Senior Principal PM — TS Clearance, On-Site Lead

Northrop Grumman Corp.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Bonuses program

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Senior Principal Project Manager to join our team on-site in Palmdale, CA, San Diego, CA, or Oklahoma City, OK. This role requires a Top Secret clearance and experience in program management, cost/schedule control, and EVM processes.

Responsibilities include overseeing IPT activities, budget baselines, risk management, and proposal development, with daily coordination across technical teams and contracts. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience in Engineering, Project/Program Management, Proposals, or Contracts.
• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SAP access.
• Experience in cost, schedule, and EVM processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify, orchestrate, coordinate, and control the program management activities for the IPT.
• Oversee cost and schedule performance for complex technical projects.
• Develop and adhere to the budget baseline using EVM processes.
• Initiate, develop, integrate, and execute cost and schedule baselines.
• Support Risk, Issue, and Opportunity processes.
• Manage communications between project management, line management, and clients.
• Oversee TE/proposal development and collaborate with contracts and pricing teams.
• Develop content and manage ongoing projects with PowerPoint, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, and Excel.
• Drive action item adjudication with unit teams, Enterprise, and Customer.
• Lead the execution of CDRL commitments and ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

CAM experience

Project management

Microsoft Office

Top Secret clearance

SAP/PAR access

JIRA/Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 8 years

Master’s Degree + 6 years

PhD + 4 years

Tools

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Excel

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Senior Principal Project Manager to join our team on-site in Palmdale, CA, San Diego, CA, or Oklahoma City, OK. This role requires a Top Secret clearance and experience in program management, cost/schedule control, and EVM processes.

Responsibilities include overseeing IPT activities, budget baselines, risk management, and proposal development, with daily coordination across technical teams and contracts. Travel up to 10% may be required.