Senior Space Propulsion Program Manager

Northrop Grumman; Commerce (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Discretionary bonus

Company paid holidays

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead the Propulsion portfolio within the Mission Enabling Products group operating in Commerce, California. The role focuses on delivering programs on cost and schedule while aligning technical objectives with customer needs.

This on-site position requires experience in manufacturing settings, strong leadership, and the ability to manage complex, multi-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related discipline with 5 years’ experience; or a Master’s degree with 3 years’ related experience.
• 2+ years’ experience in project or program management.
• Experience managing schedules, cost, and scope in a complex cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary liaison between Program Management and cross-functional teams throughout proposal, design, procurement, manufacturing, test, and delivery phases.
• Partner with the Program Management team to ensure adherence to contract scope, establish and manage milestones, and monitor performance against cost and schedule baselines.
• Interface with cross-functional and support teams to achieve program objectives, maintain technical integrity, meet customer expectations, and protect schedule commitments.
• Develop, review, and manage budgets, schedules, critical-path activities, EACs, risk and opportunity registers, and workload forecasts.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project issues; develop recovery plans to achieve production, quality, and customer satisfaction objectives.
• Prepare and present at internal and customer-facing program reviews (kickoffs, design reviews, readiness reviews, status reviews).

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Communication skills

Leadership without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

EVMS

IMS

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead the Propulsion portfolio within the Mission Enabling Products group operating in Commerce, California. The role focuses on delivering programs on cost and schedule while aligning technical objectives with customer needs.

This on-site position requires experience in manufacturing settings, strong leadership, and the ability to manage complex, multi-functional teams.