Sr Principal Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler

Northrop Grumman•Linthicum Heights, MD

6d•$123,400 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler based out of Linthicum, Maryland. This is a full-time onsite position. This position offers the 9/80 work schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 8 years' related professional experience -OR - a Master's degree with 6 years' related professional experience. (Will consider 12 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.)
3 years of project scheduling experience using Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool.
Experience as a scheduler in NAR/ICE events, Internal Surveillance Reviews, and/or Corporate Audit.
Prior experience preparing schedule status/information and presenting to team and/or management.
Involvement across various program life-cycle phases – Pre-EMD, EMD/Development, Production.
Practiced with Scheduling Analytics and Schedule Risk Assessment tools.
Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
Current, active US Government Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields.
Experience acting as the Subject Matter Expert in NAR/ICE events, Internal Surveillance Reviews, and/or Corporate Audit.
Experience across various product platforms in the AMS portfolio (and other Divisional efforts).
Excellence in written and verbal communication, with proven public speaking and presentation skills
Previous experiences mentoring junior employees.
Working knowledge of EVMS guidelines and processes.

Responsibilities

Act as the Division Scheduling Subject Matter Expert.
Support high-visibility program efforts (proposals, baselining efforts, OTB/OTSs, audit prep).
Act as the SME resource for division-level reviews (NARs, ISRs, Start-Up Reviews, etc.).
Provide training and development of junior planner/schedulers.
Develop processes through partnership with the Division Business Management group.
Create training curriculum.
Complete various short-term supporting stints of programs requiring expert technical ability to steer execution to success and hand-off to permanent scheduling resources.
Support must-win proposals, complex baselining efforts, and various program ‘clean-up’ activities.
Build relationships with various programmatic teams consisting of program management, technical, production, financial and other supporting staff.
Provide SME support on complex program activities (proposal support, program baselines, audit preparation, and EVM clean-up).
Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline.
Coordinate with a multifunctional team to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs.
Represent the AMS Division Scheduling Team in various program events such as Non-Advocate Reviews, Division Start-Up Reviews, Internal Surveillance Reviews, etc.
Support development of Scheduling curriculum development for the AMS Scheduling team; and lead training classes for AMS scheduling resources on various topics.
Partner closely with the AMS Division Program Management, Business Management, and Program Excellence teams to further team integration through efforts in process improvement and best practices.
Support data analytics to drive decision-making and support of new software tools.
Provide flexible support of various programs across the Division-portfolio based on priority and need.
Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan.
Identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical (engineering and operations) leads.
Work with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues.
Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule and technical performance.
Perform Schedule risk analyses and work with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues and network logic conflicts.