Defense Program Manager – Top Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 146,300 - 219,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has developed the Northrop Grumman – Military Internship Program (DoD SkillBridge) utilizing DoDI guidance. Interns will be on-site, 40hrs/week, with goals to transition to a full-time opportunity after training.

The program trains transitioning service members with professional development, leadership exposure, and NG leadership principles, preparing them for roles aligning to NG mission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD and 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Control Account Manager (CAM) experience
• Project Management experience within the Defense industry or within similar technical fields
• Skilled use of Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project)
• Working knowledge of Project Management principles
• Active USG Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Responsibilities

• Identify, orchestrate, coordinate, and control the program management activities for the IPT.
• Oversee cost and schedule performance for complex technical projects for a wide range of systems and technologies.
• Develop and adhere to the budget baseline using the Earn Value Management (EVM) processes, including the development of discrete work packages, providing weekly status of IMS tasks, and providing input to monthly Estimate at Complete (EAC) updates.
• Initiate, develop, integrate, and execute cost and schedule baselines as well as technical performance baselines that satisfy program contractual requirements.
• Support the Risk, Issue, and Opportunity process to proactively address potential challenges.
• Oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects while serving as the key liaison between project management and planning, the project team, and line management. reviewing project statuses and budgets, managing schedules, and preparing status reports.
• Craft mechanisms to monitor project progress and facilitating timely and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients will be essential.
• Manage Taskable Engineering (TE)/proposal development, which includes overseeing the process, writing proposal responses, and collaborating with contracts and pricing teams.
• Develop compelling content and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects with tools such as PowerPoint, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence and Excel.
• Drive action item adjudication collaboratively with the operating unit team, Enterprise, and Customer.
• Lead the execution of Contractual Deliverable (CDRL) commitments and ensure their on-time or early delivery to the customer.
• Drive innovation in proposal strategy by challenging conventional approaches, aligning proposals with customer needs, and ensuring our responses set benchmarks for excellence.

Skills

CAM experience

Project management

MS Office

PM principles

top secret clearance

SAP access

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

PowerPoint

SharePoint

JIRA

Confluence

Excel

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has developed the Northrop Grumman – Military Internship Program (DoD SkillBridge) utilizing DoDI guidance. Interns will be on-site, 40hrs/week, with goals to transition to a full-time opportunity after training.

The program trains transitioning service members with professional development, leadership exposure, and NG leadership principles, preparing them for roles aligning to NG mission.