Senior Change Management Lead for Transformation Programs

Northrop Grumman; Palatine Township (IL); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Savings plan

Paid time off

Education assistance

Training and development

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Change Management Project Manager to support the Manufacturing Strategy & Integration organization with organizational change leadership. You will embed structured change practices across multi-project initiatives and coordinate with the MS&I director to drive people-centric ROI.

The role emphasizes ADKAR-based roadmaps, stakeholder engagement, and cross‑functional training and communications, with eligibility for a US Government Secret clearance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience leading redeployment and change management.
• OR a Master’s degree and 6 or more years of relevant work experience leading redeployment and change management.
• Project management experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance
• U.S. citizenship
• Preferred: PMP certification, Prosci certification
• Technical change-management experience embedded within Agile/SAFe software development lifecycles.
• Experience in multiple functions or programs within aerospace industry

Responsibilities

• Deployment / Change Management Project Management – Lead planning, coordination and execution of deployment and change management activities.
• Define & Execute Change Strategy – In partnership with MS Organization Effectiveness & Talent, build end‑to‑end change roadmaps (ADKAR‑based).
• Strategic Planning & Road Mapping - Consolidate individual project change road maps into a single, phased program roadmap that highlights inter dependencies, key milestones, and critical go live dates.
• Stakeholder Analysis – Lead project teams to identify impacted and interested stakeholders. Maintain a master stakeholder register with impact scores, key analyses of impact of processes, roles, etc. and engagement strategies including resistance strategies.
• Integrated Communication Management – In partnership with Communication SMEs, develop a cohesive communications strategy and communications plan, overseeing creation of multi-channel deliverables.
• Training & Enablement Architecture – Define the training model to scale across projects in partnership with Learning / Development / Talent SMEs.
• Leadership Management – In partnership with cross functional leaders, develop sponsorship and stakeholder strategies to ensure leadership engagement and buy-in throughout the initiative.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Prosci certification

PMP certification

SAFe

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Change Management Project Manager to support the Manufacturing Strategy & Integration organization with organizational change leadership. You will embed structured change practices across multi-project initiatives and coordinate with the MS&I director to drive people-centric ROI.

The role emphasizes ADKAR-based roadmaps, stakeholder engagement, and cross‑functional training and communications, with eligibility for a US Government Secret clearance and