Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
CLEARANCE TYPE: None
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
Northrop Grumman (NG) Defense Systems (DS) sector is seeking a Talent Acquisition (TA) University Recruiting & Relations Manager 2 to join the DS Talent Acquisition (TA) organization. We’re looking for strategic thinkers, systems connectors, and empathetic leaders as we continue delivering top talent for the DS sector’s accelerating growth. If you love designing creative laser-focused approaches to pinpoint top talent that also deliver a stellar candidate experience, we want to talk to you! This position can support a teleworker or be based out of one of the following office locations: McLean, VA; Falls Church, VA; Linthicum, MD; Roy, UT; Rocket Center, WV; Plymouth, MN; Warner Robins, GA; Huntsville, AL; or Northridge, CA.
This role requires ability to travel up to 25% of the time. As a leader in the DS TA organization, you’ll play a pivotal role in integrating our talent sourcing strategy, technology optimization, and recruitment marketing. You’ll lead a team of talented TA Business Partners who seek, engage, and nurture our DS talent pipeline across all sector business units and early career job profiles. You’ll apply your data-driven mindset and your functional expertise to elevate our team’s market awareness and industry knowledge.
We have outstanding partnership with our customers and Human Resources colleagues, which you’ll contribute meaningfully to and cross-functional collaboration with TA managers is critical. Qualified candidates have direct experience leading individual contributors and building trusted relationships with customers.
In this role, you will:
- Provide project leadership to facets of the Defense Intern Program, including planning, facilitation, and process improvement. This individual would work closely with Talent Acquisition Business Partners (UR&R college recruiters) to ensure a positive and engaging internship program and to promote the conversion of these students to full time openings after their internships are complete.
- Lead the Defense URR Operations team, providing leadership and process improvement to ensure the Defense URR Operations team is fully utilized.
- Lead the Defense Sector hiring events team, to include planning and providing strategic vision to ensure a diverse pipeline of talent into entry level and interns roles.
- Lead the training and development of new members on the Defense University Relations and Recruiting team.
- Develop creative strategies to identify, attract and hire top candidates in a timely fashion and share best practices with team members.
- Collaborate with Enterprise and Sector UR&R teams to participate in and attend events at focus Universities.
- Collaborate with our leaders and other key players to ensure streamlined and positive candidate experience.
- Lead Sector Demand Planning and analyze UR&R metrics.
- Develop and implement process improvements that drive operating excellence.
- Represent Northrop Grumman and the Northrop Grumman brand and products in a professional way.
- Display the ability to consult with all levels of internal and external customers, including students and University partners, hiring managers and various levels of leadership.
- Provide leadership and support for other strategic and operational UR&R initiatives.
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.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related professional experience. An additional four years’ experience accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Prior recruiting experience with significant experience in college and university engagement.
- Experience leading full project lifecycles, with demonstrated initiative in organization, prioritization, schedule, and communications campaign.
- Proven ability to influence hiring managers, executives, or cross-functional leaders through storytelling using data/data analytics.
- Experience in strategy development and in project management.
- Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
- Ability to travel up to 25%
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
- Experience implementing long term strategic initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to consult with and influence stakeholders.
- Experience in internship management.
- Experience supporting strategic partnerships with business stakeholders.
- Experience in managing teams.
Primary Level Salary Range: $115,000.00 - $199,700.00
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.
