Senior DoD Project Manager, IPT & Contracts Lead

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS), Marine Systems is seeking a Principal Project Manager at the Sunnyvale facility to deliver contractual requirements on cost and schedule while meeting technical needs and fostering customer intimacy.

You will lead a cross-functional team, coordinate IPT leads, manage risk, and implement process improvements to ensure compliant, affordable, and on-time deliverables for government contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years' or a master's degree with at least 1 year of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities.
• Demonstrated use of MS Office Suite applications for data analysis, tracking, reporting, and executive briefings.
• Experience applying business and financial management principles supporting program or project execution, including cost accounting, forecasting, or performance reporting.
• Experience coordinating work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting Risk and Opportunity Management activities, including risk identification, tracking, mitigation planning, or reporting.
• Experience monitoring and controlling program plans, cost and schedule baselines to meet contractual requirements.
• US Citizenship required and ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving.
• Potential duties include reporting with Program Manager and IPT leads, and executive level presentations.
• Ensure IPT processes and products deliver quality, compliant, affordable, on-time outcomes.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher (related field)

Tools

SAP

ERP1/ERP2

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS), Marine Systems is seeking a Principal Project Manager at the Sunnyvale facility to deliver contractual requirements on cost and schedule while meeting technical needs and fostering customer intimacy.

You will lead a cross-functional team, coordinate IPT leads, manage risk, and implement process improvements to ensure compliant, affordable, and on-time deliverables for government contracts.