Senior Project Technical Manager - Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Project Technical Manager 3 for on-site roles in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA. The role requires leading EVMS across diverse engineering and logistics teams, managing cost/schedule changes, and delivering leadership-ready metrics.

Travel up to 25% may be required. The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience, or a Master’s with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year, and must obtain/maintain a Secret clearance and SAP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience; OR Master’s degree with 3 years; OR PhD with 1 year.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active US Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP access via PAR before employment and during tenure.
• Experience in project management and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Manage EVMS across engineering and logistics teams.
• Decompose and track cost/schedule changes and impacts.
• Ensure decomposition is accurate and upward summaries reflect current status.
• Create, maintain, validate, and report key performance metrics to leadership.
• Coordinate with teams to schedule resources and remove roadblocks.
• Deconflict tasking with leadership and mitigate risks per program goals.

Skills

EVMS management

Cost tracking

Scheduling

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

PhD

Tools

Python

SAP Access

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Project Technical Manager 3 for on-site roles in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA. The role requires leading EVMS across diverse engineering and logistics teams, managing cost/schedule changes, and delivering leadership-ready metrics.

Travel up to 25% may be required. The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience, or a Master’s with 3 years, or a PhD with 1 year, and must obtain/maintain a Secret clearance and SAP