Staff Project Management

Northrop Grumman•Oklahoma City, OK

8d•$119,800 - $179,600•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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Staff Project Management to join the team of qualified individuals on our Test and Evaluation organization. This role is located onsite in Tinker AFB, OK. This is an individual contributor role and will not have direct reports. In this role, the successful candidate will be required to work closely with the System Test and Lab Operations department and section managers and leads to meet all current and projected technical operations and project management needs and challenges, function as focal point and driver for business metrics, data calls and financial execution to meet current and future program execution needs.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor's degree AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master's degree AND 10 years of related professional/military experience OR a PhD degree AND 8 years of related professional/military experience
Must have an active US Government Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
Must have experience in developing and managing processes across large organizations.
Must have knowledge of project management principles and practices
Must have Control Account Management (CAM) experience
Must have Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Nice To Haves

Background in functional leadership roles
Current, active Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Development of comprehensive project plans that include detailed timelines, resource allocation matrices, and multi-year budget forecasts for T&E System Test and Lab Operations teams
Partners with engineering, procurement, and fabrication/manufacturing teams to align objectives, deliverables, and schedule commitments.
Control Account Management (CAM) for various Lab ETA efforts
Conducts integration meetings to capture dependencies, resolve conflicts, and update the master schedule.
Defines clear project milestones and deliverable acceptance criteria. Performs critical-path analysis, identify high-impact risks, and develop contingency or mitigation plans. Maintains a live risk-register and drives corrective actions through the project team.
Assists in analyzing training currency (who, what, when) to ensure that training certifications do not lapse. Tracks ASTAR certifications and LX mandatory training compliance metrics, and sends out e-mails to employees who are overdue. Coordinates and reserves training facilities for training classes.
Maintains management and communication of operational cadences. Tracks spending on BRAVO, Indirect, Capital, and NCTA projects.
Leads development and implementation of EI&E processes, including the collection, reporting, and analysis of staffing, performance, quality, and other engineering metrics.
Provide support to technical training and skills development requirements through coordination and collaboration with CoTE and T&E EI&E teams across NGAS Engineering; track and manage associated training budgets
Coordinate proposal functional reviews and approval sign offs by all required stakeholders, as applicable
Coordinate, author, and deliver weekly and monthly status reports to EI&E leadership
Strategizes with the T&E leadership team to implement solutions for all staffing challenges. Organizes and facilitates weekly staffing meetings. Tracks the start dates of incoming candidates. Ensures POST/Workday entries maintenance and reconciliation. Reports status to T&E managers. Pulls data, prepares charts, affirms status, projects status and devises go forward plan. Supports University Relations and Recruiting (UR&R) activities with UR&R POC.
Acts as the Resource Manager for the T&E EI&E. Performs Office locations/relocations data entry & validation tasks for new and relocating employees. Supports onboarding tasks prescribed in Workday. Leads Provisioning Tasks (computers, phone, badges, wireless). Assists with arranging loaner laptops for new employees as necessary.