Principal Project Manager/Sr Principal Project Manager

Northrop Grumman; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Principal Project Management/Sr. Principal Project Management (Level 3 or 4) to join our team in Maryland. This individual contributor role focuses on strategic planning, scheduling, and data-driven decision support in a high-tempo environment.

The successful candidate will review budgets, plan resources, and facilitate meetings, leveraging AI tools for data synthesis. Travel is possible up to 10%, and relocation assistance may be available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience or Master's with 3+ years; PhD with 1+ year accepted.
• Active secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI and SAP clearances.
• Strong data analytics and metrics creation abilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SharePoint).
• Experience leading a project and managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic planning activities to improve quality and productivity.
• Maintain organizational rhythm for deadlines and readiness for program milestones.
• Develop and deliver monthly metrics and leadership briefings.
• Collaborate across functions to support engineering, production, and test schedules.
• Manage schedules and prepare status reports with data visibility and metrics.
• Implement tools and templates to monitor project progress and action items.
• Identify opportunities for process changes and champion improvements.
• Perform complex assignments independently with initiative.

Skills

Data analytics

Project management

Leadership

Multitasking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Principal Project Management/ Sr. Principal Project Management - Level 3 or Level 4 to join our team.

Please note this is an individual contributor role and is not a management/leadership opportunity.

The successful candidate is expected to be a highly motivated, resourceful, self-starter able to work collaboratively with internal and external teams in high-tempo environments. This position will be expected to assist with reviewing status of projects and budgets, resource planning, preparing for and facilitating meetings, and supporting various administrative functions, including leveraging AI tools to aggregate and synthesize data for analysis and decision support.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Support strategic planning activities with a focus on increased quality and productivity.
• Establish, maintain, and proactively support the organization's rhythm to ensure preparedness for program and customer deadlines.
• Support the business unit in meeting precise, time-sensitive monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations, and develop briefings for leadership.
• Collaborate across functions and facilitate internal meetings with key stakeholders to support engineering, production, and test schedules.
• Manage schedules and prepare status reports, maintaining data, visibility, and metrics supporting deliveries.
• Implement and use tools/templates and other mechanisms for monitoring project progress.
• Capture and manage action items to completion or close.
• Identify opportunities for change and champion needed changes within the organization.
• Perform complex assignments independently, exercising considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches.

This position's standard work schedule is 9/80, allowing employees who work nine-hour days Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

This position can be filled at either Level 3 or Level 4.

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 1 year of professional experience.
• Active secret US Government clearance (last investigation completed within last 6 years) and the ability to attain and maintain TS/SCI US Government clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Proficiency in creating, maintaining, and utilizing metrics. Strong data analytic skill set required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, SharePoint).
• At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data.
• Ability to work independently and multitask.

Basic Qualifications for Level 4:

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience - OR - Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
• Active secret US Government clearance (last investigation completed within last 6 years) and