Sr Principal HR Project Manager
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Human Resources team is seeking an experienced Senior Principal HR Project Manager for a full-time, on-site position in Falls Church, Virginia. Reporting to the Director of Human Resources, this role supports the Corporate Office HR organization through senior-level project management and serves as a focal point for HR process execution and strategic HR initiatives, including succession planning, performance management, compensation, leadership development, and HR transformation. The position works extensively with senior and HR leadership. The successful candidate brings leadership and sound decision-making skills, delivers results in ambiguous and fast-paced environments, and engages a geographically dispersed HR leadership team with cross-cultural awareness and effective communication. The role includes 10% travel. The listed primary salary range is $117,500 to $176,300; eligible employees may also receive overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position. Northrop Grumman provides health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8 or more years of experience, or a master’s degree and 6 or more years of experience, in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex HR projects or programs from initiation through implementation and sustainment.
- Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, make sound decisions, and drive results.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills, including experience working with senior leaders.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and present information concisely to executives.
- Organization, self-motivation, and task ownership, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-impact, time-sensitive environment.
- Experience using HR data, dashboards, and metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities and inform decisions.
Nice To Haves
- Significant HR experience, including prior experience as an HR Business Partner or in an equivalent strategic HR role.
- Working knowledge of HRIS platforms and technology; preferred applications experience includes Workday, SAP, Eightfold, and Saba Learning Exchange (LX).
- Leadership consulting experience.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Partner with HR colleagues across functional organizations, talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, and HRIS to support and advance enterprise talent strategies.
- Lead transformation and project teams from inception through completion, including chartering, strategic planning, stakeholder input, implementation, training facilitation, communications, and progress tracking.
- Establish and maintain project plans, timelines, status reports, and governance routines, including steering updates, decision logs, and risk and issue tracking.
- Develop and execute change management strategies, including communication, training, people manager, and executive sponsor plans to drive adoption.
- Analyze and present information, insights, and recommendations to senior executives to support business growth and decision-making.
- Provide business insights through data analysis, dashboard use, research, and benchmarking; define and monitor KPIs to measure program effectiveness.
- Drive operational cadence and streamline annual HR cycles, using agile methodologies and continuous feedback to improve projects and sustain results.
- Partner with HRIS and IT teams to align HR processes with enabling technologies, including requirements definition, testing, and rollout support.
- Create and facilitate briefings and working sessions for senior executives and HR leadership to align priorities, decisions, and trade-offs.
- Lead leadership development efforts, including annual comprehensive succession planning and strategic leadership movement, partnering with HR team members to build leadership depth.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
