Principal / Sr Principal Project Manager

Northrop Grumman • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • $94,200 - $176,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS), Marine Systems is seeking a Principal Project Manager or Sr. Principal Project Manager for the Marine Logistics Support (MLS) Program within the Launcher Operating Unit. The position is onsite in Sunnyvale, California. The Project Manager is responsible for delivering contractual requirements on cost and schedule while meeting technical requirements and supporting customer intimacy and value-creation strategies. The role leads a cross-functional organization toward shared program performance goals and serves as the primary customer point of contact for spares and repairs. The position reports to the MLS Program Manager.

The role serves as a liaison among client program management and planning, technical leads, and functional management. It reviews project and budget status, manages schedules, prepares status reports, assesses issues, develops resolutions, and establishes methods for monitoring progress and intervening to solve problems. The position may be filled at either Principal Project Manager Level 3 or Sr. Principal Project Manager Level 4.

Requirements

• Principal Project Manager Level 3: Bachelor’s degree with 5 years, or a master’s degree with at least 1 year, of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities. An additional 4 years of directly related professional work experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• Principal Project Manager Level 3: Experience in material procurement or supply-chain management.
• Sr. Principal Project Manager Level 4: Bachelor’s degree with 8 years, or a master’s degree with 6 years, of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities. An additional 6 years of directly related professional work experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated use of MS Office applications, including Excel for analysis, tracking, and reporting; Word for formal documentation; PowerPoint for executive and customer/stakeholder briefings; and MS Project for schedule development and tracking.
• Demonstrated experience applying business and financial management principles to program or project execution, including cost account management, financial tracking, forecasting, or performance reporting.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating work across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including cross-functional teams supporting project and program deliverables.
• Experience supporting Risk and Opportunity Management activities, including risk identification, tracking, mitigation planning, or reporting.
• Experience supporting monitoring and control of program plans and cost and schedule baselines to meet contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations or deliverables.
• Superior attention to detail with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using SAP, ERP1, or ERP2.
• Experience developing proposals.
• Experience supporting DoD or Government contracts.
• Advanced to expert-level MS Office skills, with emphasis on MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Deliver contractual requirements on cost and schedule while achieving technical requirements and supporting customer satisfaction.
• Lead a cross-functional organization aligned to common program performance goals.
• Serve as the primary customer point of contact for spares and repairs.
• Liaise among client program management and planning, technical leads, and functional management.
• Review project and budget status, manage schedules, and prepare status reports.
• Assess project issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and stakeholder-satisfaction goals.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress, intervention, and problem solving.
• Work with the Program Manager and Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads on program reporting and executive-level presentations.
• Ensure IPT processes and products produce quality, compliant, affordable, on-time deliverables that achieve customer satisfaction.
• Support Risk and Opportunity management for the IPT and program.
• Ensure implementation of new processes and implement process-improvement changes.
• Create, maintain, and update meeting attendance lists, minutes, and meeting rhythms.
• Capture, track, and manage meeting action items through closure.
• Manage Government/customer-supplied property or information, including GFE/CFE.
• Adhere to internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
• Ensure the IPT understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control-board activities.
• Develop and adhere to plans and schedules.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal