Principal / Senior Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (KY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal Project Manager to lead complex defense programs, focusing on cost, schedule, and risk management. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and maintain the U.S. government Secret clearance.

You will drive monthly milestones, risk reviews, and formal reports, partnering with engineers, suppliers, and program offices to ensure objectives are met and performance is tracked in a compliant, proactive way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years’ experience in project management.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• 2+ years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule.
• Ability to obtain/maintain U.S. government Secret clearance and program access as required.

Responsibilities

• Support the program to accomplish monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations.
• Collaborate across functions to ensure objectives are met.
• Monitor cost and schedule performance; support business management meetings and reporting.
• Coordinate and facilitate reviews with SMT teams, engineers, and subcontract admins.
• Produce and present technical and status reports for leadership.

Skills

Project management

MS Office

Schedule management

Data analysis

Clearance processing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in project management or related field

Master’s degree in project management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Microsoft Project

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.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the program to accomplish a variety of precise, time-sensitive monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations
• Collaborate across functions to ensure all objectives are met
• Assist with monitoring cost & schedule performance, support business management meetings and reporting to program leadership
• Supports coordinating the efforts of SMT teams, including engineers, subcontracts administrators, supplier quality assurance representatives, logistics engineers, schedule planners, and cost/material planners
• Earned value (EV) management of labor and material control accounts
• Reporting earned value and supplier status to Program Managers, GSC managers, and IPT Management
• Conducting or coordinating review of supplier documentation (e.g., technical evaluations of proposals, acceptance test procedures, cost and schedule reports, software version description documents)
• Facilitate Risk, Issue and Opportunity management
• Prepare conference/meeting presentation material (e.g., capture, collect, and compile data to create slides and other materials) for both internal and external audiences
• Participate in contractual and technical meetings and engineering reviews, takes detailed notes to facilitate creation of detailed/technically complex reports
• Captures and manages Action Items to completion and/or close
• Implementation and use of tools/templates for monitoring project progress
• We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
• This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently come available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years’ experience in project management OR Master’s degree with 4 years’ experience in project management
• Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• 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
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience in project management OR Master’s degree with 8 years’ experience in project management
• Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• 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
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience
• Prior work in a sustainment environment
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Office products to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Project

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,400.00 - $122,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.