Sr Principal Project Management
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Project Management to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, California. This is an individual contributor, non-manager role with no direct reports. Due to the nature of the role, an on-site presence is required and cannot be performed remotely. The Program Integration & Execution (PI&E) organization seeks a key member to support a Strike Program A/C Delivery IPT. This individual will oversee A/C delivery within a designated Business Area and Integrated Product Team, ensuring alignment with the program. Acting as the primary liaison between the Program Business Area units and internal/external stakeholders in coordination with the IPT, this role will be responsible for managing the IPT’s operating cadence including but not limited to; managing an integrated portfolio schedule, facilitating/coordinating leadership reviews, setting up meetings for Directors and PMs, taking notes, documenting actions, collecting inputs to close actions, building reports, identifying trending data, standardizing processes/templates and leading special projects. This role is expected to partner across all functional groups and will have insight into all aspects of the business to include financials, program execution, staffing, reporting, and strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 8 years’ experience in project management, OR Master’s degree with 6 years’ experience in project management
- Experience with Microsoft Office Products (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- Experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
- A current active US Government Secret security clearance or higher is required to start, with the ability to obtain and maintain SAP/PAR clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Experience operating within a matrix environment and influencing senior peers.
- Excellent communicator who can provide clear and concise messaging both externally to customers and internally within Northrop Grumman.
- A collaborative individual with confidence and integrity to earn stakeholders’ confidence
- Strong logic, drafting and presentation development skills
- Excellent problem solving, influencing, negotiation and organizational skills.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with clarity and impact at all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to prioritize and complete competing priorities and projects within critical deadlines.
Nice To Haves
- Control Account Manager (CAM) experience
- Experience working with senior executives.
- High energy, strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to operate at both a strategic and a hands-on level, as needed.
- Experience processing large amounts of information, synthesizing, and integrating to meet various leadership team needs.
Responsibilities
- Support the A/C Delivery IPT to accomplish a variety of precise, time-sensitive deliverables, metrics, and presentations
- Collaborate across functions to ensure all objectives are met
- Assist with monitoring cost & schedule performance, support business management meetings, and subsequent reporting to program leadership
- Earned value (EV) management of control accounts
- Facilitate Risk, Issue and Opportunity management
- Establish and maintain the strategic rhythm
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
