The successful candidate is expected to be a highly motivated, resourceful, self-starter able to work collaboratively with internal and external teams in high-tempo environments. This position will be expected to assist with reviewing status of projects and budgets, resource planning, preparing for and facilitating meetings, and supporting various administrative functions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the program to accomplish a variety of precise, time-sensitive monthly deliverables, metrics, and presentations
- Collaborate across functions to ensure all objectives are met
- Assist with monitoring cost & schedule performance, support business management meetings and reporting to program leadership
- Supports coordinating the efforts of SMT teams, including engineers, subcontracts administrators, supplier quality assurance representatives, logistics engineers, schedule planners, and cost/material planners
- Earned value (EV) management of labor and material control accounts
- Reporting earned value and supplier status to Program Managers, GSC managers, and IPT Management
- Conducting or coordinating review of supplier documentation (e.g., technical evaluations of proposals, acceptance test procedures, cost and schedule reports, software version description documents)
- Facilitate Risk, Issue and Opportunity management
- Prepare conference/meeting presentation material (e.g., capture, collect, and compile data to create slides and other materials) for both internal and external audiences
- Participate in contractual and technical meetings and engineering reviews, takes detailed notes to facilitate creation of detailed/technically complex reports
- Captures and manages Action Items to completion and/or close
- Implementation and use of tools/templates for monitoring project progress
- We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
- This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently come available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Project Management:
- Bachelor’s degree with 6 years’ experience in project management OR Master’s degree with 4 years’ experience in project management
- Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Project Management:
- Bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience in project management OR Master’s degree with 8 years’ experience in project management
- Experience with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
- At least 2 years of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Preferred Qualifications:
- Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience
- Prior work in a sustainment environment
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Office products to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, and Project
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of project management experience, or a master's degree and 4 years of project management experience for the Principal level
- Bachelor's degree and 10 years of project management experience, or a master's degree and 8 years of project management experience for the Senior Principal level
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- At least 2 years of experience leading a project or driving performance against schedule
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience working with and manipulating detail-oriented data
- Ability to transfer and maintain a final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance, in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation
- U.S. citizenship for positions requiring government clearance
- Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Project
- Aerospace or defense industry experience
- Prior experience in a sustainment environment
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
Northrop Grumman Insights
What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.





