Sr Principal Organizational Effectiveness Representative - Melbourne FL

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 101,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant in Melbourne, FL to partner with HR and business leaders on diagnostics, design, team effectiveness, and change management. You will conduct interviews, focus groups, and working sessions to surface root causes and practical solutions, coordinating with program managers and engineering leaders to drive sustainable change.

The role blends strategic advisory work with hands-on facilitation and implementation, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with significant work in organization development, OE, HR, or related field.
• Proven consulting experience with leaders on organization and team effectiveness topics.
• Strong facilitation skills to lead sessions for leaders and teams and drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to HR leaders, business leaders, and program managers on organization effectiveness and change leadership.
• Lead diagnostics (interviews, focus groups, sessions) to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Design and facilitate strategy alignment, team launches, role clarification, and collaboration sessions.
• Support organization design by clarifying objectives, spans, decision rights, and governance; guide transitions to future state.
• Develop and execute change management approaches emphasizing leader engagement and ownership.
• Create clear presentations and written materials that summarize themes, actions, and change plans.

Skills

Consulting

Facilitation

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance Required For Start

No

Clearance Type

Secret

Travel

Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (AS) is seeking a Senior Organizational Effectiveness Consultant to partner with leaders on organization diagnostics, organization design, team effectiveness, and change management within our Human Resources Organization Effectiveness (OE) team. In this role, you will act as a strategic consultant and facilitator, engaging leaders through interviews, focus groups, and working sessions to understand organizational challenges and co-create practical solutions. You will work closely with program managers, engineering leaders, executives, and HR partners to clarify organizational goals, design structures and teaming models, and support leaders in navigating change. This position blends strategic advisory work with hands-on facilitation and implementation, ensuring solutions are leader-owned, business-aligned, and sustainable. This position will be based in Melbourne, FL.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Leaders, business leaders, and program managers on organization effectiveness, team dynamics, and change leadership.
• Lead qualitative organization diagnostics (e.g., stakeholder interviews, focus groups, facilitated assessments, leadership and team working sessions) to identify root causes, themes, and practical improvement opportunities.
• Design and facilitate sessions with leaders and teams (e.g., strategy alignment, team launches/resets, role and responsibility clarification, collaboration and conflict working sessions) that build trust, clarity, and effective ways of working.
• Support organization design efforts by helping leaders clarify objectives, roles, spans and layers, decision rights, and governance; facilitate discussions to move from current state to desired future state.
• Develop and execute change management approaches that emphasize leader engagement and ownership, including stakeholder planning, change narratives, communications, and leader toolkits.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to prioritize OE efforts, sequence work, and ensure alignment with sector and division strategies.
• Use available data (e.g., engagement results, org feedback, existing performance indicators) to supplement interview and focus-group insights and to strengthen recommendations without overcomplicating them.
• Create clear, compelling presentations and written materials that synthesize diagnostic themes, recommended actions, and change plans for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Maintain current knowledge of organization design, team effectiveness, and change management practices, and adapt these frameworks to the AS context and engineering/program environments.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience (6 years with Master’s degree) in organization development, organization effectiveness, HR, or a closely related field in a large, complex professional environment.
• Demonstrated experience in consulting with leaders on organization and team effectiveness topics, including building strong, trust-based relationships.
• Proven experience conducting qualitative diagnostics (e.g., interviews, focus groups, facilitated assessments) and translating themes into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Strong facilitation skills with demonstrated ability to design and lead engaging sessions for leaders and teams that result in decisions, commitments, and behavior changes.
• Strong change management capabilities, including helping leaders craft and communicate a change narrative and guide their teams through transitions.
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and manage multiple priorities and clients across levels and functions.
• Strong organization and project management skills with demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience creating professional and impactful PowerPoint presentations, communications, and resources for a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government Secret clearance and Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Organization Development, Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Learning & Development, or related discipline.
• Broad-based experience as an Organization Development/Organizational Effectiveness professional, including:
  • Leading interview- and focus group–based diagnostics.
  • Facilitating leadership and team effectiveness sessions and offsites.
  • Supporting organization design and change initiatives in engineering or program settings.
• Professional certifications relevant to OD/HR/change management (e.g., organization development, Prosci or similar change management certification, coaching, human capital performance consulting).
• Experience working directly with technical or engineering organizations and program teams.
• Current/active U.S Government Secret clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.