Principal Project Management / Sr Principal Project Mgmt San Diego, CA
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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's Aeronautics Systems sector is currently hiring a Principal Project Management/Senior Principal Project Management professional to join our team. This project management position will support a Technical Team (TT) on a restricted effort in Rancho Bernardo , or Palmdale, CA , with some travel between those sites as required. Teleworking is not available as an option. The overall responsibilities include executable tasks that will enable TT leadership to achieve operational excellence.

Primary duties will include facilitating cross-TT and cross-Operating Unit integration, managing the operational aspects of ongoing projects, and serving as liaison between Tech Team managers, employees, and other program Functions.

Regular responsibilities may include the following:

  • Supervising and facilitating the Peer Review process and CPATS training compliance

  • Support of Staff meetings including meeting facilitation, chart compilation, and action item tracking

  • Data aggregation and reporting on charging metrics and financials from MPM data

  • Oversight of Change Request process and collection of impacts

  • Updates and improvements to team SharePoint site and knowledge base resources

  • Scheduling and promoting engagement activities including lunch and learns, team recognition, business area highlights, and composition of periodic highlights for newsletters

  • Maintaining organization charts

  • Submission and tracking of Program Access Requests (PARs)

  • Support of new business proposal writing and team organization

  • Assessment of project issues and development of resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. Development of mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.

  • Conduct business travel up to 25% of the time from assigned work location to Palmdale or Rancho Bernardo, CA.

Must be highly detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and a skilled communicator.

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

Basic Qualifications Principal Project Management :

-Bachelor's degree with 6 years' experience in Project Management, Program Integration/Execution or similar with Bachelors; OR 4 years' experience with master's degree

  • Current, active DoD Top Secret clearance within 4 years of last investigation / adjudication

  • Skilled use of Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project) and Agile tools (Atlassian Jira and Confluence)

  • Working knowledge of Project Management principles

  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Project Management :

-Bachelor's degree with 10 years' experience in Project Management, Program Integration/Execution or similar with Bachelors; OR 8 years' experience with master's degree

  • Current, active DoD Top Secret clearance within 4 years of last investigation / adjudication

  • Skilled use of Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project) and Agile tools (Atlassian Jira and Confluence)

  • Working knowledge of Project Management principles

  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Current Special Program Access

  • Master's Degree

  • Project integration experience

  • Supplier management experience

  • Risk/issue/opportunities (RIO/TRIO) experience

  • Experience in SCIF/SAPF environments

  • Control Account Manager (CAM) experience/certification

  • Scheduling experience

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

  • Proposal writing experience

  • Experience and ability to autonomously assess complex problems and decompose them into a plan of action while coordinating across a large, diverse team of program, business, and technical SMEs.

  • Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience

Salary range Principal Project Manager : $86,200 - $129,500

Salary range Sr. Principal Project Manager : $107,000 - $160,600

Salary Range: $86,200 - $129,500

Salary Range 2: $107,000 - $160,600

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.

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 most positions.

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