Project Management

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, CA

6d • $75,800 - $141,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Project Management professional to join the RQ-4 Enterprise Program Integration Team (PIT) in Rancho Bernardo, California. The selected candidate will serve as a Program Integrator supporting enterprise-level program integration. This individual contributor will coordinate assigned PIT processes and recurring products from input collection through validation, release, follow-through, and escalation. The role also supports facilities coordination and serves as a Risk Lead for assigned activities. Work is performed with moderate supervision and contributes to RQ-4 program objectives.

The requisition may be filled at Level 2 or Level 3 based on the candidate’s qualifications. Travel is 10% of the time. No relocation assistance is available. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance; clearance is not required to start.

Requirements

• Level 2: Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of related professional or military experience, or a master’s degree and 0 years of related experience.
• Level 3: Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related professional or military experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of related experience.
• Experience in project management, program management, program operations, business management, contracts, budgeting, facilities coordination, risk management, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of project-management methods and tools.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional inputs, manage deadlines, identify inconsistencies, and follow through on actions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

• Aerospace or defense industry experience.
• Experience with program integration, risk management, facilities coordination, project controls, enterprise operations, staffing coordination, or data analysis.
• Familiarity with risk, issue, and opportunity management processes and tools.
• Familiarity with integrated management frameworks, SAP, or SharePoint.
• Experience preparing leadership briefings and decision-support products.
• PMP certification or a similar credential.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate recurring data calls, reports, meetings, staffing-input cycles, and other assigned PIT activities.
• Collect, integrate, and validate inputs for metrics, briefings, schedules, trackers, staffing requirements, risk records, and meeting products.
• Coordinate risk identification, assessment, documentation, mitigation actions, status updates, and escalation as a Risk Lead.
• Maintain risk data quality and prepare risk information for working groups, review boards, and leadership reviews.
• Coordinate facilities requirements, schedules, actions, dependencies, status, and stakeholder inputs.
• Maintain actions, owners, due dates, status, dependencies, and closure evidence.
• Analyze routine variances and trends and recommend corrective actions or escalation.
• Support enterprise reviews, reporting cycles, decision-support products, and special projects.
• Maintain PIT repositories, records, traceability, and meeting artifacts.
• Identify and escalate late inputs, conflicting data, staffing gaps, facilities constraints, resource issues, and unresolved dependencies.
• Recommend practical process improvements that reduce rework and late handoffs.
• Perform assigned work with moderate supervision and contribute to RQ-4 program objectives.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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