Sr Principal Project Management

Northrop Grumman•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$117,500 - $176,300•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Project Manager to support the Columbia Turbine Generator (CLB TG) program. The position is onsite in Sunnyvale, California, and requires an active U.S. Secret clearance or higher. 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, and develops resolutions to support productivity, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. The position also develops mechanisms to monitor progress and intervene to resolve problems. The Project Manager works alongside the Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager on program reporting, supports the IPT and program’s risk and opportunity management, and helps ensure that IPT processes and products deliver compliant, affordable, high-quality results on time. The role includes implementing process improvements, maintaining meeting records and action items, managing budget baselines with EVM or similar control methods, overseeing government/customer-supplied property or information, ensuring adherence to applicable processes and standards, and helping the IPT stay within contract scope while managing changes through control boards. The role also supports development and adherence to plans and schedules. Travel is 10% of the time. Relocation assistance is not available. The primary-level salary range is $117,500 to $176,300. Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, a savings plan, paid time off, education assistance, training and development, and a 9/80 schedule where available. Depending on the position, employees may also be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant professional experience supporting U.S. Government contracts or project management activities, or a master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience; 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.
Demonstrated experience supporting risk and opportunity management activities, including risk identification, tracking, mitigation planning, or reporting.
Demonstrated experience supporting monitoring and control of program plans and cost and schedule baselines to meet contractual requirements and stakeholder expectations or deliverables.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must have a current/active U.S. Secret clearance or higher, granted or renewed within the last 6 years, and the ability to obtain special access clearances upon starting.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting project management, engineering, manufacturing, or supply chain functions in a program or project execution environment.
Experience supporting development, production, or sustainment program lifecycle phases, including planning, execution, or transitions between phases.
Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Project for schedule development, tracking, or reporting.
Current or prior Cost Account Management Certification or equivalent training supporting cost account management or EVM program activities.
Experience or formal training supporting EVM activities, including cost performance tracking, variance analysis, forecasting, or baseline management.
Active Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Responsibilities

Serve as a liaison 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 to monitor project progress and support intervention and problem solving.
Work alongside the Program Manager and Deputy Program Manager on program reporting.
Ensure IPT processes and products support quality, compliant, affordable, and on-time deliverables and 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 cadence.
Capture, track, and manage meeting action items through closure.
Adhere to budget baselines using Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost and schedule control methodologies and tools.
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 changes through control board activities.
Develop and adhere to plans and schedules.