Human Resources Director 1

Northrop Grumman Corporate Office is seeking a Human Resources Director supporting Business Management and our Legal & Contracts organization. This position is located in Falls Church, VA. This is not a remote position.  

The HR Director serves as a strategic business partner providing day-to-day support to the CO Executive Leadership Team (ELT) functional team members and other corporate leaders in accomplishment of business objectives. The primary function of the role is to be a strategic partner and consultant to the business to ensure we have a human capital strategy in place to attract, engage, develop and retain the talent necessary to meet the strategic goals of the business for today and for the future.  

The selected candidate will lead a team of HR business partners responsible for executing the HR strategy and will lead human capital programs and core processes including but not limited to talent acquisition, talent assessment and development, performance management, employee relation, total rewards, succession planning and talent pipeline development, organization effectiveness and leadership development. The person in this role is responsible for leading enterprise-wide transformative projects and initiative requiring strategic thought leadership, organizational and project management skills in a high paced environment, ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities. Successful candidates will have a strategic mindset, tolerance of ambiguity and strength in building relationships and driving business outcomes.  

Candidate must demonstrate executive level communication skills, ability to collaborate with senior executive leaders, ability to leverage data and analytics to drive business outcomes and a results-oriented focus aligned to our business goals, leadership behaviors, and values.   

Key Leadership Traits:  

• Unwavering ethics and values; trusted advisor and partner to leadership and employees, with a lens towards enhancing business and employee growth and the employee experience  

• Strong collaborator and relationship-builder; focused on organizational and team success  

• Courageous; takes risks in ideas and actions  

• Not satisfied with status quo; proactively identifies trends, risks, and opportunities, regularly advocates for improvements, and change and embraces ambiguity  

• Excellent business acumen  

• Leverages HR processes, tools and data/data analytics to accelerate business results  

• Strong people leader and manager, aligned with our leadership behaviors  

• Focused on business outcomes and comfortable using qualitative and quantitative data to inform recommendations and decisions  

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree required plus a minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in HR OR Master’s degree and 8 years of progressive experience in HR   

• Experience across multiple HR disciplines  

• Experience leading HR teams  

• Experience designing and leading change management efforts  

• Experience designing and implementing human capital strategies aligned to business strategy, with clear business outcomes  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and influence others at all levels  

• Strong project management and problem-solving skills  

• Adaptability and resilience; able to change course when needed and operate in an ambiguous environment  

• Previous experience developing and implementing organization effectiveness strategies and approaches, implementing organization design and/or organization transformations  

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Previous experience in Aerospace & Defense   

• Experience leading a team as a Human Resources Director responsible for multiple HR disciplines  

• Proficiency with HRIS platforms and technology (e.g. Workday)  

• Experience working in a matrix environment