Northrop Grumman Program Manager reviews

4.1

88% would recommend to a friend

(153 total reviews)
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99% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Manager, Programs employees have rated Northrop Grumman with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 153 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Manager, Programs professionals have an excellent working experience there. Northrop Grumman is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Manager, Programs professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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153 reviews
2.0
Oct 2, 2013

TRW rules

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Pros

Nice people in most areas. Work environment is ok.

Cons

If you don't work for the old TRW team, then you might as well quit or they will eventually get rid of you.

4.0
Sep 15, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Perhaps not as well know about Northrop Grumman is the immense training opportunities. Having had a Master's degree paid for in full, I can attest to value of the education reimbursement benefit alone. Further than that, however, there are online training resources from multiple providers which is great for collecting continuing education requirements needed to keep certifications active. Some of the System Administration/Cyber folks really like the automated record-keeping for turning in their credits. Northrop Grumman also has developed many great internal training programs which have *always* been fantastic. Particularly good courses have been Earned Value for Large Programs, Six Sigma Black Belt, PM1, and all of the Capture and Proposal courses. Some of these programs are notoriously intensive - as in find a local hotel and prepare to work late. In addition to these internal training offerings, there are internal Communities of Practice (CoP) which have events as large as some international organizations. For example, there is the System Engineering community which has a large convention at the Los Angelos space campus. There is also a very thriving Agile CoP which has had industry leaders (like current Agile authors and even the lead from Caterpillar Tractors).

Cons

The slight ding on the Job Security score is do simply to the nature of the defense industry. The market will force management to make cuts at the expense of employees - fee is sacrosanct.

5.0
Jul 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Quick program integration, leadership and management opportunities. Previous experience is acknowledged and leveraged to manage and impact several important department of defense programs within your scope of expertise. A high tech company with a good mix of experience and new (fresh) engineering personnel/ideas. Great people and good working environment.

Cons

Vague organizational structure (at mid level) with unclear responsibilities often makes you feel that program management of projects, and processes is in chaos and that important business development opportunities are being missed/mal-managed with inefficient coordination with the customer.

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