Sr Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman; Rolling Meadows (IL); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in the United States is seeking a Senior Principal Project Manager to serve as Organizational Change Management Lead within the MS&I organization. This hybrid role supports multiple projects and requires commuting distance to one of several sites.

The candidate will define change strategy, lead stakeholder engagement, and develop training plans in partnership with Talent/SME teams to ensure adoption of complex transformations across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience in redeployment/change management of digital transformation.
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Deployment / Change Management Project Management: lead planning, coordination and execution of deployment and change activities.
• Define & Execute Change Strategy: build end‑to‑end change roadmaps aligned with objectives.
• Strategic Planning & Road Mapping: consolidate roadmaps into a single phased program.
• Stakeholder Analysis: identify stakeholders, maintain register and engagement strategies.
• Integrated Communication Management: develop communications strategy and multi‑channel deliverables.
• Training & Enablement Architecture: define training model and develop plans.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Position Summary / Responsibilities

This role will serve as the primary change management authority for the MS&I organization, reporting to the MS&I director, in partnership with Mission Systems Talent & Org Effectiveness (Prosci‑aligned) to embed structured change practices across multiple projects.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for a Senior Principal Project Manager to support the Manufacturing Strategy & Integration (MS&I) organization as Organizational Change Management Lead. There are several multi‑year, sector and enterprise‑wide transformation initiatives across MS&I that require strong organizational change management plans and implementation to be successful. The focus of these projects varies from early collaboration, to training to cycle time reduction.

This is a hybrid position that can be based in Salt Lake City, Rolling Meadows, Baltimore, San Diego, or Sunnyvale, and the selected candidate must be within commuting distance of one of these sites to meet in‑office requirements.

What You’ll Do

• Deployment / Change Management Project Management – Lead planning, coordination and execution of deployment and change management activities. Includes resource planning for human resources needed for execution (communications, learning/development, vendors, etc.). Must balance both the high-level strategic plan and the detailed execution to enable people-centric ROI of the project from start to finish.
• Define & Execute Change Strategy – In partnership with MS Organization Effectiveness & Talent, build the end‑to‑end change roadmaps (ADKAR‑based), aligning with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
• Strategic Planning & Road Mapping - Consolidate individual project change road maps into a single, phased program roadmap that highlights inter dependencies, key milestones, and critical go live dates.
• Stakeholder Analysis – Lead project teams to identify impacted and interested stakeholders. Maintain a master stakeholder register with impact scores, key analyses of impact of processes, roles, etc. and engagement strategies including resistance strategies.
• Integrated Communication Management – In partnership with Communication SMEs, develop a cohesive communications strategy and communications plan, overseeing creation of multi‑channel deliverables.
• Training & Enablement Architecture – Define the training model to scale across projects in partnership with Learning / Development / Talent SMEs. Develop training roadmap and plans. Ensure development of near‑term training deliverables and actions according to the strategy while working with functions on long‑term strategy of training & PrOP into day‑to‑day operations.
• Leadership Management – In partnership with cross functional leaders, develop sponsorship and stakeholder strategies to ensure leadership engagement and buy‑in throughout the initiative. Create middle and frontline leadership strategies as part of larger change management plans, ensure timely execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years relevant experience leading redeployment / change management of digital transformation; OR Master’s degree and 6+ years relevant experience.
• Project management experience
• Change management experience
• Must possess superior organization and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels
• Ability to obtain Prosci certification within 90 days of employment, with the certification sponsored by Northrop Grumman
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance
• U.S. citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification
• Prosci certification
• Technical change‑management experience embedded within Agile/SAFe software development lifecycles.
• Experience in multiple functions or programs within aerospace industry

Primary Level Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $176,300.00

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.