Continuously assessing needs; developing, implementing, and monitoring program security strategy for Programs within the SSD Division
Collaborate with other Northrop Grumman Security personnel and Sectors for uniform Northrop Grumman policy and consistency
Building strong relationships and partnering closely with senior leadership, especially within the security and information technology organizations and across the Northrop Grumman enterprise
Promoting strategic relationships between internal resources and external entities, including government, vendors, and partner organizations
Engaging in special programs best-practice sharing with peer organizations and executive briefings
Developing the Divisions security team to grow to its next level of maturity and scalability
Recruiting, training, and retaining a world class security team with particular focus on building a bench of best-in-class special programs leaders for the future
Creating energy and enthusiasm at all levels
Working collaboratively with the various operating units to understand security issues, negative trends, and/or compliance challenges and, when required, interact with the government, on behalf of the Division, to address issues
Accountable for ensuring that overall budgets, schedules, and performance standards are met

Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of professional experience including people management experience – OR – Master’s degree with 8+ years of professional experience including people management experience
Cross-functional experience with demonstrated success leading transformation change in large organizations
Experience communicating security related concepts to a broad range of technical and nontechnical audiences
Experience successfully implementing change
Experience identifying corporate policies, processes, and procedures that are not optimally aligned with business objectives and recommending and implementing changes
A track record of assessing threat and vulnerability from a business as well as a technical perspective
Thorough understanding of special programs, including government governance models, policy, compliance, and existing and planned government infrastructure, applications, and tools that may be leveraged by the company
Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

Industrial Security Director – Level 1

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