• Manage development, testing, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams
• Ensure compliance with DoW and PEO BES policies, cybersecurity requirements, RMF processes, configuration management, and documentation standards
• Monitor subcontractor performance and project deliverables
• Facilitate Agile activities including sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, and retrospectives
• Lead project reviews, technical exchanges, and stakeholder meetings
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps, modernization strategies, and release planning documentation
• Prepare and manage contract deliverables, reports, and government submissions
• Support financial planning, forecasting, cost estimates, burn rate tracking, and resource planning
• Maintain and communicate project performance metrics and dashboards
• Conduct annual performance reviews for direct reports
• Approve employee and subcontractor timesheets
• Manage procurement and renewal of required licenses
• Coordinate and authorize conference travel
• Review and approve expense reports

• Lead the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile program within Northrop Grumman Defense Systems’ Future Concepts business
• Lead a team executing a strategic development program for the U.S. Navy
• Represent Northrop Grumman in customer engagements for current program execution and follow-on opportunity development
• Develop and deliver briefings to internal and external stakeholders
• Interface and collaborate with chief architects on concept development
• Identify current and emerging system capabilities needed to achieve desired warfighting mission effects
• Lead and motivate a diverse team across multiple contracts
• Execute a $200M+ program portfolio and grow it as customer needs evolve
• Identify and respond to RFIs, RFPs, and FOPRs related to SLCM-N development opportunities
• Brief customers at flag officer level and Northrop Grumman executive leadership
• Collaborate across Northrop Grumman sectors to drive integrated, cross-domain solutions
• Manage customer communication and collaboration
• Lead matrixed reports, define goals and team composition, and ensure continued performance
• Manage risks, issues, and opportunities
• Set a vision and define resource, personnel, and facility requirements to meet financial and technological commitments

Program Manager jobs in Alabama

Program Analyst I

Material Program Manager – MPM

Senior Program Manager

Experienced Financial Analyst – Program Finance Lead

Program Manager

Program Director