Strategic Staffing & Project PM Lead

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Project Manager Staffing Lead to join our Rancho Bernardo, CA team. This onsite role leads workforce planning, staffing integration, and data-driven staffing decisions for the RQ-4 program, coordinating with WorkForce2, POST, and leadership reviews.

You will develop dashboards, drive staffing strategies, and ensure compliance with labor categories while partnering with IPTs and HR to align with program priorities and budgets.

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience (e.g., program staffing, workforce planning, project management, or operations).
• Must have experience with workforce planning, staffing coordination, resource management, or data analytics (e.g., tracking demand vs supply, managing requisitions, or coordinating assignments).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain an active US Government Secret or higher clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead all workforce planning and staffing integration across WorkForce2, POST, the GSD Monthly Staffing & Resource Review Board, and the RQ 4 Staffing Review as the single point of accountability.
• Own the integrated WorkForce2 staffing plan and drive mitigation plans for gaps, surpluses, single points of failure, and aging vacancies.
• Manage and optimize POST requisitions (creation, activation, candidate tracking, closure) and reconcile POST and WorkForce2 data into a single authoritative staffing picture for RQ 4 leadership.
• Develop and maintain staffing dashboards, metrics, and reports for PMRs, resource review boards, and customer reviews, clearly linking staffing status to cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Lead monthly GSD Staffing & Resource Review Board and recurring RQ 4 Staffing Reviews, preparing packages, presenting workforce risks/opportunities, and driving decisions and action closure across program, functional, HR, and TA.
• Ensure skills mix and labor category compliance against contractual and baseline plans, working with functional leadership and finance to correct misalignments and optimize staffing cost vs capability.
• Partner with IPTs to identify and mitigate staffing related risks and opportunities in TRIO/program registers, documenting and tracking mitigations for workforce issues (skills gaps, coverage risks, clearance delays) through closure.
• Work closely with EI&Es and FHR managers to ensure the staffing forecast is accurate, current, and aligned with program priorities, and to take a proactive approach to managing near term and long range staffing needs.
• Continuously improve staffing processes and tools (WorkForce2, POST, trackers) and act as an expert consultant/advisor to senior management on workforce strategy, staffing trade offs, and scenario planning for RQ-4.

Skills

Workforce planning

Staffing coordination

Resource management

Data analytics

Clearance eligibility

Executive briefing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Ph.D.

Tools

WorkForce2

POST

Tableau

Trackers

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Project Manager Staffing Lead to join our Rancho Bernardo, CA team. This onsite role leads workforce planning, staffing integration, and data-driven staffing decisions for the RQ-4 program, coordinating with WorkForce2, POST, and leadership reviews.

You will develop dashboards, drive staffing strategies, and ensure compliance with labor categories while partnering with IPTs and HR to align with program priorities and budgets.