RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 is currently hiring a Principal Project Management OR Sr. Principal Project Management professional to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position can be located in Palmdale or Rancho Bernardo, CA. Teleworking is not available as an option.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and support the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between program management, Technical Teams, and support functions.

• Review status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.

• Ability to work with and support the control account manager (CAM).

• Assess project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with program management, IPT leads, and customers.

• Maintain various metrics and develops associated dashboards for presentations.

• Tool and metric development, and management of small projects within the larger program and business area.

• Support of internal and customer meetings including meeting presentation collection, and content generation, action item tracking, and post-meeting follow-up.

• Management of the Strategic Asset Plan.

• Staffing Lead

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university with 6 years of experience in Project Management OR a Master's Degree with 4 years of experience.

• Current, active DoD Secret clearance within 4 years of last investigation/adjudication with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access.

• Ability to communicate with multiple levels of the organization having excellent presentation skills.

• Experienced using Microsoft (MS) Office products to include Word, PowerPoint, Project and Excel.

• Experience following work instructions and process documents to learn how to complete standardized tasks.

• EVMS knowledge.

• Analytical thinker.

• Self-driven and takes ownership of assigned tasks.

• Produces high quality products.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Project Management:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university with 10 years of experience in Project Management OR a Master's Degree with 8 years of experience.

• Current, active DoD Secret clearance within 4 years of last investigation/adjudication with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access.

• Ability to communicate with multiple levels of the organization having excellent presentation skills.

• Experienced using Microsoft (MS) Office products to include Word, PowerPoint, Project and Excel.

• Experience following work instructions and process documents to learn how to complete standardized tasks.

• EVMS knowledge

• Analytical thinker.

• Self-driven and takes ownership of assigned tasks.

• Produces high quality products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Special Program Access.

• Master's Degree.

• Current, active DoD Top Secret clearance.

• CAM Certified.

• Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience.

• Knowledge of TD&T source documents including but not limited to, S-1000D International Specification for Technical Publications Using a Common Source TO 00-5-1 AF Technical Order System.

• Experience utilizing and updating Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs).

• Experience developing Technical Manual Contract Requirement and Training System Contract Requirements documents.

Salary Range: $88,700.00 - $133,100.00Salary Range 2: $109,900.00 - $164,900.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.