Principal / Senior Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman

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Work type: On-site
Location: Palmdale, CASan Diego, CARancho Bernardo, CA
Salary: $94,200–$141,200 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 629 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal / Senior Principal Project Management

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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr Principal Project Management team member to join an Integrated Product Team. The role involves managing EVMS across diverse engineering and logistic teams, where the individual will decompose and track cost and schedule changes to ensure accurate upward reporting. Key responsibilities include creating and validating performance metrics for leadership, scheduling resources, removing roadblocks, and coordinating with other project managers to identify risks and execute mitigation steps. The candidate must utilize a database to track task progression and provide actionable summaries. Required skills include project management, scheduling, and familiarity with software languages and military maintenance requirements. This position addresses complex engineering and logistics challenges within a defense context, requiring an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Top Secret SCI and SAP clearances.

Skills

EVMS Project Management Scheduling Database Integrated Product Team SAP Secret Clearance Engineering Military Maintenance Requirements

What you'll do

Manage EVMS across diverse engineering and logistics teams.
Decompose and track cost and schedule changes to assess team impact.
Create, maintain, validate, and report key performance metrics to leadership.
Schedule resources and remove roadblocks for project teams.
Coordinate with other managers to deconflict tasking and identify risks.
Execute mitigation and capture steps in accordance with program goals.
Utilize a database to track task progression and provide actionable summary reporting.

What we're looking for

U.S. Citizenship is required.
Active US Government Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation.
Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Top Secret SCI clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree and 3 years of related experience; OR a PhD and 1 year of related experience.
Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related experience; OR a Master’s degree and 6 years of related experience; OR a PhD and 4 years of related experience.
Experience in project management and scheduling.
Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance (preferred).
Current applicable US Government Top Secret clearance (preferred).

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