Principal/Sr. Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in San Diego, CA is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Project Manager to support the Fighter Network Systems operating unit.

This onsite role requires a DoD Secret clearance and US citizenship, and offers opportunities to lead IPTs, manage budgets, and deliver critical defense programs. You will coordinate with program management, technical leads, and stakeholders; prepare executive-level reports, monitor cost and schedule baselines, and drive process

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ or master’s with 3 years of relevant project management experience.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities.
• Proficiency with MS Office, MS Project, and data analysis for reporting.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder expectations.
• US Citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance (or ability to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Liaise between client Program management and IPT leads; prepare status reports.
• Ensure quality, compliant, and on-time deliverables; manage budgets and schedules.
• Support risk and opportunity management and process improvements.
• Maintain meeting records and track action items to closure.
• Adhere to contract scope and manage changes through governance.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Cross-functional coordination

Earned Value Management

Project reporting

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Project Manager to support the Fighter Network Systems (FNS) Operating Unit (OU), operating within the Communications Network Systems (CNS) Business Unit (BU). This position will be located onsite at San Diego, California.

What You’ll Get To Do

Serves as liaison between client Program management and planning, technical leads, and functional management. Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and stakeholder-satisfaction goals and objectives. Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving. Potential job duties may also include, but are not limited to:

• Working side by side with the Program Manager and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads on all program reporting and executive level presentations.
• Ensuring that IPT processes and products result in quality, compliant, affordable, and on-time deliverables that achieve customer satisfaction.
• Supports Risk and Opportunity management of the IPT and program.
• Ensures implementation of new processes and implements process improvement changes.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating meeting attendance lists, minutes and rhythm.
• Capturing, tracking and managing meeting action items to closure.
• Adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost and schedule control methodologies and tools.
• Managing Government/Customer supplied property or information (GFE/CFE, etc).
• Adherence to all internal processes, policies and applicable industry standards.
• Ensuring IPT understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board activities.
• Development and adherence to plans and schedules.

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Project Manager level or a Sr. Principal Project Manager level.

Basic Qualifications For Principal Project Manager Level 3

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ or a master's degree with 3 years of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities. Additional 4 years of directly related professional work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated use of MS Office Suite applications, including Excel for data analysis, tracking and reporting; Word for formal documentation, PowerPoint for executive and customer/stakeholder briefings, and MS project for schedule development and tracking.
• Demonstrated experience applying business and financial management principles supporting program or project execution, including cost account management, financial tracking, forecasting or performance reporting.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams supporting project and program deliverables.
• Experience supporting Risk and Opportunity Management activities, including risk identification, tracking, mitigation planning, or reporting.
• Experience supporting monitoring and control of program plans, cost and schedule baselines to support contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations/deliverable.
• Superior attention to detail with focus on customer satisfaction.
• US Citizenship required.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (granted or renewed within the last 6 years) to be considered and the ability to obtain special access clearances upon starting.

Basic Qualifications For SR Principal Project Manager Level 4

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years’ or a master’s degree with 6 years of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities. Additional 6 years of directly related professional work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated use of MS Office Suite applications, including Excel for data analysis, tracking and reporting; Word for formal documentation, PowerPoint for executive and customer/stakeholder briefings, and MS project for schedule development and tracking.
• Demonstrated experience applying business and financial management principles supporting program or project execution, including cost account management, financial tracking, forecasting or performance reporting.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams supporting project and program deliverables.
• Experience supporting Risk and Opportunity Management activities, including risk identification, tracking, mitigation planning, or reporting.Experience supporting monitoring and control of program plans, cost and schedule baselines to support contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations/deliverable.
• US Citizenship required.
• Must have an active U.S. Secret clearance or higher (granted or renewed within the last 6 years) to be considered and ability the to obtain special access clearances upon starting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting program management, engineering, manufacturing, or supply chain functions within a program or project execution environment.
• Experience supporting development, production and/or sustainment program lifecycle phases, including planning, execution, or transition between lifecycle phases.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Project for schedule development, tracking or reporting.
• Current or prior Cost Account Management Certification or equivalent training supporting cost account management or Earned Value Management (EVM) program activities.
• Experience or formal training supporting EVM activities including cost performance tracking, variance analysis, forecasting, or baseline management.
• Active Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

What We Can Offer You

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment which encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.

Primary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $176,300.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

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.

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.